Frequently Asked Questions

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A Midwife provides medical care for you and your baby. Our Midwives are licensed to provide prenatal care, attend your birth as the main provider, provide postpartum care for you and your newborn for 6 weeks, and preform Well Woman Care Visits. A Doula is a valuable support person that provides physical and emotional support. Doulas and Midwives have different roles and scopes of practice, but they make a great team!

Midwives are trained to prevent, detect and handle emergencies before they become serious. Once signs are present that a true emergency may arise, a transfer to a nearby hospital will happen after you or your baby have been safely stabilized. Transfers happen in roughly 13% of homebirths, while only 1% are for true emergencies. 

We currently accept Medicaid. With other insurance companies, we require cash-payments, and our billing department will provide you with an itemized bill for reimbursement. We offer flexible payment plans.

We serve many families who travel 1–3 hours to birth at our center, and we’re experienced in supporting you through that distance. When labor begins, we stay in close communication to help guide your timing so you can arrive safely. We may encourage you to come a bit earlier in labor to account for road conditions. If your labor progresses too quickly or the weather makes travel unsafe, the hospital is always a backup option. We're happy to discuss in more detail at your consultation!

We offer in-home visits for the 24 hour visit as well as the 3-5 day visit, and we travel to Carlsbad, Ruidoso, Clovis, Portales, and Artesia New Mexico.