Pre-Conception Counseling
Provided by Midwife + Students
Virtual and/or in-office appointments, 1 hour in length, offering holistic custom support and wellness plans to help individuals embody the optimal mental, physical, and emotional health state for pre-conception.
Full-Spectrum Midwifery Care
Includes, but is not limited to all of the following:
Comprehensive Prenatal Care
Provided by Midwife + Students
In-office appointments from conception to the “birth day!” Appointments are a minimum of 1 hour in length and are scheduled monthly until 30 weeks gestations, bi-monthly between 30-36 weeks gestation, and weekly from 36-42 weeks gestation. Usually 2 members (1 midwife, 1 apprentice) of the DawningLife team are present at each appointment.
Appointments are designed to evaluate the past and present physical (clinical) well-being of mother and baby (client); offer individualized holistic pregnancy and childbirth education; offer lifestyle, herbal, and nutritional counseling; share in-depth evidence-based research regarding the many decisions of the childbearing year; prepare for immediate postpartum and beyond; form relationship of trust between team and client; discuss any and all questions that client may have; and more.
Guests, including children of all ages, are welcome at appointments. Our office space is kid-friendly.
Labor and Birth Support
Provided by Midwives + Students
24/7 on-call support from 36 weeks to established active labor.
Continuous in-home midwifery (clinical, physical, mental, emotional) support from established active labor to birth, and into the immediate postpartum period. Usually 2-3 members (1-2 midwives, 1-2 apprentices) of the DawningLife team are present at each birth.
Support is individualized to accommodate the preferences/informed decisions of client that were determined prenatally.
Water Birth
Provided by Midwife + Students
The discussion, education, and informed decision making regarding a water birth take place prenatally. Each client is responsible for acquiring and/or buying their water birth set up before the birth; as we do not bring birthing pools and other necessary water birth supplies to the home.
Postpartum Care
Provided by Midwife + Students
A mixture of in-home and in-office appointments throughout the immediate postpartum (24-36 hours post-birth) and 6-8 weeks postpartum. Support includes but is not limited to: holistic well-newborn care and well-mother care, clinical and physical assessments of newborn and mother, evaluation and support of maternal emotional wellbeing, comprehensive breastfeeding support, newborn education, family planning education. Care is designed to support the individual mother and newborn. Referrals are made as necessary.
Well-Woman Care
Provided by Midwife + Students
Virtual and/or in-office appointments, 1 hour in length, offering holistic custom support and wellness plans to help individuals achieve healthy menses, hormonal balance, and optimal digestion and nutrition. Also offering: pelvic exams, pap smears, and lab work.
Comprehensive Lactation Support
Provided by Shoshanah Blaiss
Virtual and/or in-office appointments, 1 hour in length, designed to prepare, assess, implement, and evaluate lactation plans for the breastfeeding/bottle feeding relationship of mother and baby.
Placenta Preservation
Provided by Student Midwife
No appointment needed! Offering education on the ancient rituals and traditions involving the placenta and helping clients decide which best suits their family and living circumstances. Options for preservation include: raw smoothie cubes, raw encapsulation, TCM encapsulation, tincture, salve, print, cord keepsake, burial rituals, and jewelry.
“My first baby was born in a hospital. There wasn’t much about the hospital experience that I enjoyed. With my second, I went a different route and chose DawningLife. When I say I made one of the best decisions of my life I mean it. It was incredible. Working with them was a much more intimate and safe feeling than the care provided elsewhere. . I’m usually a woman of too many words, but when I try to describe DawningLife I’m speechless. I cannot find a word immense enough, deep enough, inspiring enough to describe the care. Maybe awe-inspiring, which by definition is to arouse awe through being impressive, formidable or magnificent. DawningLife is all three. 5 out of 5 stars for all services I received. They do not disappoint!”