How long does the midwife stay after the birth?
A. We usually stay a minimum of three hours. During those three hours we monitor the mother, we have you eat, urinate and help with breastfeeding during that time. We also monitor the baby, for a minimum of three hours, and perform a thorough newborn exam and offer the State required tests to be done on all newborns. AHB also cleans up after the birth. By the time we leave, no one will know you had the baby at home by looking around the house; except there is the newborn in the bed with a proud Mama and family! If, for any reason, the mother and baby are not doing just fine, we stay until the situation is resolved or go with one or both of you to the hospital, if the situation requires a trip to the hospital. Most do not.
