The Home Birth Access Program
by North Texas Midwifery is a sliding scale financial offering to make home birth more accessible to families in DFW.
The Home Birth Access Program includes:
All routine care that is standard with global midwifery care including routine prenatal care, 36 week home visit, home birth, and routine postpartum care.
Lab work and ultrasound monitoring according to the client’s needs and best practice
Home birth attendance with 3 qualified professionals including a licensed midwife and two birth assistants
The love and care that you would expect from midwives who see you, care about you, and want you to have the birth you desire
Continuous care from both a licensed midwife and senior student midwife under supervision
FAQs
Are you available for my due date?
Openings for the Home Birth Access Program by North Texas Midwifery are limited so we can give individualized attention to those in our care. Please contact us immediately to check availability for your specific due date. If our team is not available, we will do our best to connect you with other provider options. If you are not sure when you are due, pleace contact us anyway. We are happy to help you determine your due date.
How do I know if I qualify for the Home Birth Access Program by North Texas Midwifery?
See this link to see the Home Birth Access Program Financial Contract for more information and to view the sliding scale qualifications. We offer customized and extended payment plans and do our best to work with every budget.
Do you offer services to Spanish speaking clients?
At this time, the North Texas Midwifery team is not fluent in Spanish and is unable to offer high quality care to Spanish speaking families.
Do you serve my area for planned home birth?
North Texas Midwifery serves Dallas, Tarrant, Ellis, Johnson, Rockwall, and Kaufman counties for planned home birth. If you are not sure if you are in our service range, please contact us for more information.
Where do prenatal and postpartum appointments take place?
All appointments take place at the North Texas Midwifery office at 3301 Elm Street Dallas, TX 75225 except for the 36 week prenatal visit, which is at your home, and the 48-72 hour postpartum home visit, which is also at your home.
What if I want a birth center birth?
North Texas Midwifery does not offer birth center birth at this time.
If I am having twins, can I still use the Home Birth Access Program?
Yes, depending on the type of twins, the North Texas Midwifery team would love to support you in your desired twin birth. Please contact us for more information and details.
What does it mean to have care from both a licensed midwife and senior student midwife under supervision?
Receiving care from both a licensed midwife and senior student midwife means that you receive the benefit of having two experienced professionals care for you throughout your entire pregnancy. Please visit our student midwife informed disclosure page for more information.
Can I have a water birth if I use the Home Birth Access Program?
Yes, North Texas Midwifery always offer water birth in the comfort of your own home, whether in your own built in tub, or an inflatable tub. Water birth is also offered by North Texas Midwifery at the Birth & Wellness Center of Arlington and East Dallas Birth & Wellness.
If I desire a VBAC, can I still use the Home Birth Access Program?
Yes, North Texas Midwifery offers VBAC under the Home Birth Access Program. Planning a VBAC in your home, or at the birth center, has risks and benefits and is supported by our team on a case by case basis. Please contact us to discuss if our team is a good fit for your planned community birth VBAC.
Meet the Home Birth AccessTeam
North Texas Midwifery believes that all women should have access to a midwife they trust so that families can birth in a peaceful and empowering environment.
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Inna is a student midwife with the BioBirth Midwifery Academy and serves as a birth assistant with North Texas Midwifery. Her dream is to become a professional, holistic midwife with her primary goal being to use her skills and knowledge to serve the Lord by helping women in the most vulnerable time of their life.
She started her journey in the birth world as a birth photographer and later became certified as a doula. She is now on the path to gain knowledge and skills to care for women throughout pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period.
Inna believes that motherhood is the biggest blessing from our Creator and that how babies come into the world matters. Inna has five of her own children, with four being born into the hands of midwives. The personal and supportive care she experienced with midwives was life changing.
Since knowledge is power, Inna is putting a big emphasis on educating her clients about expectations, nutritional values, staying active and positive on their journey to motherhood.
Her biggest desires are:
-to help women feel empowered throughout their pregnancy and birth by providing amazing care, support and informed decisions.
-To make an impact on the maternal health system, one birth at a time!
-To support women and be by their side for any needs, concerns or questions.
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Bethany Stricker is a Certified Professional Midwife and Licensed Midwife who is passionate about everyone having access to the birth location and type of their choice. Bethany believes that natural birth in a safe environment where families are given the opportunity to make informed choices and birth in their power changes the world. Bethany knows that empowered women thrive and thriving women change their communities for the better.
Want to help?
North Texas Midwifery offers the care but families need so much more to have their healthiest pregnancy, birth and postpartum! Please visit our Amazon Wish List and consider supporting the families in the Home Birth Access Program. Or, consider ordering a home birth kit from In His Hands and having it sent to our office at 3301 Elm Street Dallas, TX 75226. Together, we can meet the needs of our community! Thank you!