Prices

The midwives of BetterBirth,_LLCspecialize in beautiful, natural births at BellaNatal Birthing Suites, our own birthing suites, or at home. All of our packages include attentive prenatal visits, delivery, and postpartum visits. Also included are the initial prenatal lab work and Group B Strep test (if you desire it), and the hearing screening test for the baby. You can also check out books from our extensive library.

We encourage you to consider a waterbirth. Dubbed the "natural birth epidural" by midwives, you won�t believe how great it feels to labor and/or birth in a warm tub of water. Melt the tension and pain away, erase gravity, and adopt any position you choose. Waterbirth is included in all of our packages.

While ultrasounds are not included in our packages, we do offer them as an add-on. See below for other optional services.

We have three packages to meet your needs. The most important factors that will determine which package is right for you are:

Where do you want to have the baby?

We deliver at BellaNatal Birthing Suites and our own birthing suites. Both are supremely comfortable, spa-like environments in which to give birth. There are queen-sized beds, fireplaces and fully stocked kitchens to help you relax and take care of all your needs. Waterbirth (or water labor) is wonderful in the specially-designed jetted tubs. All necessary equipment and medications are there for safety, of course, and all supplies and towels are provided by the facility. You can be fully pampered, safely cared for, and fully in control while birthing at the birth suites.

The birth suites option is particularly good if you don’t feel comfortable with home birth, if you want to go somewhere to deliver (for example, if you prefer to leave other children at home in their own beds, if you live with other people whom you don’t want present at your delivery, etc.), and for our many clients who come from out of state to deliver with us.

We also deliver at your home. There is really nothing like being in your own space, your own bed. With this option the midwife comes to you, bringing all necessary equipment with her. Waterbirth (or water labor) is available either in your own tub or in our portable birthing tub that can be set up anywhere in your home. This option is excellent for families who want their children to be present for the birth (or right after), and for mothers who deliver very quickly. Our home birth packages include a birth kit with the supplies you'll need for the birth, as well as our famous towel service (no mess and no laundry for you!).

Who do you want to provide your care?

You can choose any of our outstanding midwives to care for you. Once you make your selection, your midwife will attend all of your prenatal appointments, your delivery, and your postpartum appointments. She is available to you 24/7 by telephone for any problems you might experience. Our midwives do not rotate call. In the rare case that your midwife is unavailable (for example, if she is ill or delivering a baby when you are scheduled for a prenatal appointment), one of our other midwives will fill in for her until she is again available, but aside from that, your midwife is your midwife and she will be there for you. This option is especially good if you feel strongly about creating a relationship with your care provider, or if you want one of our midwives in particular to care for you.

You can also choose to receive your care from our apprentice midwives under the close, in-person supervision of our master midwives. BetterBirth is a premier clinical training site for midwives, and our apprentices come from all over the United States and Canada to learn from our team. The fun part about working with apprentices is that you get to learn, too. By choosing care with our supervised apprentices, you receive your care at a substantial discount. For more information about working with our apprentices, click here. The apprentices rotate call (as do the supervising midwives), so this option works well for clients who don’t feel a strong need to have just one midwife attend them throughout their pregnancy. It is also available only at the BetterBirth birth suites, not at home.

Home Birth Midwife Package $2100

Prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care with the midwife you choose
Delivery at your home, including waterbirth if desired
Initial labwork and Group B Strep test
Hearing Screening Test for the baby
Birth Supply Kit
Towel Service

BellaNatal Midwife Package $1600 + $1000 Facility Fee = $2600

Prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care with the midwife you choose
Delivery at BellaNatal Birthing Suites, including waterbirth if desired, 8-hour postpartum stay
Initial labwork and Group B Strep test
Hearing Screening Test for the baby

Birth Suites Apprentice Package $1400

Prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care with our master-midwife supervised apprentices (includes facility fee)
Delivery at BetterBirth’s birthing suites, including waterbirth if desired, 4-hour postpartum stay
Initial labwork and Group B Strep test
Hearing Screening Test for the baby

Optional Additional Services

Ultrasound

Not sure of your due date? Want to know the gender of your baby? Need to check if the baby is breech? There are many good reasons to have an ultrasound (sonogram) during pregnancy. We are so pleased to offer full medical ultrasound at a terrific price which includes the reading and report by a radiologist. Ultrasounds are also available to non-clients with an order from your provider.

Our Price: $150.00

Prenatal Care Only

Planning on birthing elsewhere? We welcome clients who want to do only their prenatal care with us. Each visit is 30 minutes.

Our price: $41 per visit

Beta Strep Antibiotic Service

If you have tested positive for Beta Strep, the administration of antibiotics during labor can drastically reduce the chance your baby will become ill. With BetterBirth _LLC antibiotic service, you will receive either injectable or IV ampicillin every 4 hours in labor to protect your baby. (Includes up to three doses.) To learn more about Beta Strep and possible treatment options, click here.

Our Price: $65.00

Vitamin K Newborn Injection

A rare deficiency in vitamin K could cause a bleeding disorder in your newborn. The vitamin K injection will prevent damage in most cases. To learn more, click here.

Our Price: $15.00

Newborn Eye Prophylaxsis

Erythromycin ointment placed in the newborn’s eyes within an hour of birth can prevent blindness from neonatal eye infections. To learn more, click here.

Our Price: $10.00

Newborn Metabolic Screening (PKU) Test

This test checks for thirty-seven rare but serious conditions that might affect your baby. We perform the heel-stick test at your first postpartum visit (24-72 hours postpartum), and we’ll repeat it at your 2-week checkup. To learn more about the diseases checked for and about this test, click here.

Our Price: $120.00

Newborn Blood Typing

Take advantage of this unique opportunity to know your baby’s blood type without an invasive needle stick to the baby! The blood in the umbilical cord is the baby’s blood and can be typed at the birth with no pain to your infant. Never again in your son or daughter’s life can you obtain the blood type non-invasively. Keep the results in your child’s medical records or baby book for future reference throughout his or her life. If your blood type is Rh-, this test may let you know whether or not it is necessary to receive expensive lab work and a Rhogam injection after birth, and may save you hundreds of dollars and a few needle sticks yourself!