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My husband and I are trying again, But we don't have any insurance and was thinking about midwives oflakeland. does anyone have any info on them. my 1st pregnancy was good except for being RH negative and Induced which i will never do again. oh and gaining alot of weight. but other wise no problems.

There is Labor of Love with midwives:

http://laborluv.com/

Good Luck to you and your husband!

thank you for your info I will use it.

There are only two places that I know of around this area that use midwives. Labor of Love is one. They have their own facility with a tub and home setting. They also have the option of doing a home birth. I am sure you would have to speak with them to see which would fit your family better. The other facility that has midwives is Central Florida Women's Care. They are in the same building with Lakeland OBGYN. They do their deliveries at LRMC. If there are any complications, or your pregnancy becomes high risk for some reason, the physicians at Lakeland OBGYN would also follow your care.

I used the midwives with three of my four pregnancies. I loved them and wish I would have used them for my third pregnancy. They seem to show more care than the doctors do.
They can care for some high risk depending on what it is. If they can't care for you the Lkld OB doctors may take over your care or they will refer you to Bartow high risk clinic.
I do know with no insurance that the fees vary from 1250 to 2500 and they can put you on a payment plan but it is limited to certain test and doesn't cover extra sonos or nst's.
You said no ins. have you tried for medicaid? They have a pregnancy medicaid that will cover your pregnancy or even share of cost which will help cover some cost depending on your amount.

Melissa, thank you for your detailed advice. I hope Michele will be able to utilize it.

My Mother is A Retired Midwife, she actually helped Deliver My son!..
it was a great experience !!

i went to labor of love with my last child. i loved them.. i planned on a home birth which they do if u live within 30 mins. i ended up having my little one at LRMC she had low fluid around her. mary anne and the other midwives are very sweet.. mary anne is on a cross country biking till june.. the cost is $4000 with no insurance, they take medicaid. they have 3 birth rooms.. 2 with beds 1 with a birth tub which is $150 insurance does not pay for. all the nurses are sweet they take the time to talk with you in detail. i had to go see dr barrett and i spent maybe a total of 30 mins with him the whole time i had to see him thats the 6 visits and after giving birth which my hubby delivered. the labor of love midwives see 2 people an hour so u get alot of talk time with them.. if u want to see a midwife id go to labor of love.

Thanks for all the great feedback I just got medicaid for the baby, I am not currently prego yet, and with our money situation I don't think we are up for another quite yet but I wanted some views from other mom that have experienced midwives before. I think for our next one I will deffinetly use a midwife. I know I could get medicaid if I am prego but we need to try agian for my husband and I Thanks so much{{{{{{hugs}}}}}

Hey mamachele,

I went to the Labor of Love and had a great experience. I loved it. You hardly wait 5 minutes and the midwife spent around 45 minutes with us and is with you through labor. I had a homebirth and would be glad to send you my birth story.

Jessica

here are some of my websites because of the awesome care I recieved I am a big advocate for midwives and birth.

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Thank you so much
I am now 21 week prego and we have been going to the Labor of love since the begining they are completely awsome and nice and caring I am going to give birth there I would like a water birth but Medicaid does not cover it so I will settle for the birthing center, We are very excited because we are having another Boy Gabriel Clifton Half way there. thanks for all the good advise love reading birthig stories.

congrats mamachele

ill be joining u at labor of love as soon as my medicaid kicks in. im 23 weeks pg.

brandie

I would so love to use midwives and try to go all natural. I think it's only because I know I never can, without putting my babies and myself at risk. Although doctors downplay the risks, I have had certain infections that can in rare cases cause birth defects. I have also had two c-sections due to breech presentation and pre-term labor caused by an abruption and tend to have low fluid as well. I'm also considered "advanced maternal age", so it would be too risky I think...but if I could do it all over, knowing what I know now, I would so much love to use midwives if they could reassure me about the risks.

That's great! I'm very happy for the both of you. Thanks for checking out my site. Let me know if you need anything I am here to help. I am a doula and learning to be a childbirth educator. I also have the movie The Business of Being Born.

Jessica

Jmarr are you pregnant now? If you really do want to make an attempt I could help you prepare using some techniques we could try.
Message me,
Jessica