Services

Alison's services include:
Monthly prenatal visits until 28 weeks
Bi-weekly prenatal visits until 36 weeks
Weekly prenatal visits until delivery
One in-home visit at 36 weeks
Birth-Labor to at least 2 hours postpartum
One-day in-home postpartum visit
Three-day in-home postpartum visit
One-week in-home postpartum visit
Three week in-home postpartum visit, if desired
Six-week postpartum visit
       
During the pregnancy, Alison monitors the mother's nutrition, weight gain, blood
pressure and urine.  She also monitors the baby's growth, position, and heart rate.  
There are two classes, at the 34 and 36 week appointments.
Alison is always available to her clients and can be reached by phone or pager day
or night.  She works with a back-up midwife in the rare case she is unavailable.  She
is available to answer questions regarding normal care, breastfeeding, and herbal
alternatives or additions to allopathic therapies indefinitely.
Alison handles normal newborn care for the first 6 weeks postpartum.  Clients may
use a pediatrician, family practice doctor, or public health well-baby clinics as they
desire.       

Services Provided