I'm So Glad You're Here
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Welcome to Advanced Midwifery & Wellness! My name is Jessica Johnston and I am a Nationally Certified Professional Midwife and State of Alaska Certified Direct-Entry Midwife. I serve clients and families residing in the Anchorage, Eagle River, and Girdwood regions of Alaska that desire holistic, informed maternity care and the sacred experience of home and water birth. I offer comprehensive midwifery care, educational classes, and both intensive postpartum care and midwife-as-doula support packages for those seeking midwifery care and education but requiring hospital delivery. If any of these descriptions ping in you a, "YES! That's me!", I invite you to read on to learn more about my clinical practice, Advanced Midwifery & Wellness, and how I value sustainability, safety, and sacredness in all things birth.
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SUSTAINABLE
I believe in sustainability and in loving my career and my clients the way they deserve to be loved. Practicing midwifery is an intimate, personal cultivation of a relationship between a client and provider that is based in trust and mutual understanding. To give my clients the best attention and care, I consciously tailor my availability to serve a limited number of clients per month. By doing this, I protect myself from burn out while giving my clients my full and generous attention, including intensive first week in-home postpartum care. As I see it, random worry crops up throughout pregnancy. However,
- worrying about who will deliver you;
- if you'll get the provider you really want;
- or if the provider you get is well-rested or overworked;
SAFE
I avidly support evidence-based standards of care and birth options for expecting mothers, and I champion the access to home birth that every woman deserves. Myself and all Advanced Midwifery collaborating practitioners are certified professional and nurse midwives who provide safe and informed maternity and newborn care for expecting mothers and families. We are Board Certified, Experienced, and both Nationally and State Licensed. If you have questions on the safety of professional midwifery care, I encourage you to read this article. Still have questions on the safety of home birth? Click here.
SACRED
I infuse quality midwifery care with comprehensive educational offerings to deliver empowered, informed care to women, clients, and families. I take a evidence-based yet sacred, wholehearted approach to pregnancy. The transition into motherhood is bigger than just the birth of a baby, and every baby born changes a woman on deep, profound levels. I help my clients prepare their lives to gracefully welcome their child by integrating mind, body, and spirit into the conversation of pregnancy, birth, and parenthood. Educational offerings are always complimentary for clients, and include classes on prenatal tests, birth options, meditation and mind clearing practices, yoga, and more.
"Jessica has been the best midwife; compassionate, knowledgable and understanding. At 38 I am having my first child and she
has been magnificent from the start, recommending supplements to support happy ovary and eggs, and answering all questions I have had since. I couldn't be more blessed and thankful." - Christine
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Clients that seek care with me include strong, amazing people who:
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The movement of birth from the home, where it was supported by a woman’s community, into the isolation of obstetrical care and hospitalized birth as the norm for all, did one thing very successfully - it caused women to become vulnerable, fearful, and disempowered through isolation, where before they were empowered, uplifted, and held in their connection. - Jessica Johnston
"We love you Jessica! Super supportive and a book of knowledge! I could not have imagined my little ones birth any other way. She was able to guide me from beginning to end with so much support and provided us with so many options for prenatal care, delivery, and postnatal care, that I didn't even know existed when I had my first one at the hospital." -Maria Edwards
What does Advanced Midwifery Care Look Like?
Comprehensive Maternity Care
After your complimentary consultation, our care journey begins. At your prenatal appointments, we spend lots of time together discussing your ideal pregnancy and home birth experience while also preparing for a fantastic postpartum. We go over all of the financial planning for your birth, informed consent, labs and ultrasounds, risk assessment, active maternal health and nutrition, and more. I not only focus on your body's health, I also actively turn my and your focus toward your mental and spiritual health as well. I believe that wholehearted, courageous living helps ease the life-changing event of childbirth and tame it into a glorious rite of passage that energizes and uplifts both parents and children alike. We follow the standard maternity schedule for full care - each mother has a prenatal appointment once a month until 28 weeks of pregnancy, every two weeks between 28-36 weeks, and once a week from 36 weeks until delivery. All clients can choose water birth at home if they desire, and birth tubs are available for rent with a liner for each client to enjoy hydrotherapy in labor in the comfort of their own home.
Educational Classes
Returning Fall 2020, Advanced Midwifery is proud to bring you Is This Freaking Normal?? An Online, Interactive Class Series about Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenthood. Classes will rotate every other Wednesday evening, and all Advanced Midwifery clients have unlimited access to all class offerings for free during their care. Each topic stands alone, and clients are encouraged to join classes at any time in their care that they wish. Check out our class topics by scrolling through the linked page below!
In Depth Postpartum Care
This luxurious care feature is included in my comprehensive maternity care package, but it is also a stand-alone clinical service that I offer to those who want in-depth, in-home postpartum midwifery care and attention, regardless of where they gave birth.
In the first 7 days after birth, you will receive 3-4 comprehensive, nurturing, in-home postpartum care visits. Well mama checks will include vital signs and maternal health, breastfeeding support, and the sharing of information and ideas to help you feel supported both physically and emotionally. Well baby checks include the newborn metabolic screening, CCHD screening, vital signs, weight checks, latch support, and guidance in newborn care. It is important to me that you relax and try to stay in bed for the first week postpartum, so at Advanced Midwifery, I bring the care to you. Follow up postpartum appointments at 2, 4, and 6 weeks happen in the office. I also offer postpartum circles for our mothers and their friends, and we offer lots of fun park dates in the summer for all of our clients and their friends to enjoy. Please follow us on Facebook and Instagram to find out where in town we are playing!
In the first 7 days after birth, you will receive 3-4 comprehensive, nurturing, in-home postpartum care visits. Well mama checks will include vital signs and maternal health, breastfeeding support, and the sharing of information and ideas to help you feel supported both physically and emotionally. Well baby checks include the newborn metabolic screening, CCHD screening, vital signs, weight checks, latch support, and guidance in newborn care. It is important to me that you relax and try to stay in bed for the first week postpartum, so at Advanced Midwifery, I bring the care to you. Follow up postpartum appointments at 2, 4, and 6 weeks happen in the office. I also offer postpartum circles for our mothers and their friends, and we offer lots of fun park dates in the summer for all of our clients and their friends to enjoy. Please follow us on Facebook and Instagram to find out where in town we are playing!
Insurance I Currently Accept:
Premera administered plans, Public Education Health Trust, EBMS, Multiplan, Cigna, Alaska Electrical Health Trust/Fund and Medicaid. Aetna has some restrictions, please let us check your coverage below.
Premera administered plans, Public Education Health Trust, EBMS, Multiplan, Cigna, Alaska Electrical Health Trust/Fund and Medicaid. Aetna has some restrictions, please let us check your coverage below.
Advanced Midwifery
Sustainable. Safe. Sacred.
Sustainable. Safe. Sacred.
Jessica was part of my birth team with my second child, it was a hbac (home birth after cesarean) and she was an essential part of my team. She was there for all of my prenatal appointments and was a calm grounding presence during the birth."
