YOUR BIRTH. YOUR WAY.
YOUR CHOICES MATTER.
YOUR CHOICES MATTER.
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PROFESSIONALAdvanced Midwifery 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 out of hospital midwifery care, we encourage you to read this article.
SAFEYou have a right to informed health care decisions. Our practice provides the best care that not only nature intended, but also that the science supports, no matter where you choose to birth. Our practice supports evidence-based standards of care and birth options for expecting mothers. Still have questions on the safety of homebirth? Click here.
SACREDWe infuse quality midwifery care with education and social connection to deliver the best care to women and families. In addition to our comprehensive maternity and newborn care, our clients enjoy unlimited access to educational classes made available to them throughout the course of their care with Advanced Midwifery.
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"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
Clients that seek care with us include women who:
- Are interested in a educated and holistic approach to their childbirth experience
- Are looking for other mothers to connect with as they journey through motherhood. Our approach to maternity care includes pregnancy, birth, and the year following. This model supports women throughout the beginning year of life of each new baby we welcome
- Desire home or birth center birth
- Desire water birth
- Want to have a Home Vaginal Birth After Cesarean
- Want to enjoy the group model of education and care but want to deliver in hospital
- Are ready to stop going down this motherhood path alone and are willing to invest their time and hearts into a community of mothers and reap the benefits!
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
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"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, your care journey begins. At your first two appointments, we spend lots of time together discussing your ideal birth journey and getting to know you while introducing you to the care that Advanced Midwifery provides. 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. We follow the standard maternity schedule for full care - each mother has a prenatal appointment once a month until 28 weeks of pregnancy, every other week between 28-36 weeks, and once a week from 36 weeks until delivery. We offer home birth, birth center birth, and midwife-as-doula services to our clients who are seeking midwifery prenatal and postpartum care, but wish to deliver in hospital.
Educational Classes
Advanced Midwifery is proud to utilize the prenatal curriculum Birth Social, created by Carolyn Reisman CPM, and designed specifically for mothers seeking midwifery care and out-of-hospital birth, although the information is a fantastic resource for our hospital birthing mothers as well. Upon enrolling in care, you'll receive the Complete Prenatal Guide, a 300 page guide to all things pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and newborn. Ten classes are offered covering pregnancy, newborn, postpartum, and more! In the classes, as a group we will share our experiences, questions, ideas, and knowledge. Classes rotate every other Wednesday evening, and all Advanced Midwifery clients have unlimited access to all class offerings for free during their care.
In Depth Postpartum Care
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 us that you relax and try to stay in bed for the first week postpartum, so at Advanced Midwifery, we bring the care to you. Follow up postpartum appointments at 2, 4, and 6 weeks happen in the office. We offer once a month 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!
Insurance We 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 hopes to reinstate what we've lost- the community of childbirth
and the empowerment of women.
and the empowerment of women.
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."
