“Thank you for the tremendous support and guidance you’ve given to Vadim and me – and now also Mia! – over the past few months. From taking us in at our 34th week of pregnancy, to a very personal and special labor and delivery, your strength and assurance were exactly what we needed. Now you’ve continued to go above and beyond with your unwavering coaching around breastfeeding, helping us to continue nursing when we weren’t sure we could. You are a remarkably special team of women, and we feel real gratitude for having found you.”
— Michelle
“The Home Sweet Homebirth practice is an excellent practice for both women’s health and home birth. I found Anne when I was thinking of getting pregnant and first went to her for a well-woman visit for my regular gyn care. I have never been to a more thorough appointment with a health care provider. Every aspect of my health and life were covered. My appointment lasted well over an hour–as I left I noticed that my phone had several missed calls. Turns out my husband thought something was wrong because I had been gone so long! Even more amazing? I wasn’t there that long because I was waiting in a waiting room. I was with Anne the whole time. When I did get pregnant my first pregnant visit was even longer. Anne went over everything. My pregnant friends would tell me they saw their OB for 5-10 minutes tops. I was appalled!
The care you receive from Anne’s practice is excellent–personalized, conscientious and evidence based. Choosing a home birth was a big decision for me and I wanted to ensure that I had the best quality care that would keep me and my baby safe. I was impressed with Anne’s professional credentials and her calm and knowledgable bedside presence. I felt that I could completely trust her and felt comfortable talking with her about anything that came up during my pregnancy.
One thing I really like about using Anne as a home birth midwife is that YOU are in charge of your care. Anne presents you with choices about what you can do at every point in your pregnancy and lets YOU make the decision about it. When you choose a home birth you are choosing to take an active role in your health and the practice respects that. Anne provides you with solid medical evidence and lets you make the choice. There are no paternalistic expectations that you will do something just because your doctor says and you have no choice in the matter. You definitely leave the experience more knowledgeable and more empowered.
In terms of the actual births, the care Anne gives during the labor and birth experience is wonderful. I labored 36 or so hours with my first and Anne was the knowledgeable, reassuring presence I needed. I was scared, in pain, and frankly was kind of wishing I was not having a baby at that point. Anne and her wonderful team got me through it and I safely delivered a beautiful healthy baby girl. Bringing her into this world drug free, in a loving and supportive environment was the most amazing experience I have ever had. There is no other feeling in the world like the natural birth of your baby and if they could bottle that feeling it would be the drug of choice for everyone.
My second labor was much faster, thank god, and the care just as good. Our second healthy daughter was born under Anne’s care and was welcomed to the world by her older sister in the comfort of our home. It was beautiful. The care Anne provides after the birth is just as thorough and attentive. She leaves your home clean and safe, calls you to check in and comes to see you at home after the birth for postpartum care. She cares for both you and the baby and ensures the health of both of you.
I can’t recommend Home Sweet Homebirth emphatically enough. Every woman deserves to be treated the way this practice treats you. I feel sad for my friends who put up with substandard care during any point in their lives, but most especially during their pregnancies. There is something better out there and this practice is it!”
-Georgette O.
“My birthing experience with Anne was amazing from start to finish. The appointments during pregnancy were beyond thorough, and any questions I had between appointments were answered promptly and by her directly. The level of care you receive from Anne & her team is incomparable to any other physician that most have ever met. I would definitely recommend this practice to anyone I care about and would absolutely choose to homebirth with Anne again.”
-Leah P.
“The homebirth team at Full Circle is amazing. I had Anne Margolis as my Homebirth Midwife for my 2 homebirths, and I can only rave about the experience and her care. During the pregnancy, she and her fellow midwives and assistants took care of me in a way that I had never before experienced with an OB or even a hospital-based midwife. Each prenatal appointment took about an hour, and that meant a full hour with the midwife, not in a waiting room. She was incredibly helpful, attentive, thorough, and caring, addressing each of my concerns with great detail and care, and making sure to have a sense for my desires during the birth.
During the births themselves, she was exactly the presence needed – calm, reassuring, encouraging, and basically keeping off to the side, allowing the natural birth flow on its own, at the ready for when she would be needed, but respectful of our space and the birth.”
-Eve E. |
