Common Questions
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Here at Saddlepeak Birth, we strive to provide the highest quality home birth midwifery care, placenta encapsulation services, craniosacral fascial services and lactation services in the Bozeman area.
As a home birth midwife, birth doula and a mother myself, I fully understand how many questions and concerns can arise during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum periods. I want to answer every question fully so that you and the rest of your birth team are as comfortable as possible. I hope this answer a few of your questions and we can get together soon. -Averee Chifamba, Midwife |
Photo credit: Lilly Photography
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Will you be in my way during labor?I truly believe that a mom left alone will birth her baby the best way possible. As your midwifery team we will be there to make sure you and baby are safe. However, we love for our families to be empowered to do most of the birth themselves with our safety net behind them. We believe in classical midwifery and the power of the mother-baby unit. We leave you alone and keep the space as quiet and sacred as we can unless you need or want our assistance.
Will you travel?Yes, we will take a few home births a year where we will travel up to 2 hours outside of Bozeman and Belgrade depending on the time of year. I do charge a travel fee for any birth outside of Bozeman or Belgrade, MT.
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What is a midwife?The technical definition of the word midwife is, "a person trained to assist women in childbirth." The one I live by is, "a person that aids in producing something new or different." A midwife is a primary care provider that walks beside women and families as they grow and bring a new baby into their family. This means you do not need an OB as well as a midwife. We would be all the primary care you need for pregnancy, labor and birth, and postpartum for you and baby.
We are your care providers for normal, physiological birth. WE are primary care provider that tends the heart, minds and health of each of my mamas as they grow their babies and become mothers. We provide comprehensive prenatal care, home birth, and postpartum care through 6 weeks. Home birth is our passion! Home birth is life-changing! We believe women and families are formed and become new as they truly experience the gift and divine blessing that midwifery care and home birth has to offer. Will you miss my birth?I do everything in my power to be at your birth. In the very, very rare event there is some act of God that keeps me from your birth we will have someone as a backup that can fill my shoes with the same respect and experience that I have. I only accept a maximum of 4 births per month so that I can tend to my client's needs and wishes.
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