Pregnancy & Birth
Prenatal
Our prenatal services include comprehensive health assessments, nutritional guidance, and emotional support to help you optimize your health during pregnancy. We see you for 30-60 minute office visits monthly until 28 weeks. Then, we will see you every 2 weeks until your 36-week home visit. After your home visit, we will see you at the office on a weekly basis until your baby is born. We offer all standard prenatal testing and screening, tailoring our recommendations to your unique needs. Our focus is on health promotion and avoiding preventable complications, while helping you prepare for your family-centered home birth experience.
We generally provide home birth as an option within 30 minutes of Casper, Wyoming. We bring equipment and emergency medications, including those to prevent or control postpartum hemorrhage, IV fluids, antibiotics for Group B Strep prophylaxis (if needed and desired), lidocaine for suturing, oxygen, and the standard baby medications. No medications will be given to you or your baby without your consent.
Our freestanding birth center is a great option for people wanting a home-like setting, but do not want to give birth at the hospital. It's a great middle ground between home birth and hospital birth. We're located within minutes of the hospital in case more advanced care is needed, which is an important concern, especially during the winter months or if you live outside of our home birth service area.
Postpartum
Postpartum services include a home visit at 24-48 hours after your baby's birth, followed by office visits at 1-2 weeks postpartum and 4-6 weeks postpartum. At your home postpartum visit, we will do a full assessment of you and your baby. We will do the critical congenital heart defect (CCHD) screening, newborn dried bloodspot screening (aka "the PKU"), and a complete newborn exam, including vital signs and weight. We will assess breastfeeding progress and provide you with support as needed. Provided all is going well, we see you again in the office at 1-2 weeks postpartum for a follow up visit. At this visit, we examine both you and your baby, making sure everything is progressing normally and that your baby is growing as expected. At 4-6 weeks postpartum, we see you for your final postpartum visit. We will again evaluate both you and your baby. As with all of our care, this postpartum visit plan is our standard, but it can be customized to meet your unique needs.