What services does Motherly Love Midwifery provide?

Motherly Love Midwifery offers complete midwifery care throughout pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. This includes personalized prenatal visits, home birth attendance, extensive postpartum follow-up, breastfeeding support, and well-newborn care during the early weeks after birth.

Where do you attend births?

We attend births in the comfort and privacy of your home. During prenatal care, we’ll discuss your birth space, preferences, and any preparations needed to ensure a safe and supported home birth experience. As CPM’s we do not attend hospital births as a primary care provider. If you or your baby require advanced monitoring due to a pre-existing or pregnancy-induced health condition, we would refer you to one of our trusted hospital-based care Midwives or Obgyns.

Do you accept insurance?

We are currently a self-pay practice. If your insurance provider or health share plan covers home birth services with a midwife, payment for care is still made by the family upfront. Afterward, you may submit a claim to your plan for reimbursement, which will be paid directly to you. We’re happy to provide a detailed invoice (superbill) to assist with your claim submission.

What is the cost of care?

Our global midwifery care package includes all prenatal care visits, on-call availability, birth attendance, presence of an additional trained home birth attendant (RN/CPM/BA), immediate postpartum/newborn care, home postpartum and newborn care visits through 6 weeks, and lactation support. The total fee is $6000, which is due in full by 36 weeks of pregnancy, and does not include the birth kit fee, labs, or scans. Your insurance should cover the cost of routine labs and scans.

Check, Cash, and Zelle accepted. Payment plans and other options are available to help make home birth care accessible for families.

Motherly Love Midwifery is currently providing a 15% discount to families who were planning on giving birth at LifeCycle Wellness – Bryn Mawr Birth Center, which is closing after Feb 2026.

How far along must I be for my first prenatal visit?

As soon as you want! That’s it. That’s the answer.

Who can have a homebirth?

Homebirth is a reasonably safe option for those who are low-risk and healthy. “Low-Risk” is defined as someone, with no pre-existing or current health conditions, that which require medication to manage, or would make a birth at home unsafe, as well as those who are pregnant with a single, head-down baby, who births spontaneously between 37 and 42 weeks gestation.

Questions of safety and risk are deeply personal—something each person must consider, no matter where they plan to birth. Every birth carries some level of risk. Giving birth at home involves certain risks, just as giving birth in a hospital or birth center does. The key question is: which set of risks feels safest and most aligned with your comfort and values?

Feel free to look into the risks yourself, and make the decision that feels right for you. I am not here to sway you or your spouse one way or another.

Film:  Why Not Home

Article : Why Choose Homebirth

Study by The Lancet

MANA study

Study on Perinatal mortality and morbidity

Outcomes of planned home births

Outcomes of home births with CPMs in North America

ACOG Committee Opinion on Planned Home Birth April 2017

Note: In the state of New Jersey – Breech, Twins, and VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) are illegal for a Licensed Midwife to attend outside of the hospital.

What supplies or equipment do you bring to the birth?

Midwives bring important medical equipment and supplies to support a low-risk home birth, including items for monitoring you and your baby’s vitals, managing bleeding, handling certain emergencies should they arise. These include anti-hemorrhagic medications, neonatal resuscitation set-up, IV Fluids, Oxygen, and more. You’ll also purchase a small home birth kit with disposable, one-time-use items, which we’ll help you order in advance. If you desire a water birth, you will also choose and purchase your own pool + liner at the same time you order your Birth Kit. I am currently working on purchasing several professional grade birth pools for client use!

What happens if I need to transfer to a hospital?

Your safety and your baby’s safety are top priority. If your risk level changes at any time, and a transfer becomes medically necessary, we will activate Emergency Medical Services. Your midwife will accompany you to the hospital (either on the ambulance or in our own car, following behind you), where we will provide a thorough handoff and report to the receiving medical team, and remain with you for continued support whenever possible.

If the transfer is initiated by the family, in order to access tools that are not available at home – such as an epidural – a discussion will be had around on-going support, and what that might look like moving forward.

Once you are discharged from the hospital and have returned home, we will resume our originally planned course of postpartum care, as well as well-newborn care, breastfeeding support, etc.

Do I also need a doula?

You do not need a doula, but I highly recommend you use one! The role of the doula is very different from that of midwife. A doula is more an emotional, physical, and informational support to help you and your spouse prepare for the act of childbirth, including comfort measures and coping skills. Doulas work closely with you both, and utilize labor positions, comfort tools, and other tips and tricks to reduce discomfort and anxiety throughout the process. A doula will usually be the one to come to your home once things pick up, but before you are ready for your midwife to come. Midwives are focused on safety, and therefore attempt to conserve their own energy to remain sharp and ready and able to think critically, and act quickly during intense moments.

Sometimes a couple will need more physical support than they anticipated, which may be more than the midwife is capable of providing especially if the labor is long. We recommend doula support to all of our families, and strongly urge first-timers to have a plan for early labor, to hire a doula early on the pregnancy, and take a thorough childbirth education class geared toward physiologic birth. (I was a Doula for a long time, understand the value personally, and I know some GREAT ones!)

Do I also need an OB/Doctor?

If you hire a Midwife to provide the full course of Maternity care throughout pregnancy through postpartum, then no you do not need to see an OB Doctor regularly for prenatal visits, unless there is a need for consultation due to a pregnancy concern with you or baby. Or unless you prefer this, in which case I have some recommendations for you. Midwives are primary maternity care providers trained to support normal pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and the well newborn. If you feel more comfortable with Obstetric care, you may decide to see an OBGYN/CNM concurrently, with a plan to birth in the hospital. Motherly Love Midwifery is happy to provide referrals or initiate collaboration with higher level medical providers if/when needed or wanted.

Can I have a water birth?

I sure hope you do, if that’s your wish! Many families choose to labor or give birth in water. You may use your own sanitized bathtub or rent/purchase a birth pool — and we’ll guide you through setup, use, and safety during your prenatal visits. Note: There may be instances where birthing in the water may not be appropriate or safe, and we can speak about these in detail during consultation and visits. Midwives can only support and cheer you on in your plan for a water birth – we cannot guarantee you one.

Who can be at my birth?

You’re welcome to invite anyone who helps you feel calm, loved, safe, and supported — your spouse, children, Doula, family members, or close friends. We’ll discuss your preferences and help create the peaceful environment you envision for your birth. Small children should have another carer, besides the spouse and doula present to provide continuous supervision and support.

Motherly Love Midwifery does not attend births at home where there are unsupportive, disruptive, or abusive persons present. No exceptions.

What kind of postpartum care do you provide?

Your care doesn’t end at birth. We visit you and your baby multiple times during the first days and weeks postpartum to monitor recovery, breastfeeding, and newborn wellness, including all newborn screenings. You’ll receive compassionate, individualized care in the comfort and privacy of your own home. Your baby’s birth certificate will be filed.

How do I get started?

After you fill out the contact form, I will be in touch to schedule a consultation where you can learn more about midwifery care, home birth, and meet the midwife. This visit is a wonderful opportunity to ask questions, discuss your goals, and see if Motherly Love Midwifery is the right fit for your family.