Postpartum

After your baby has arrived, Trillium Midwifery midwives remain with you until you are stable, fed, and help with your first breastfeeding session. We perform a complete newborn exam on your baby and ensure that he or she is transitioning well. If you birth at home, we help to clean up your house, start the laundry, and make sure that everyone is taken care of, usually leaving between 2-6 hours after birth. If you birth at the birth center, women typically leave for home around 2-6 hours after delivery, or until both mom and baby are stable and everyone is comfortable with going home.

After birth, we come to your home for up to two visits for you and your newborn. Office visits are available for all other postpartum and newborn care (and for all care for those outside our service area). Extra visits are offered as needed during these six weeks.

Trillium will apply for the baby's birth certificate, social security number, paternity statements if necessary, and bill any insurance. We also offer all newborn screenings that are requested by the states (screening for congenital and metabolic disorders, critical congenital heart defects, and hearing loss).

Trillium also provides individual prenatal, newborn, and postpartum care for those that are delivering elsewhere. In addition, we offer pre-conception and well-woman annual exams as appropriate.