Care for pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and the questions in between.
Mountain Midwifery provides care for low-risk families who are planning a home birth and want a more personal, relationship-based model of care. BenNi’s work includes screening, monitoring, education, preparation, labor support, postpartum care, newborn care, and referrals when additional support is needed.
Prenatal visits are typically about an hour long. BenNi checks on you and your baby, and also makes space for your questions and the things you are still trying to understand. A typical visit may include urine screening, blood pressure, temperature, and listening to baby’s heartbeat with a Doppler. The rest is for conversation: what feels good, what needs attention, and how you are doing emotionally. You do not have to rush through your care.
For some low-risk families, home birth may be an appropriate option when care includes careful screening, ongoing monitoring, a trained midwife, and a clear plan for consultation or transfer when needed. BenNi supports families who want birth to feel personal, calm, and connected, while staying attentive to preparation, risk factors, scope of care, and the well-being of both mother and baby.
When labor begins, you call or text BenNi, and she helps decide when the birth team should come. During labor she brings a steady presence, monitors mother and baby, supports comfort measures and movement, supports water birth when appropriate, helps your support people know how to help, and watches for signs that more support may be needed. The goal is to support the birth you are hoping for while caring for the safety of both mother and baby.
The early postpartum weeks can be tender, beautiful, exhausting, and full of questions. Care continues through six weeks postpartum, with visits at 24–48 hours, 1 week, 2 weeks, and 6 weeks. These visits support healing, breastfeeding, newborn questions, emotional adjustment, and the practical realities of life after birth.
BenNi provides normal newborn care within her scope, including newborn assessments, newborn screening, hearing screening, heart screening, breastfeeding support, and help with common newborn questions. If your baby needs care outside her scope, she will help you understand what she is seeing and connect you with the right provider.
Breastfeeding can be natural and still take support. BenNi helps families with early feeding questions, latch support, and understanding what is normal in the first days and weeks. If you need more specialized lactation help, she can help connect you with additional resources.
If you are preparing for pregnancy, a preconception visit can help you talk through your health history, ask questions, and begin preparing for the kind of pregnancy and birth care you want.
BenNi offers limited well-woman support within her scope, including education, basic wellness conversations, lab work when appropriate, and referrals when needs are outside her scope.
Care may include early labs, 28-week labs, GBS testing, and coordination for a 20-week ultrasound. BenNi also refers to supportive providers when appropriate, including chiropractors, massage therapists, lactation consultants, pediatricians, and other care professionals.
The first consultation is free—a chance to meet BenNi, ask questions, talk about what you are hoping for, and decide whether Mountain Midwifery is a good fit. Classes and education may be offered as part of care or as separate opportunities.
Mountain Midwifery provides care within the legal and professional scope of midwifery. BenNi does not provide services outside that scope, such as surgery, hospital-based birth care, or medical care that requires a physician.
If your pregnancy or health needs move outside the scope of home birth midwifery care, BenNi will talk with you about what is happening and help you understand the next step. That may mean consultation, referral, dual care when appropriate, or transfer planning.
Mountain Midwifery serves families in Cache County, Box Elder County, Rich County, and Southern Idaho, including communities around Providence, Logan, North Logan, Smithfield, Hyrum, Wellsville, Tremonton, Brigham City, Rich County/Bear Lake-area communities, and parts of Southern Idaho.
A free consultation is a place to talk honestly about home birth, safety, cost, your pregnancy, and whether this model of care feels right for you.