SERVICES

Home birth. Hospital Birth.

Waterbirth. VBAC. Lactation.

our philosophy

At BundleBorn Midwifery, clients can expect respectful, holistic, safe care. Our nurse-midwives believe that pregnancy and birth are normal & natural body processes. 

Our role is to help the family learn how to maintain optimal health throughout the pregnancy and to monitor both people for variations in the natural process. If complications arise, we use evidenced-based practice and informed shared decision making to maintain the well-being of parent and baby. We will partner with you to help guide you in the decision making. You will be at the center of all decisions about the care provided throughout your pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum care. All recommendations will be thoroughly explained & explicit consent obtained before any care is provided. We strive to be trauma-informed & culturally sensitive in all we do.

Our midwives believe in not disturbing the labor process.

We will monitor labor with as minimal intervention as possible. However, if the need for intervention arises, clients can expect to receive appropriate interventions, only as medically necessary. The important difference between BundleBorn Midwifery and some traditional obstetric care is that clients will not undergo interventions that are NOT medically necessary. 

Most visits are held at our comfortable office, which is set up to be accommodating to the entire family. There is no need to find childcare for your older children, unless you simply prefer to.  While BundleBorn Midwifery primarily attends home births, clients have the options of a birth center birth at Swiss Avenue Birth & Wellness (additional fees apply). If your prefer to birth in the hospital, we have a pathway for you as well. We can provide all of your prenatal visits, guide you through preparing for a natural birth in the hospital, and support you during labor at the hospital of your choice. We will help you understand the culture of the various hospital options near you & support you in choosing a facility that will best meet your hopes for your birth plan. Once discharged from the hospital, we will continue your postpartum care as well.

The number of clients will be limited, in order to ensure the highest quality of care. Reserve your spot on our calendar ASAP!

Prenatal Care

• Routine Prenatal visits & labs

• Listening to your baby's heart beat with fetoscope (similar to a stethoscope) or doppler (handheld electronic device)

• Pregnancy Care education

• Evidence-Based & Standard of Care guidelines followed, with client's consent

• Monthly appointments from first visit to 28 weeks; every 2 weeks from 28 to 36 weeks; weekly appointments from 36 to 41 weeks; every 2-3 day appointments from 41-42 weeks

• Mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual preparation for labor

Home Birth

• Labor & Birth in the comfort of your own home

  • Doula required for first natural births, and strongly encouraged for all births

• Waterbirth

• VBAC

• Fetal heart rate monitoring with intermittent auscultation

• Freedom of Movement

• Comfort measures of individual's choice

• Birth position of individual's choice

• IV port available, but not required

• Eating & drinking encouraged, as individual can tolerate & desires

• Continuous labor support during active labor

• Immediate skin to skin contact upon birth of baby

• Delayed cord clamping

• All routine procedures delayed until after baby nurses and bonds

• Emergency equipment (& skills!) brought to every birth

• Midwifery care continued in the event of a non-emergent transfer to Texas Health Frisco hospital

Hospital Birth

• Labor & Birth at the hospital of your choice

• Admission at a hospital with obstetricians available 24/7

• VBAC

• Freedom of Movement encouraged

• IV access for emergency preparedness

• Intermittent and wireless monitoring

• Birth position of individual’s choice encouraged

• Immediate skin-to-skin contact upon birth of the baby

• Delayed Cord Clamping

• Routine Procedures delayed until after baby nurses and bonds, if requested on birth plan

• Operating Room available if need for cesarean birth arises

• Labor Coping Options (availability depends on which hospital client chooses)

  • Doulas encouraged for all clients

  • Hydrotherapy in a birthing pool or shower

  • Aromatherapy Patches

  • Music therapy

  • Nitrous Oxide (laughing gas)

  • IV medications

  • Epidural Anesthesia

Postpartum & Newborn Care

• Comprehensive newborn exam, with documentation to take to baby's health care provider

• Routine baby medications available (vitamin K and erythromycin eye ointment), with parental consent only

• 24hr telephone support, as needed

• 1 day PP follow up phone call & 2-3 day PP home visit for homebirth pathway

  • lactation consultation

  • congenital heart defect screen

  • metabolic screening #1

  • physical exams, vital signs, emotional support

• 2-3 week PP visit for home birther (optional for hospital birth pathway)

  • lactation consultation

  • metabolic screening #2

  • newborn hearing screen 

  • physical exams, vital signs, emotional support

  • screening for Postpartum depression and anxiety

• 6wk PP visit if needed for home birthers, included for hospital pathway clients

• 12 week PP visit for home birthers & available to hospital birthers

  • family planning 

  • lactation support

  • annual exam, including pap smear (if indicated) 

Well-Person Care

• Annual Physicals

• Pap Smears

• STD Testing

• Blood testing

• Clinical Breast/Chest Exams

• Family Planning

  • birth control options

  • natural family planning & fertility awareness methods

  • non-pharmacological techniques, such as the Cava diaphragm

  • IUD insertion

• Preconception Counseling

• Fees

  • $400 for new clients

  • $200 per 30 minutes for established clients

  • lab/supply fees additional, if needed

Lactation Consultations

• Available to both established clients and new clients, as availability allows

• Initial consultations are approximately 1.5 to 2hrs

  • includes 2 weeks of follow-up by phone, text, or email

• Includes review of medical history for both the client and the baby

• Comprehensive assessment of client and baby, with full evaluation of infant's oral-motor skills and frenulums

• Feeding plan to address the root cause of your challenges will be developed together by provider and family

• Specialty areas

  • oral restrictions (tongue and lip-tie)

  • nipple pain/poor latch on (including for flat or inverted nipples)

  • low milk supply; low weight gain

  • returning to work and continued lactation

  • adoptive lactation & re-lactation

• Fees

  • consultations: $400 per hour

Health Share Programs

We are very familiar with health sharing programs & work with them often. We are on the “CHM-friendly providers” list & have a contract with them, for ease of submission for our clients. If you are planning a future pregnancy, we encourage you to consider CHM health share to cover your care with us. We seen clients have great experience with Samaritan Ministries, which covers midwifery services, as well as chiropractic, massage, acupuncture & more. Both CHM and Samaritan require clients to be a member prior to the start of your pregnancy. However, Clear Share Health will cover your care with us even if you are already pregnant & also do not have a certain religious requirement.

Insurance & Payment

BundleBorn Midwifery is out-of-network with all insurance companies. Insurance claims will be submitted on your behalf, after the birth of the baby. Payments are due in full at the time of service. If your insurance company provides payment, you will be provided with reimbursement for fees beyond deductible/co-insurance levels. Fee schedule available upon request.

We are not a Medicaid participating provider.

BundleBorn Midwifery is an approved out-of-network Tricare provider. 

If planning a hospital birth, it is strongly recommended that you contact your insurance company to determine which hospitals are in your plan’s network. Our fee for being your provider is still out-of-network, but the facility may be in-network.

For information on our services and the packages we offer, click the link below to contact us!