Yeshi Neumann, the lead midwife and creator of Homestyle Midwifery, is an amazing midwife who birthed my first son, and I have the HIGEST respect for. I would recommend her to ANY woman and her partner wishing for a unhurried, warm, safe, and caring childbirth experience.
Yeshi has created an environment that combines the best of midwifery (woman- and child-based care, lots of group interactions, home visits, insistence that you have a caring doula and do much of your laboring at home), with the safety of a hospital setting and wonderful backup OBs in case an emergency intervention is needed.
Yeshi has this amazing record of allowing some huge % of those in her care to give birth naturally, sans interventions.
We were able to have a natural childbirth, despite our son being 'sunny-side-up' and me having 26.5 hours of significant back-labor, with no tearing and a very fast recovery. More importantly, Yeshi and the team honored MY wishes, helped me and my husband prepare for this important event with resources and training, as I had been simply terrified of birth and assumed I'd need intervention(s). During labor, they had all sorts of 'tricks' to get our baby out (birthing tub, etc.), without ever pushing interventions (though they were available had I wanted them).
We plan to have our 2nd child with Yeshi and the Homestyle team. Highly, highly, highly recommended - I honestly don't know why any thinking woman would want to give birth any other way!
Pros: Highly trained, experienced midwives who focus on the woman's wishes
Cons: Like all medical providers...can have long wait times for office visits.
Overall user rating: Highly Recommended
Pros: Highly experienced, trained midwife who loves what she does and it shows
Cons: Appointments not always on time (standard in the profession, I think!)
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