We provide new clients with a complete set of documents.
Informed Consent for Midwifery Care & Home Birth
(signature required for you to become our client).
(signature required for you to become our client).
Client-Midwife Contract
(signature required for you to become our client).
(signature required for you to become our client).
Financial Agreement
(signature required, sets out the details of your payment arrangements).
(signature required, sets out the details of your payment arrangements).
Indications for Physician Consultation & Referral
(signature required, conditions & situations for which we consult or refer).
(signature required, conditions & situations for which we consult or refer).
Medical Records Request / Release
(to have care records sent to us from other providers).
(to have care records sent to us from other providers).
Insurance Information Form
(needed if you intend to use our biller to help you with insurance).
(needed if you intend to use our biller to help you with insurance).
MANA Statistics - Midwives Alliance of North America
(disclosure & consent to collect limited research data).
(disclosure & consent to collect limited research data).
Genetic Risk Screening
(informed choice for prenatal screening test at 15-20 weeks).
(informed choice for prenatal screening test at 15-20 weeks).
Vaginal Birth After Cesarean - only for moms with previous C-sections
(informed choice for mothers considering VBAC).
(informed choice for mothers considering VBAC).
When to Call Midwife & If Your Water Breaks
with contact info - print this to post at home.
with contact info - print this to post at home.
Intrapartum Policies & Procedures
(describes our scope of practice in more detail).
(describes our scope of practice in more detail).
HIPAA Notice - as it affects our policies and procedures
(Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act info).
(Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act info).
Charting My Pregnancy / Labwork in Pregnancy
(helps you track your care and labwork, bring to each appointment).
(helps you track your care and labwork, bring to each appointment).
MANA Statistics
(en Espanol).
(en Espanol).
Exercises for Pregnancy
to relieve discomfort in pelvis, hips, low back.
to relieve discomfort in pelvis, hips, low back.
Weighing the Risks and Benefits;
learn why we rarely recommend getting one.
learn why we rarely recommend getting one.
Due Dates - OB Calculator
(a link to a fun resource for calculating your dates).
(a link to a fun resource for calculating your dates).
Informed Consent for Glucose Tolerance Testing
for gestational diabetes (done between 24 & 28 weeks).
for gestational diabetes (done between 24 & 28 weeks).
Informed Consent for RhoGam
only for Rh- blood type moms (done at 28 weeks and again at birth).
only for Rh- blood type moms (done at 28 weeks and again at birth).
Hospital Transport Plan
(needs to be decided and filled out well in advance of labor).
(needs to be decided and filled out well in advance of labor).
Emergency Transport Information
(info you will take with you if you go to the hospital).
(info you will take with you if you go to the hospital).
Informed Consent for Vitamin K Prophylaxis
(includes alternatives, some of which start at 30-32 weeks).
(includes alternatives, some of which start at 30-32 weeks).
First & Second Stages of Labor
(defines and describes labor and delivery).
(defines and describes labor and delivery).
Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation brochure.
We are required to provide this information.
We are required to provide this information.
Informed Choice for Group B Streptococcus
(testing is done after 34 weeks gestation).
(testing is done after 34 weeks gestation).
Prophylactic Antibiotic Eye Ointment
(informed choice for newborn treatment).
(informed choice for newborn treatment).
Map & Directions to Birth
(so we can easily find your home, even in the dark!).
(so we can easily find your home, even in the dark!).
Custom Birth Kit for Sunrise Midwifery
click here to order at Confident Beginnings.
click here to order at Confident Beginnings.
Third & Fourth Stages of Labor
(defines and describes what happens after baby is born).
(defines and describes what happens after baby is born).
When to Call Midwife & If Your Water Breaks
with contact info - print this to post at home.
with contact info - print this to post at home.
How to deliver without assistance (in the unlikely event that you ever have to, & assuming you took our birth class).
List of items needed in addition to your Birth Kit - above
(things to have ready at home before 37 weeks).
(things to have ready at home before 37 weeks).
How to Use and Properly Care for our Birth Tub
(we deliver it to you at 37 weeks).
(we deliver it to you at 37 weeks).
Video - How to set up your home for a birth
(easier than you think).
(easier than you think).
Video - What your midwife will bring along in her bag
(all the equipment that we almost never use).
(all the equipment that we almost never use).
from Passion for Birth - Childbirth Educator Training,
hilarious videos of dancing for labor induction!
hilarious videos of dancing for labor induction!
Postpartum Instructions for Mom & Baby
(print this for yourself - important care and follow-up)
(print this for yourself - important care and follow-up)
Instructions for Visitors, for parents who want (or need!)
to post helpful reminders after the birth.
to post helpful reminders after the birth.
Newborn Screening in Washington; what it is, why it is done. Parental refusal is still optional at home.
Birth Announcement Form
(for sending to your choice of newspapers).
(for sending to your choice of newspapers).
Growth chart for newborn to 2 years; boys and girls,
height and weight, adjusted for breastfed babies.
height and weight, adjusted for breastfed babies.
Follow this link to order your baby's Birth Certificate.
(We send the info to the state within 10 days.)
(We send the info to the state within 10 days.)
