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Open Door Midwifery
215 Ramsland Street, Westby, Wisconsin, United States
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About the Open Door Midwifery
Open Door Midwifery, located at 215 Ramsland Street in Westby, Wisconsin, is a health institution dedicated to empowering families through the journey of pregnancy, birth, and newborn care. With a strong belief in the sanctity of natural birth, the midwives at Open Door Midwifery provide loving support and guidance to mothers and babies.
With over 30 years of experience, the midwives at Open Door Midwifery are licensed direct entry midwives who have attended home births as primary midwives since 1987. They act as guardians of normal birth, believing in minimal interference to ensure a safe and empowering birthing experience.
The initial prenatal visit at Open Door Midwifery includes a complete physical exam and lab work, with additional home visits within the first 2 weeks if needed. Water is often used to ease the discomforts of labor, whether in a shower, bathtub, or specially designed laboring tub.
At Open Door Midwifery, the role of the midwife is seen as being on the threshold of life, where intense emotions and physical power come together to bring a new human being into the world. With a focus on empowering families to find their own unique path, Open Door Midwifery provides the loving support and guidance needed for a beautiful and dignified birthing experience.
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215 Ramsland St, Westby, WI 54667, United States
Reviews of Open Door Midwifery
"This was our first experience with home birth and Denise was amazing. She was flexible with scheduling appointments, caring to me and my entire family and supportive of my plan and hopes for my home birth. I would do it again in a heartbeat with Denise!"
"Denise is amazing! We felt so lucky to have her experience and knowledge, as well as her compassion and understanding, to guide us through our journey of pregnancy and finally welcoming our beautiful son into the world! She's like a member of the family now!"
"We had our second daughter under Denise's excellent care a few months ago. I can't say enough positive things about the care we received and Denise's obvious expertise in her field. We started out at an unnamed local hospital system. When they diagnosed our baby with intrauterine growth restriction, things got interesting. We were fairly confident that our baby, whose growth was moving along at a perfectly normal rate, was simply younger than previously assumed. But the OB department flatly refused to change the due date, and as a result we were looking at weekly to twice-weekly ultrasounds, and a weeks-early induction. Desperate for a second opinion, we contacted Denise. Her common sense and willingness to think outside of the box saved us from what would have been an incredibly stressful and possibly dangerous experience. Sure enough, our baby arrived significantly later than the hospital's due date, healthy as could be and a good size! Overall, the experience of natural birth outside of the hospital was incredibly empowering. It reminded me that I was not a patient suffering from illness or injury, but simply a woman doing an utterly human, utterly natural thing: bringing new life into the world. I'm so grateful that we have this option available to us! Thank you, Denise!"
"My husband and I welcomed our son into the world 3 months ago under the outstanding care of Denise and Tavniah at Open Door Midwifery. We knew we wanted to stray from the traditional hospital approach, so we had an initial appointment at another midwifery practice in the area and we were all set to move forward with them. At the last minute, we decided to explore another option just to make sure we were making the right decision. After leaving our initial consult with Denise, we had completely changed our minds and knew without a doubt that Open Door Midwifery was the right fit for us. All of our prenatal appointments at the birth center were very comfortable. Rather than being in a stark, white doctor's office, care was provided in a cozy, home-like setting. Denise's approach is very relationship-based, which is exactly what's needed to prepare for the intimate experience of labor and delivery and to build trust with the person who would ultimately deliver our baby. Denise was a great listener during our appointments and we never felt like she told us what we had to do. She gave us a wide array of information and guided us while we made informed decisions about our care. During labor, the midwives maintained a calm, positive energy within the birth suite and allowed us the flexibility to do whatever we needed to do to make sure I was comfortable. We ended up having to transfer to the hospital due to my waters being broken for 24 hours. Despite a hospital birth not being part of our birth plan, the transfer was executed very smoothly and Denise and Tavniah were still very hands on during delivery. After he was born, postpartum care began with home visits at 1 day and 3 days and checkups at the birth center at 2 weeks and 6 weeks. Denise actually made an extra visit to our house the day we came home from the hospital because she happened to be in our neighborhood doing a postpartum visit for another client - so awesome! It was amazing that the midwives came to us to perform the newborn screenings, make sure I was healing ok, and provide breastfeeding support within the comfort of our own home. All in all, I'm so pleased with our decision to choose Open Door for our care and we would absolutely seek care with her again whenever we choose to have another baby."
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