Whether it’s choosing the right care provider, understanding your options, or making sure your partner is supported, your doula is an invaluable resource every step of the way.

“I wish I had found you sooner.” Chelsea Carver, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, hears this a lot from moms in her office.

It’s beyond getting breastfeeding tips.

Did you know that Maternal confidence is identified as a primary factor in a mother’s ability to achieve her breastfeeding goals?

Our comprehensive childbirth education aims to teach couples, prioritizing you, rather than some rigid method. You deserve a humanizing birth experience, one where your physical and emotional needs are compassionately cared for and considered.

NOVA Birth Service’s Detrisscia McLean Corbitt, Labor Doula, Midwife Assistant & soon to be Midwife, shares her perspective as a Black Mom and Black Birth worker on maternal health disparities in the U.S.. According to Tennessee’s 2023 Maternal Mortality Report: “In 2021, 134 women in Tennessee died during pregnancy or within a year after the end of their pregnancy. And, seven in ten (70%) pregnancy-associated deaths were deemed to be preventable. Non-Hispanic Black women were 2.3x as likely to die as white women.”

Each piece of a puzzle contributes towards the larger goal of creating a masterpiece. In my personal experience as a doctor of chiropractic, collaborating…

Adding a regime of popping pills daily - while pregnant - may seem counterintuitive. It would be so very nice if our food provided all the nutrition we needed, but sadly that is rarely the case…

Did you know that in countries like Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, and France, midwives deliver over half of all new babies, AND their rates of maternal mortality are much, much lower than rates…

NOVA Midwifery is distinct in our comprehensive care, team-based approach.  We offer each family knowledge through evidence-based education, care by Certified Professional Midwives, support from…

Receive $250 off NOVA’s Midwifery services if you are due in June or July or 2018!

Carol Gautschi, CPM, LM (NARM certified) has attended homebirths since 1978 and has worked as a Classical Holistic Midwife on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula since 1979. She's been married since…

With each holiday season comes travel. And, those long trips can create challenges for pelvic health. Sitting for long periods of time causes tension, pain….

Mary Cooper, veteran midwife, joins NOVA this Spring for Nashville's Premier Midwifery Conference "BEAUTIFUL"…

This spoken word poem was written by Chelsea Carver, and performed at NOVA's Motherhood Speaks event in Fall 2015…

“The U.S. Cesarean rate continues to climb annually, and is currently at its highest rate, affecting 1 in 3 women and babies. Nature isn’t failing…

Hey Mama at the park today, you were nursing your babe and playing with her chubby little hand, all the while your toddler…

Before I reached 5 centimeters with my first baby, I knew with every fiber of my birthing being that the next time…

A Cesarean birth can be an incredible moment during which a mother gives birth to her baby and is able to bond through uninterrupted…

A baby that is breech is positioned in such a way that the baby's bottom or feet will be delivered…

Studies on waterbirth have found that newborns that are born underwater do…