Three certified nurse-midwives, two birth suites in a converted craftsman house, and written transfer agreements with the hospital nine minutes down the road. A gentle birth that does not ask you to trade away a safe one.
You see all three of us during pregnancy, so whoever is on call the night you go into labor is someone you already know. Everything below is in the global fee unless we say otherwise.
Visits start around eight weeks and run forty-five minutes, which leaves room for the questions you thought were too small to ask.
Labor in a suite that looks like a bedroom because it is one. A deep tub, a queen bed, a door that closes.
If home is within thirty minutes of the house, we come to you with everything we carry here.
The first two weeks are ours too. We come to you first, then you come to us.
We would rather tell you at the consult than in labor. If something on the right applies to you, we will still see you, and we will help you find the hospital team we would choose for our own families.
Most of the families we care for look like this.
Not a judgment, a safety line. We will say so early and help with the handoff.
One of us goes with you and stays through the birth. Your postpartum visits, the home visits and the lactation care carry on exactly as if you had delivered in the Elm room. Nobody hands you off.
A 1921 craftsman on Larkin Avenue. We kept the porch swing and the window seats and put hospital-grade oxygen behind a cabinet door, which is roughly the whole philosophy.
The tub. Each suite has a deep soaking tub, thirty-two inches to the waterline, that fills in under fifteen minutes and holds its temperature. Most families labor in it. About a third give birth in it.
The bed. A queen with real linen and room for two, because nobody should watch their child be born from a vinyl recliner. No rails, no plastic mattress, nothing that beeps unless we carry it in.
The kitchen. Stocked, and yours. Make toast at three in the morning. Bring a casserole and put it in the freezer with your name on it. After the birth, we make you eggs.
Certified nurse-midwives are registered nurses with a graduate degree in midwifery, licensed to prescribe, and trained for the moments when a birth stops being simple. Two of us attend every birth.
Opened Cradle in 2016 after fourteen years on a hospital labor floor, and still says the tubs were the best decision she made.
Runs the lactation program and the Tuesday classes, and will answer a text about a latch at two in the morning.
Came to us from a rural practice where home birth was the ordinary kind. She leads most of ours.
Every number here is the whole number. No separate newborn bill, no facility surprise, no "call for pricing." We run your benefits before your first visit and hand you a written estimate.
Out of network? We bill for you. Most PPO plans reimburse sixty to eighty percent of the global fee, and we will tell you what to expect before you commit to anything.
| Global midwifery feeEvery prenatal visit, the birth, six weeks of postpartum care, newborn care, and the classes. | $5,800 |
|---|---|
| Birth center facility feeThe suite, the tub, supplies and medications, the kitchen, and four to six hours of rest afterward. | $3,200 |
| Home birth feeIn place of the facility fee. Two midwives, the equipment, the 36-week home visit. Tub rental is $250 on top. | $1,400 |
| Initial consultThirty minutes, a tour of the house, and all of your questions. No obligation, no pitch. | Free |
If yours is not here, bring it. The consult is free, and we have never once been offended by a hard question.
For a low-risk pregnancy, the research says yes, with far fewer cesareans and no difference in outcomes for babies. It stays that way because we are strict about who we take on, we carry the same emergency medications and resuscitation equipment as a hospital labor unit, and we transfer early rather than late. Two midwives attend every birth, one for you and one for the baby.
We call ahead. You go by car or by ambulance depending on the reason, and one of us comes with you and stays through the birth. Willow Park General is nine minutes away and already has your records. Afterward, your postpartum and lactation care come back to us as if nothing had changed.
Anyone you want. Partners, mothers, doulas, the friend who is good in a crisis. There is no visitor limit and there are no visiting hours. Children are welcome with an adult whose only job that day is them.
Water, movement, position changes, TENS, sterile water injections, and nitrous oxide. We do not offer epidurals. If you decide in labor that you want one, that is a transfer, and we will make it calmly and without a lecture.
Yes. We ask three things: that an adult who is not your partner comes for them, that they have watched a birth video with you beforehand, and that everyone agrees they can leave the room whenever they want. Siblings tend to be far less bothered than the adults expect.
Yes. Both tubs are built for it. We listen to the baby with a waterproof doppler, keep the water at body temperature, and bring the baby straight up to your chest. About a third of our families give birth in the tub, and most of the rest labor in it.
1418 Larkin Avenue
Willow Park
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Street parking on Larkin. The driveway is kept for families in labor.
(555) 555-0140
hello@cradle.example
In labor? Same number. It rings the midwife on call, not an answering service.
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