A Hand to Hold

08/06/2025

Meeting of the minds and a lovely lunch with Kelly, and .

08/02/2025

I LOVE being able to offer to my clients as a part of my complete doula services! Not only does it give me more of a chance to bond with my clients and their partners, but it also helps empower these dads to really know how to step up and show out for their beloved when it comes time for labor. My goal is always to have my clients and their partners walk into birth with their eyes wide open, feeling fully prepared for whatever birth may throw at them. With this class, I am able to help mom feel more confident that her partner is empowered and ready to take on all of his tasks during the process as well. Labor is an endurance sport for both mom and dad and being prepared for it is key!

07/29/2025

Today I sent my baby boy, who’s all of a sudden a big strong man, off to the Coast Guard. It was gut wrenching to let him go, but I can’t deny the pride I feel for the man he’s become. I know God will guide and protect him, and I’m counting down the days until I can hold him again. ❤️🤍💙

07/27/2025

07/26/2025

All set up and ready for clinic today! Excited to help these strong mommas feel even more prepared and confident for their births! 💪🏼

07/14/2025

✨ Expecting a baby? 🤰

Midwifery care offers personalized, empowering, and holistic support throughout your pregnancy journey.

Here’s why it might be the perfect choice for you:🤰
Personalized Care: Midwives offer one-on-one support tailored to your needs, ensuring you feel heard, understood, and supported.🤰
Holistic Approach: Midwives care for the whole person—mind, body, and spirit—providing physical, emotional, and mental support during pregnancy, birth, and beyond.🤰
Empowerment: Midwives empower you to make informed decisions, fostering confidence and control over your birthing experience.🤰
Continuity of Care: Building a relationship with your midwife creates trust and comfort, and many midwives offer postnatal visits to ensure you and your baby are thriving.🤰
Evidence-Based Practices: Midwives utilize the latest research to support your health, making sure you get the best care available, whether you’re birthing at home, in a clinic, or a hospital.🤰
Less Intervention, More Natural Births: Midwifery care encourages natural childbirth, with fewer medical interventions, allowing for a more personalized, less clinical experience.🤰
Support After Birth: Your care doesn’t stop at delivery! Midwives provide postpartum care to help you recover, adjust, and bond with your baby.

Consider a midwife if you're looking for a compassionate, patient-centered approach to one of life's most magical moments! 🤰

07/07/2025

🌸 What is Hypnobirthing? 🌸

Hypnobirthing is a powerful mind-body approach to childbirth that focuses on using relaxation, breathing techniques, and positive affirmations to help reduce pain, anxiety, and fear during labor. 🧘‍♀️✨

Here’s how it works:
🔹 Breathing Techniques: Deep, slow breathing helps to relax the body and mind, making contractions more manageable.
🔹 Relaxation & Visualization: Mental exercises guide you to feel calm, empowered, and confident in your body’s ability to birth.
🔹 Positive Affirmations: Replacing fear-based thoughts with positive, empowering messages to create a sense of calm and trust in the process.
🔹 Partner Involvement: Hypnobirthing often includes partners as active participants, helping them support and guide the birthing parent through each stage of labor.

The goal of hypnobirthing is to make labor a more peaceful, empowered, and controlled experience—whether you're birthing at home, a birth center, or in a hospital.

Ready to learn more or give it a try? Our Hypnobirthing classes are taught by the local doula Rebecca McKinney.

06/27/2025

🩺 What's the Difference Between a CNM and an LM? 🤔
Our provider is a Certified Nurse Midwife: Jessica Filosa

When it comes to midwifery, two common credentials are CNM (Certified Nurse Midwife) and LM (Licensed Midwife), but they’re not the same! Let’s break it down:

🔹 CNM (Certified Nurse Midwife):

A CNM is a nurse who has completed advanced education (a master’s degree or higher) in midwifery.
They are licensed to provide comprehensive care for women, including prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care.
CNMs can also prescribe medications, perform routine medical exams, and provide well-woman care.
They typically work in hospitals, birthing centers, and private practices.

🔹 LM (Licensed Midwife):

An LM is a midwife who has specialized training in home births or out-of-hospital births and is licensed by a state regulatory board.
They don’t have the same nursing background as CNMs but are highly skilled in natural childbirth.
LMs can provide prenatal, labor, and postpartum care, but they may have limited access to medications and advanced medical procedures.
They mostly work in home settings, birth centers, or independent practices.
💡 So whether you're considering a hospital birth or a home birth, both CNMs and LMs play vital roles in providing personalized, safe care for mothers and babies!

Which one resonates more with your birth plan? 💭 Share your thoughts below! 👇

06/19/2025

I LOVE all of my doula families! Especially when I get to birth with them over and over again! 🥰 These kiddos momma likes to make quick work of her labors (VBACs!) and she’s always so incredibly calm and sneaky about it! 😘 So grateful for the opportunity to help her and her hubby stay cool calm and collected, no matter what birth brings her way.

06/17/2025

Meet Jessica!

Jessica Filosa is a Certified Nurse-Midwife and Family Nurse Practitioner- Board Certified by both the American College of Nurse-Midwives and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She obtained her Master of Science in Nursing in 2017 from United States University and her Certificate in Nurse-Midwifery in 2022 from Frontier Nursing University.

Jessica developed a passion for childbirth through her own birth journey, and as a mother of 3, midwife, and nurse practitioner she believes in practicing patient-centric care, with a focus on facilitating the natural process of childbirth with minimal intervention. Jessica’s goal is to offer moms an opportunity to experience their birth journey in a comfortable and familiar setting, inclusive of a wide variety of birth plans and techniques that afford moms the opportunity to give birth their way.

In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family. Some of their favorite activities include cooking, reading, going to the beach and traveling.

06/16/2025

Mamas, did you know that while you’re pregnant, your Nervous System is directly controlling the development of your baby’s Nervous System? 👶🏼

This is one of the biggest reasons why it’s so important to get adjusted during pregnancy! The Nervous system controls and coordinates every system and function in the body.

It’s also essential for your body’s ability to adapt to stress which is one of the most important aspects of health!

Keeping your body functioning as its best during pregnancy helps to set the tone of your baby’s foundation of health for their lifetime!

Other benefits of chiropractic care during pregnancy can include:

✨Reduced pain and discomfort
✨Increased energy
✨Shorter labor times
✨Faster postpartum recovery
And more!

Ready to have a pregnancy that you can actually enjoy? 😍 Call our office today and schedule your initial appointment!

06/12/2025

👉Prenatal and Home Birth Package:

Our prenatal and home birth package includes the following:
👉Care from a Certified Nurse Midwife and/or Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner
👉Comprehensive office prenatal visits and care through 6 weeks postpartum
👉24/7 On-call services availability from 36 weeks till 2 weeks postpartum for doula and certified nurse midwife
👉Continuous labor, birth, and immediate postpartum care from doula and certified nurse midwife
👉Facilitation of transfer of care to the hospital as needed and continued support
👉Documentation for filing of birth certificate with Vital Statistics and applying for social security
👉Childbirth (Hypnobirthing) Education classes
👉4TFM classes
👉Initial Lactation Consult

Our specialized team is here to making your birthing experience as you see fit.
Your Birth, Your Way! Your investment is $9,999. Having the birth you want...priceless.

Call us today to schedule an appointment and begin care.
Office hours Monday - Thursday 8am - 5pm.
Closed for lunch 1pm-2pm.