Midwife Jenn

Coronavirus and Home Birth

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a significant increase in pregnant people reaching out to home birth midwives like ourselves to transfer to planned home birth care. Community midwives are in a unique position of providing a model of care that works well in pandemics because our clients have less exposure to waiting rooms, hospitals, and only see one provider during visits and two providers during your birth. Our midwifery community is doing everything we can to increase our capacity to absorb the volume of new clients, and tailor our care to support folks who are now choosing to birth at home.

If you are interested in transferring to midwifery care, we accept late transfers who have had a normal course of pregnancy, are negative for gestational diabetes, committed to birthing at home, have been following social distancing, and have no other health concerns for themselves or their babies. Give a call with questions or click on the button below to schedule an interview. 541-282-3114

Some Changes around birth

• If there is a transfer in labor, midwives will not be allowed to go into the hospital. Only one person will be allowed to go with you and each person will be screened at the hospital doors for any COVID symptoms.

Expectations in the Time of COVID19

It is so important to us that we all remain safe and healthy as best we can.  While, currently, our area is not hard hit, COVID19 is still out there infecting and killing people of all ages. So much research still needs to be done on the effects of the novel coronavirus in pregnancy and the newborn.  While we are still working it out, it is in all of our best interests to keep safe.  

We ask that our clients remain safe by social distancing  and wear masks when in public and in the presence of those who do not live in the same household. Use great personal hygiene by washing hands regularly and avoiding touching their faces and maskswhile in public.

The relaxing of state regulations when it comes to social distancing or the "openness" of business and work spaces is not an indication that the disease has left us or that the risk is less than it was when it was first found in the US earlier in 2020. It just means that our healthcare system is able to cope with greater numbers of patients inside the hospitals, when people do get sick. It is super important, not just for your family, but for my family and the families of my other clients.

Homebirth is about trust and health.  We are all in this together and we need to look out for each other. Please feel free to ask me questions, if you have any concerns. If you need a mask, please let  me know. I have some to share!

Signs, Symptoms & Testing

Let me know if you are having any signs or symptoms of COVID19 at anytime in your pregnancy; we can assess and write an order to get you tested, as needed. I definitely want to know before we meet in person if you, or anyone in your household, have any symptoms.
COVID-19 affects different people in different ways. Infected people have had a wide range of symptoms reported – from mild symptoms to severe illness. Some symptoms are similar to normal pregnancy symptoms, and we will assess together whilelooking at the full picture or with a referral to your Primary Care Doctor.