birthing options or wishful thinking?
Your birthing options are directly related to your choice of provider and birth location. A video is in progress to show your birthing options in northern Louisiana.
Midwifery Care
We are committed to providing quality maternity care in the comfort and safety of your home. Our philosophy includes the fact that pregnancy and birth are normal life events with a record of better outcomes when there are minimal interventions.
Welcome Home
Our clients are looking for something more in their maternity care than what standard obstetrics has to offer. They want to be active participants in the care for themselves and their babies, not silent bystanders in a system that makes all decisions for them.
Childbirth Classes
Know what your body is doing, why it’s doing it and what you can do about it. This three day series is held monthly and at Blue Sky Yoga studios in Ruston and Monroe.
Doula Support
There are two types of people who seek my doula services. One is a first time parent seeking information on childbirth and how to navigate the medicalized system. The second is someone who has already had a hospital birth and they are dissatisfied.
Bodyfeeding
I can come to your home, even if you had a hospital birth, and provide assistance with positions to hold your baby and getting them to latch properly.
Have a Question?
Text me at (318) 599-0759 for a timely response.
FAQs
For clarity, the term “home birth” is used as any planned home birth attended by a qualified practitioner.
Q: What is the difference in maternity care between a doctor and a midwife?
A: Short answer, philosophy of care.
I can’t brag on this angel enough. After a traumatic birth last year, she made me feel safe and comfortable. Appointments were like visiting with family. She has been a big part of our experience and I know she’s available at any time for questions. If you are even thinking of a home birth, she’s the one to go to. You won’t regret it.
MB of Monroe
I am so glad I was able to benefit from her class! Her class gives not only advice, but the facts of how birth works mechanically, what to do if you go into labor spontaneously and how to advocate for yourself if you end up giving birth in a hospital. She covers information on c-sections and provided resources for postpartum care. Rebecca is truly a great teacher and is passionate about babies and mothers.
LZ of Ruston
Rebecca and her team are the best!! I had my first home birth in 2020 with Rebecca and it was phenomenal. Needless to say, we called her again for my 2nd home birth in Nov. 2022. She is so sweet and supportive, intelligent, attentive, calm. She is all the right things at all the right times. I just can’t say enough
AR of Ruston
Our Philosophy
Midwife Louisiana, LLC midwife and assistants agree with the Midwives Model of Care, which is based on the fact that pregnancy and birth are normal life processes.
Read Our Info Blog
Read on general topics we talk about during our midwifery and doula appointments.
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Newborn Screen
Please read the disclaimer. The Metabolic Newborn Screen, also known as the heal stick or prick test, also known as the PKU screens your baby for disorders that are not part of the genetic testing that can be done during pregnancy. It is done by poking the baby’s heal and making it bleed, much like a finger prick to test blood sugar. The blood is collected on a specially treated paper and sent to a lab […]
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The Birth Plan
What is a Birth Plan? A Birth Plan is a written or typed document prepared during pregnancy with instructions and preferences for care providers during labor and immediate postpartum. Templates abound on the internet, usually covering common hospital procedures and prohibitions such as I.V.s, eating and drinking, mobility, offering of pain medications, avoiding cesareans, and newborn procedures that include circumcision for boys, Vitamin K, prophylactic antibiotics for their eyes, Hepatitis B vaccine and offering artificial […]
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Repeat CBC
Please read the disclaimer. The Repeat CBC The CBC is a Complete Blood Count, a test that quantifies different components of blood. It is one of the blood tests performed at the beginning of pregnancy, is offered again around 28 weeks of pregnancy, and if anemia is found, it is offered a third time around 36 weeks to see how treatments for anemia are working. Occasionally, it is requested every week after 36 weeks until […]
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Vitamin K
Please read the disclaimer. Two Things There are two parts to this, but they fit together. First, babies are born Vitamin K deficient. Second, Vitamin K is essential for blood to clot. Lets look at each separately, then put them together to see why it is recommended that all babies are given Vitamin K after they are born. The Problem Bacteria in our intestines produce Vitamin K during digestion. However, since newborns have never digested […]
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Erythromycin aka Eye Goop
Please read the disclaimer. Many, many first pictures of newborns show them with a clear, Vaseline looking kind of ointment in their eyes. This “eye goop” is an antibiotic called Erythromycin. It protects the baby from different kinds of eye infections and from blindness in case the mother has Chlamydia and/or Gonorrhea and doesn’t know. The ointment does not burn the baby’s eyes, but it does make their vision blurry for about 30 minutes. Let’s […]
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Group B Strep
Please read the disclaimer. Group B Strep (or GBS) is a bacteria that lives in our large intestines. We all have it. It is part of our normal gut flora. Sometimes, this bacteria travels from the anus to the vagina. When it does, there are no symptoms. No odor. It may come and go, and come back again. In fact, the only way to know when the vagina has been colonized is to test for […]
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