Looking for ob/midwife in Mobile area

[isign]

We just moved to the area, and surprise #3 is on the way. I know that it's not legal for a midwife to attend a birth in the state, but am looking for a midwife who delivers in a hospital or natural minded OB. thanks!

[turtlewomyn]

I would talk to Vicki Taylor, LM in Pensacola (Mama's Cradle is her business name) or Cindi Denbow, CNM of Gentle Birth Options, LLC in Niceville.  They are both Midwives in Florida (where homebirth is legal) and they may know of the best places to direct women interested in natural birth in nearby Mobile (about an hour away).  Gentle Birth Options, LLC just opened a birth center I believe, so if you are willing to travel and would be interested in an OOH birth that might be an option as well.

[ash0152]

There are two great certified nurse midwives in Pensacola - Jenny Allen, CNM, and Robin Crum, CNM.  Both deliver at Baptist Hospital and offer a variety of childbirth options.  The hospital is very pro-mother offering whirl pool tubs for labor, wireless fetal monitoring for free range mobility in the early stages of labor, and a great lactation program.

http://www.ebaptisthealthcare.org/MotherBaby/Physicians.aspx#midwife