Sage-Femme Midwifery
Sage-Femme Midwifery is an independent midwifery practice offering home birth midwifery care.
The Sage-Femme Midwifery team exceeded all my expectations. Although it was my first pregnancy, they empowered me with education and options every step of the way and made me feel like the expert of my own body. They went out of their way to include my husband in the process, even teaching him to identify baby’s position and find the heartbeat. As someone who avoids asking for help, I felt comfortable sharing my concerns, big and small, with Kelly and confident I could reach her any time I needed support. In week 37, when my otherwise healthy pregnancy took a scary sudden turn, Kelly and staff had the expertise and humility to recognize I needed to go to the hospital. Suffice it to say, I didn’t get the home birth experience I was hoping for, but Abigail, Rachel, and Kelly were as involved as ever, coaching and advocating for me loyally throughout my hospital stay. I’m grateful the hospital was there when I needed it to help deliver my sweet baby boy safely, but my experience there reinforced the many reasons I had chosen a home birth with Sage-Femme in the first place. For care providers you can trust to have your back in the most sacred mission of your life, please look no further than Sage-Femme Midwifery.
I found Sage-Femme when I was already into my third trimester and was having a horrible experience with the standard OBGYN/hospital rout. I was incredibly stressed and dreading the actual birth and worried my fiancé wouldn’t even be allowed to stay with me for the birth if either of us contracted COVID
My fiancé was skeptical of a home birth as he was worried about complication (I was told I would be lucky to make it to her due date and was close to having preclampsia). After our first meeting with Kristen all our fears were put to ease. Sage-Femme was amazingly supportive and made the whole experience less “scary” and more like the natural process that it is. Kristen was so amazingly respectful and explained every process and every rout we could take and would always let me know that decisions were in my hands. She included our 5 year old son in the visits too, letting him listen to his sister’s heartbeat and help take our vitals. I was so thankful to her for including him in the process.
The birth itself was a long and grueling but I can honestly say there’s no one I would have rather had helping me through it. To be able to hold my newborn in my arms with my fiancé next to me, in our own home was incredible. The love and care the incredible women at Sage-Femme showed me pre, during and post labor was just amazing. They even came back and checked on me for the next couple weeks so I didn’t have to leave my home and our new little family could bond
I cannot recommend them enough and would give them more stars if I could. My only wish is they did regular health care as well as I’ve never felt more comfortable or secure with medical professionals as I have with these wonderful women ❤️
I had my first baby at home with Kelly and her team. I will never do it any other way! I cannot say enough how amazing they are as caregivers. I never felt like I couldn't ask any questions or that my preferences were wrong and that I needed to do my pregnancy and birth in a way I didn't feel comfortable. I was always given every option out there and I never felt pressured to pick anything specific outside of what I wanted. Kelly is the most knowledgeable caregiver I've met and she does her own research which results in giving people the best individualized care they can get! She also never neglected my husband and was always asking about his concerns. I love the way she always included him and any other family members!
Kelly, Rachel and Lindsay were AMAZING for my first birth (and first home birth) experience. The passion and confidence this team has is unmatched. You can tell they actually care about you, and even after the birth, they are there whenever you need them. A friend of mine shared her birth story with me and since then I have always known that when I got pregnant, my first call would be to Sage Femme. When my water broke and I didn’t go into labor, Kelly worked with me to come up with a plan we both were comfortable with. Fast forward to being in labor and Kelly says my baby is breech. I knew I could do it because they gave me the confidence to deliver my sweet little girl over a month early and feet first!! In a hospital setting, I would have for sure had to have a C-Section and that was the LAST thing I wanted. I am SO THANKFUL for these women for empowering me to have the best birth experience I could have hoped for, and in the comfort of my own home. Not to mention, keeping my husband calm and on-task, which is something i dont think anyone has been able to do ever.
After the experience I had delivering my first child in a hospital (which included unnecessary interventions, unnecessary medications, and complete lack of respect or consideration for myself as the patient), I knew I wanted a different experience than the hospital environment could provide. I had heard of Sage-Femme through a couple friends that had delivered with Kelly. From the beginning, Kelly made me feel comfortable, capable, listened to, respected, and actually involved in my care. Not only that, but my husband and our first child were included and cared for just as much as I was. Kelly really went above and beyond in every aspect of prenatal and postpartum care, and even more so during birth. After my previous birth, I expected to feel some fear and anxiety during labor, but that was not the case. Kelly helped prepare me beforehand, and during labor she was so calming and supportive. Throughout the entire pregnancy/labor/delivery, I felt that I and my baby were safe and in the best hands.
I struggled with postpartum depression/anxiety after my first child and was given absolutely no education or support from the hospital/practice I delivered with. From my very first appointment with Sage-Femme, Kelly was proactive in helping me make a plan and manage any potential symptoms. I have always been hesitant when it comes to seeking help for mental health struggles, and Kelly was very compassionate, supportive, and understanding. Because of her care, interventions, and referral to outside resources, the postpartum period after my second child has been much better than the first.
I can safely say my family was able to have the experience surrounding pregnancy and childbirth that we were looking for, and I cannot recommend Sage-Femme Midwifery highly enough.