Clients are asked to bring the minimum number of people to the office.  We request that children stay at home whenever possible.

Clients are required to wear a mask while at the birth center. Children over the age of five must be masked, and “best efforts” must be made to mask children between the ages of two and five.

Temperature checks are required at entrance to the clinic.

Naturopathic clients are prioritized to telemedicine options whenever possible.  Well Child visits, vaccines, annual exams, and health conditions requiring physical exam are still seen in office.  Most acute visits can be done through telemedicine in the client’s car with the clinician providing physical exam in the car as needed.

Midwifery client visits are being spaced using telemedicine visits roughly every other visit (as appropriate).  Interviews are scheduled as telemedicine.  Initial visits are scheduled as telemedicine until 10wks unless there is some extenuating reason for needing an in-person visit.Visits are all in-person starting at 36 wks.

Laboring clients are limited to 2 support people, both masked and required to stay in the room at all times.  Laboring people are not required to wear a mask.  If the whole birth team is vaccinated an extra support person is allowed.

Water birth and nitrous oxide are still available as tools during labor.

We have suspended home birth during the pandemic, though exceptions can be made for families who are fully vaccinated.

Anyone with exposure to or signs of Covid is referred for Covid testing (not done here in office) and cannot be seen until cleared from isolation/quarantine based on current CDC guidelines.

Anyone who has travelled recently will be required to follow all quarantine/testing recommendations from the CDC.  Please let the front desk know about your travel so we can switch your visit to telemedicine if necessary.