I read you only care for ‘low risk’ pregnancies. What is considered high risk?
We only do births for women who are expected to have a good, normal outcome for both mother and baby. By maintaining healthy lifestyles – eating right, exercising, avoiding harmful substances such as drugs, alcohol, tobacco, artificial additives and pesticides most of our clients remain low-risk. Age and number of prior pregnancies are less important than your health status. We cannot accept clients who conceived with IVF or have conditions such as diabetes, epilepsy, HIV, hepatitis, heart disease, placenta previa (the placenta is over the cervix), or a medical problem with the baby (such as heart defect, etc) that will require special care. Conditions occurring during pregnancy such as anemia, gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia or baby in a breech position (bottom or feet first) could also cause you to ‘risk-out’ although these conditions can often be prevented or even reversed with proper prenatal care and/or nutrition. The focus of midwifery is to prevent problems from occurring, n
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