"Birth & beyond"  provides a variety of services including classes  and Doula services.  We are an all  inclusive maternity practice with a Back up OB/Gyn for those choosing hospital birth or who have risk factors that make them unable to deliver at home. 

 The Following is a list of of some of the services we provide:

                                    Complete Prenatal Care:

• all prenatal testing
• genetic screening
• Nutritional counseling
• ultrasounds
• review of abnormal labs
• informed consent
• self care policy
• centered group prenatals ( starts every 3 months)
• WIC form completions
• Teen services

                                    Education and Support services:

Doula services and childbirth education

• New baby care Classes
• Belly-yo birth classes only $225.00 (1- 4 hour class or 2 -3 hour classes) 
• Doula services  range between $ 400-600
• We offer Childbirth education
• Lactation and breast feeding consultations
• Breast feeding classes
• Newborn/ Postdelivery adaptation
• Every Mother delivering with us has the full use of our doulas
• Birth Planning ( all of our moms use a birth plan as  part of her care)
• We are on call 24 hours

                                   Reflux energy therapy and Wellness coaching

                                    African Dance and Belly Dance classes

                                                 Belly-Yo workout

                                       Labor and Delivery Services:

• We offer complete labor and delivery services
• A midwife, birth assistant and certified doula attends the birth
• A back up on call physican is available  to our clients
• Emergency supplies and equipment equal to that in a hospital delivery  room
• Water birth
• Postpartum management  including visits within 72 hours of delivery and again at 4-6 weeks.
• Newborn Care
• We process both the baby's birth certificate and social security card 
• Bonding and attachement parenting beginning immediate after birth

Options and Benefits you have with us that you dont get at the Hospital:

 Birth site location can be homebirth or hospital; some women choose to deliver in the hospital although they have seen the midwife at the center throughout the pregnancy ( assigned OB will deliver hospital clients)

With our Midwives your birth experience is truly yours:

• woman can eat and drink in labor
• women are allowed to be mobile, we encourage walking, the use of a birth ball  or sitting in  a rocking chair as a comfort technique. In the hospital setting women are confined to the bed.
• children are allowed to be present at birth
• we do not limit the number of people who can attend your birth experience with you
• the use of photography or video is allowed
• women can choose Dim light birthing, leboyer bath or apply other techniques of their choosing.
• Father assisted catching
• We do not perform routine episiotomies
• We do not do any invasive procedures or use drugs that will affect the normal labor pattern or cause the babies heart rate to drop as in the hospital setting ( epidural,pitocin, sleep medicaition are not used by us)
• fetal doppler monitoring to allow mobility
• massage
• acupressure/reflexolgy
• One on one monitoring during the labor, delivery and postpartum stage
• Complete newborn physical and assistance with bonding and breastfeeding in the first hour
• Delayed cord cutting and immediate baby on mom bonding

  Making appointments/Insurance and Other important Information:

You can call and schedule a free consultation appointment at any time. 954-861-8203

All clients are seen by appointment only to assure V.I.P. care to all of our clients.

Insurance Info and payments:

• We accept most insurances and have flex payment plans and fee schedules
• We also accept all HMO and PPO plans including AETNA,UNITED HEALTH CARE,CIGNA and VISTA to name a few.
• You can request a fee schedule for our services
• We also accept cash paying clients
• Low income and uninsured sliding scale fee with proof of income
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•                        Fee Schedule

Fees are $ 5100 for an all inclusive package at the beginning of birth / less than 12 weeks