The Best Midwife Service in Austin for Your Birth Journey
We're open to all patients! Our team builds compassionate, trusting, relationships that help women on their birth journeys. This includes providing the best possible support for your natural birth process. Our philosophy is to watchfully wait and limit intervention, interceding only for you and your baby's optimal health.
A Small, Unique Austin-Area Midwife Practice
Each midwife in our Austin-area practice provides personalized pregnancy and natural birth support. Our highly experienced team offers services and depth others can't match. We can also deliver twins!
We provide Continuity of Care throughout pregnancy; you keep the same midwife and have two at birth
Our practice only does Out-of-Hospital Births at our Birth Center or your Home
Pregnancy Groups are part of our care; they offer you collaborative learning and much needed social support
Childbirth Classes are also included at no extra charge
We've been administering Certified Labor & Delivery Nursing since 1987
Our team has a combined 55 Years of Certified Nurse Midwife & Certified Professional Midwife experience
Why Should You Have Support from a Certified Nurse Midwife?
Certified nurse midwives have a wider scope of practice, broader work setting experience, and more education than other types of midwives. They're advanced practice registered nurses who are certified in midwifery giving them experience and expertise in both areas. Other classes of midwives are not registered nurses but have some form of midwifery training. In addition to providing pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care, certified nurse midwives also offer women primary healthcare services throughout their lifespans.
What's New at Abundance Midwifery Service?
Joan D. Smith Testifies at Texas Senate Hearing
Joan Doglio Smith, owner of Abundance Midwifery Service and President of the Coalition of Texas Birth Centers, testified about inadequate Medicaid funding for pregnant women who choose midwife and birth center care in Texas.
Abundance Midwifery Rolls Out Next Gen NIPT Test
We're pleased to announce a great new NIPT for our practice. Paramount, from Nutera, has better technology, more capabilities, counseling support, and a faster turnaround time.
Why Not Have an OB/GYN Nurse Practioner for Your Birth Center or Home Birth?
At Abundance Midwifery Service, we believe in providing the best care for your pregnancy and birth. That's why we're led by Joan Doglio Smith. She's an OB/GYN NP and a Certified Nurse Midwife with extensive education and training in nursing and midwifery.
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OB/GYN Nurse Practitioner
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Certified Nurse Midwife
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Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Joan is the only local CNM who has worked in all birth settings.
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18 years as a birth center CNM
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6 years as a home birth CNM
She's also a midwife mentor/trainer & a Preceptor for:
Lastly, Joan is President of the
What is a Preceptor?
Preceptors bridge theoretical learning & clinical practice to guide students in meeting objectives for delivering safe, quality care. They educate students through observation and instruction, training them to become midwives.
What is Our Humanistic Philosophy of Care?
We, the midwives...
...affirm the power and strength of women and gender non-conforming birthing people.
...believe every person, no matter their income deserves equitable, ethical, quality care.
...use the most complete and up to date evidence to make informed healthcare decisions.
...support self-determination and family member involvement in the birth experience.
What Midwife Services Do We Offer?
An excerpt from Jessika's birth story
"She (Joan) was the most equipped, knowledgeable, sincere, and strong certified nurse midwife I had met...
…and I devoted two months to meeting a lot. I was terrified of giving birth, so I painstakingly researched. Not to say they all aren’t amazing, but from my first phone conversation with her in the parking lot of the Deep Eddy pool, I knew she was who I needed. I told all my friends I was meeting that day, ‘I finally found the one!’ Not only did she tell me I COULD have a VBAC, but she also told me how, and why, and smoothed over my fears of uterine rupture with facts. Her extensive experience was clear, her manner was methodical and there was a comfort I found in her that was solid and warm simultaneously."
Our Birth Center
Our birth center is a refuge for clients with a home-like environment and artsy vibe. It features two fully outfitted birth suites with amenities including water birth support. Located away from the busy city in nearby Manor, the center has easy highway access. It's also just 15 minutes from
the nearest transfer hospital.
Our birth center is a member of the American Association of Birth Centers. Please see this video produced by AABC about the benefits of using a midwife and birth center.
Insurance Information
In Network Insurance Coverage Options
(we'll also file with any payer on your behalf)
Superior Health Plan STAR & CHIP Health Plans
Blue Cross Blue Shield's STAR & CHIP Medicaid Health Plans
Traditional Medicaid, Texas Medicaid Health Plan, STAR & CHIP
Dell Children's Health Plan Medicaid
The Only Austin-Area Birth Center in Network
with Marketplace & Medicaid Insurance
We're in network as a provider & birth center for Medicaid, Superior Medicaid & Ambetter Health Plan. Professional fees are in network for home or birth center delivery with Ambetter Marketplace insurance. Joan is also in network with Ascension Health Plan including Dell Children's Health Plan & Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicaid.
Our Midwives Also Support Women's Health & Wellness for a Lifetime
Pap smears
Preconception counseling & care
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Family planning
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Cycle tracking
Contraception support
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Pills, patches, NuvaRing, diaphragms
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Nexplanon certification for implantable contraceptives
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Long term contraceptives such as Mirena & Paragard IUD
Intrauterine insemination
OB/GYN nurse practitioner
Our goal is to assist you in finding all the information you need for your pregnancy and birth.
North Location - Clinic Only
13805 Ann Place, Austin, TX 78728
South Location - Clinic Only
1711 Fortview Road, Austin, TX 78704
East Location - Clinic & Birth Center
109 W Lane Ave, Manor,TX 78653
Our North Clinic is on the 2nd floor of Lotus House at the rear of Sol Healing and Wellness Center. Once you reach the center, park in back next to Lotus House. Enter the building through door c.1 (see diagram) and proceed upstairs.
Lotus House
Austin
Manor
Round Rock
Cedar Park
Pflugerville
Elgin
Buda
Kyle
Bastrop
Lockhart
San Marcos Dripping Springs
Lakeway
Georgetown
Hutto
Taylor