Midwifery
“Leila enveloped our intention, with an absence of fear. She set the stage for the desires of our hearts. We were guided through informed consent and supported through the laughter and the tears. There was never once a lack of hope or confidence”
High Intention
&
Low Intervention
The Devotion Midwifery prenatal, birth, and postpartum experience
Prenatal care
Comprehensive
Offering all standard maternity labs, genetic screening, gender tests, and referral for additional care
Continuity of Care
Your trusted midwife throughout pregnancy, birth, & postpartum
Family Centered
Bringing partners and siblings into the process
Regular visits every 4 weeks initially, every two weeks at the start of your 3rd trimester, then weekly at the end of your pregnancy, sometimes every few days even… lasting aprox. 60-90 minutes
Spent conversing, building relationship, answering questions, ensuring you and your baby’s well-being, and ruling out any potential risk factors
Birthing Time home visit to review home birth kit, birth pool drop off, how to prepare for home birth, and transport plan as needed
Standard labs & testing available (in home or office):
Routine vaginal cultures, blood draws (including genetic screens), urine tests as indicated, and gender testing.
Non-Stress Test
Diagnostic ultrasounds, and initial OB risk assessment are not included but required per the state of Louisiana
Goodies for Days:
Custom Tote Bag
Antama Rebozo
Hand blended NORA tea
Heart Centered Pregnancy Journal
Samples from leading brands such as LMNT, MoonJuice, YoungLiving, GoodCleanLove, and more!
Devotion Midwifery completes all prenatal and postpartum care in the Covington or New Orleans office. Our goal is to make midwifery care smooth, seamless, and convenient. If you prefer home visits, please talk with us about your needs.
Birth
Tools
Complementary use of professional birth pools, labor slings, peanut balls, TENS unit, CUB, birth stools, and more!
Trust
You only need a midwife when you need a midwife. Leila facilitates physiologic, natural birth and is trained to manage complications should they arise.
Wellness
Complete newborn exam, feeding support, and maternity care in the immediate postpartum
Birth is an opportunity to honor a woman and birthing person’s innate wisdom. Giving birth at home allows you to birth in a familiar surrounding - having total control in temperature, lighting, sound, the ability to eat/drink as desired, and who is present for the birth of your baby.
Active monitoring of birther’s vital signs and intermittent auscultation of baby’s heart tones using a hand-held doppler
Use of professional birth pool
An assistant or student to maintain order and cleanliness of the birth space, assist the midwife at time of delivery, disinfect and deflate the pool, keep the birth team (You too, partner!) hydrated and nourished, and will even do the last load of laundry or dishes . We plan to leave your home how we found it.
On-site emergency equipment and medications including IV fluids, postpartum hemorrhage prevention and protection, resuscitation equipment, and non-allopathic alternatives
Devotion Midwifery highly recommends hiring a doula and birth photographer to be part of your team. Doulas offer continuous emotional and physical support while your midwife is providing medical care. Please consider local birth professionals to join us and get a discount on care!
Postpartum
Herbal Care
Warm herb sitz bath prepared for healing
Support
Feeding assistance through breast, chest, bottle, and more
Family Planning
Care throughout the childbearing year
Birth is neither the beggining nor the end of being “With-Woman”. Devotion Midwifery includes 6 weeks of postpartum care for the birther and baby
36 hour visit
Discussion and guidance on feeding
Administration of routine medications for baby and birther (Rhogam, Vitamin K, Eye Ointment) as desired
Newborn screenings, including metabolic screening and congenital cardiac heart defect screening
Mental and physical wellness
Routine vitals
Herbal or homeopathic recommendations
1 week, 3 week, 6 week visit
Newborn hearing screening and all of the above
Legal documentation of the birth, filing of birth certificate, and social security card
Referrals when needed
Investment
Just like you would save up or focus your budget for a wedding, Christmas, or special vacation, birth is an important life event that often comes with a monetary cost. At Devotion Midwifery we believe that EVERY PERSON deserves midwifery care and that cost should not stand in the way. Therefore, we are proud to offer care at a sliding scale rate. This fee is all inclusive except for the home birth kit and outside services. If you are inquiring to use insurance to cover your care, head over to the Insurance page to learn more about that process or click the buttons below to learn more and get started.
