Other Midwifery Services
San Diego County Midwives, specializing in Spinning Babies techniques, offers a comprehensive and personalized midwifery service for expectant mothers. With a focus on planned hospital births, our evidence-based approach ensures a safe and comfortable environment.
Our services encompass thorough prenatal care, pre-pregnancy counseling, and nutritional guidance, empowering women to make informed decisions. San Diego County Midwives is dedicated to holistic well-woman care, addressing gynecological health and family planning.
As part of our commitment, Spinning Babies techniques are integrated, optimizing fetal positioning for a smoother birth experience. With a dedicated team of midwives, we provide supportive and empowering care, guiding women through the transformative journey of pregnancy with a focus on individual needs and preferences.
Spinning Babies® Session:
$200-$250 per visit
You and your baby will benefit from Spinning Babies® sessions regardless of whether you choose to give birth at home, birth center, or hospital.
Spinning Babies® incorporates body balancing techniques that work with your body to help your baby get into an optimal position for birth while also providing an effective way for you to prepare for childbirth. Your Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner will use techniques and teach you activities that alleviate common pregnancy related discomforts such as hip, back, and pelvic pain, heartburn, and swelling.
Midwife Heather LeMaster is a Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner, which means that she has completed the Spinning Babies® Professional Bodywork Education requirements. She has been practicing and using these techniques since 2010, and knows the pregnancy body well.
During the initial session with Heather you will begin Daily Essentials, which are activities you can do on your own that lengthen your muscles and increase your range of motion.
You can schedule Spinning Babies® sessions with Heather at any time prior to childbirth, but it is recommended that you begin Spinning Babies® at about 20 weeks.
Planned Hospital Birth: $5000
Many families would like to receive the benefits of the Midwifery Model of Care. Our midwives would like to provide prenatal care for families planning hospital birth.
These Supplemental Midwifery Services normally include personalized prenatal care, one nutritional visit, having one of our midwives in attendance at your birth, as well as providing a minimum of three postpartum visits within the first month.
The midwife will be your personal support person while your selected physician will be your care provider.
Prenatal Care Only: $4000
You may also choose to supplement your obstetrical care with benefits of the Midwifery Model of Care. Heather provides prenatal care for families planning hospital birth.
Supplemental Midwifery Services usually include personalized prenatal care, one nutritional visit, and a minimum of two postpartum visits within the first month. Single Postpartum Visits (at your home, charged per hour) $200 first hour and an additional; $50 each additional hour.
Pre-Pregnancy Counseling:
$250 per visit
Heather provides nutritional and supplement counseling specific to your needs. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle both during and after pregnancy is important for the health of you and your children.
She provides clear and concise information on the importance of a healthy diet.
Nutritional Counseling: $300
Pre and perinatal nutrition is a very important component to having and maintaining a healthy pregnancy. Nutritional Counseling is individualized for each mother’s needs.
During your nutritional counseling with Heather, you will complete a two-week diet diary, including supplements and exercise history, as well as discuss any physical signs and symptoms you might be experiencing that indicate nutritional deficiencies.
Carrying twins? Give them the optimal opportunity to complete their growth in utero! Nutritional counseling, tailored to the needs of multiples, informs parents on ways of achieving a healthy pregnancy while carrying two full-term.
Women experiencing a multiples pregnancy are in even greater need of enhanced nutritional intake.
Well Person Care: $100-$150
Most of us are reluctant to schedule a well woman visit because the typical experience feels rushed, impersonal, and invasive. However, a well woman visit with our midwives lasts about an hour and you can expect to be treated with dignity and respect.
During the clinical portion of the visit, we typically do a pelvic exam, a pap smear, and a breast exam along with instruction for self-exam. After this, the remaining time is dedicated to a discussion about what is going on in your life.
We generally cover topics such as emotional stressors, nutrition, exercise, family planning, and overall sexual health. This is a great time to focus on yourself as we focus on you.
San Diego County Midwives recommend that women, who are low risk with no previous history of an abnormal pap, schedule a well person visit every two to three years.
Well Person Office Visit (first visit – pap and cultures labs separate): $150.00
Well Person Office Visit (established client – pap and cultures labs separate): $100.00
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