A Colorado Midwife

Personal Care for Planned Homebirth

Fees



	Refunds

Fees

Initial interviews are FREE!

FULL MIDWIFERY SERVICES -- $3,000

This includes:

all prenatal care, birth, and postpartum visits
assistant's fee
pool
filing the birth certificate
initial prenatal labwork, 28 and 36 week labwork
newborn screening labwork
professional supplies
a health professional on call for you for months
availability for questions
one-on-one attention during your labor and birth
postpartum care in your home for the first 10 days
comprehensive care through 6 weeks postpartum

Initial labwork consists of a CBC, WBC, blood type and Rh, VDRL/RPR, antibody screen, rubella titer, hepatitis B, comprehensive metabolic panel and UA. At 28 and 36 weeks, a CBC and comprehensive metabolic are done. Rh negative women will have an additional antibody screen at 28 and 36 weeks.

DISCOUNTS:

$500 discount, $2,500 total, if paid in full by 36 weeks

I will discount my fee if there have been previous prenatal visits with another care provider and I receive copies of those records (including labs).

I do NOT give discounts for coming late in your pregnancy without prior prenatal care.

ADDITIONAL CHARGES:

Blood type, Rh, and direct Coombs testing on babies of Rh negative mothers.
HIV testing
Birth location more than 1 hour away (determined by normal driving conditions, legal speed limits, and distance from my home)

SERVICES OF A PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDER (nutritionist, chiropractor, hypnotherapist, childbirth educator, birth doula, postpartum doula, massage therapist, etc.) are NOT included in my fee.

I will take payments for the balance above the $350 down. Payment schedules will be clearly understood by the end of the first prenatal visit.

INSURANCE

Sometimes insurance companies will reimburse you for my fee at a 70-80% rate. I encourage everyone to file for reimbursement from your insurance company. I will give you the necessary paperwork at your 6 week postpartum visit. Some companies will reimburse you for childbirth education classes.

Depending on the policy you have, a hospital birth may cost you as much out-of-pocket as a homebirth, if not more. It runs close to the same because of deductibles and the percentages you have to pay. Hospital births cost between $5,000-$7,000 WITHOUT complications.