PREGNANCY
Pregnancy is not just a series of appointments.
It is a season of physical, emotional, and identity change.
Our pregnancy care bridges clinical knowledge, education, and emotional support across the full season of pregnancy.
This means having time to talk through symptoms and changes, understand what’s happening in your body, why certain labs, ultrasounds, or recommendations are made, and how to make choices that align with your values and your life.
We help you review options, risks, benefits, and alternatives, prepare realistically for birth and postpartum, and move through pregnancy feeling informed, supported, and confident rather than rushed or unsure.
This care was designed by a provider who has spent over thirteen years supporting pregnant people in many roles, nurse, doula, midwife, mental health provider, and coach. It was built to offer what is so often missing in pregnancy care: time, education, reassurance, and space to be human in a system that rushes people through one of the most profound transitions of their lives.
Pregnancy care should feel
steady, informative, and supportive,
not rushed, confusing, or fragmented.
Too often, people move through pregnancy with little time to ask questions, understand recommendations, or make decisions that truly align with their values and lives. Appointments are short, education is limited, and there is little space to both navigate what’s happening now and prepare thoughtfully for what’s ahead.
At Matricentric Health & Well Care,
we offer pregnancy support designed to fill those gaps,
with education-centered, relationship-based care
that supports the whole person throughout pregnancy.
Early Pregnancy Visit
Early pregnancy can be a time of excitement, uncertainty, and a lot of unanswered questions. Many people are told they cannot be seen until 8–10 weeks pregnant, even when symptoms, concerns, or anxiety are already present.
Our early pregnancy visits are designed for people who want support sooner.
These visits may include:
Pregnancy confirmation
Ordering labs when indicated
Early ultrasound when appropriate
Review of early pregnancy symptoms and what is normal versus concerning
Nutrition, movement, and lifestyle guidance for the first trimester
Time to ask questions and talk through next steps
This visit is not rushed. It is a space to slow down, understand what’s happening in your body, and feel supported at the very beginning of pregnancy.
Early pregnancy care does not replace ongoing prenatal care but can serve as an important first step or complement to care you already plan to receive.
Parallel Pregnancy Midwifery Support
Midwife-Led, Holistic Pregnancy Education & Support to Complement Your Prenatal Care
Many pregnant people receive excellent medical care and still feel rushed, confused, or under-supported.
Prenatal visits are often brief and focused on checking boxes. There may be little time to fully explain recommendations, review options, or talk through fears, values, and real-life concerns.
Our parallel pregnancy support is designed to fill that gap.
This is education-centered, non-clinical support for people receiving prenatal care with an OB or midwifery practice who want additional time, information, and guidance from a provider trained as a certified nurse-midwife, women’s health nurse practitioner, and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, bringing a deep understanding of pregnancy physiology, reproductive health, and the emotional and mental health realities of pregnancy into every visit.
Parallel pregnancy support can help you:
Understand labs, ultrasounds, and screening recommendations
Review current guidelines and what they actually mean for you
Talk through options, risks, benefits, and alternatives
Prepare for upcoming decisions before prenatal visits
Process questions or concerns that didn’t get answered elsewhere
Feel more confident advocating for yourself in clinical settings
These visits are not medical care and do not replace prenatal care with your primary provider. They are designed to complement your existing care by offering time, education, and support that is often missing in standard prenatal schedules.
This option is ideal for people who want:
More than a 10–15 minute prenatal visit
Unbiased education without pressure
Support navigating decisions
A midwife’s perspective alongside their medical care
Pregnancy should not require you to choose between good medical care and feeling informed and supported. Parallel pregnancy support allows you to have both.
Perinatal Mental Health Coaching
Pregnancy is not only a physical process.
It is also a significant emotional, psychological, and identity transition.
Through the framework of matrescence, we understand pregnancy as a major developmental stage, one that reshapes identity, relationships, emotional well-being, and sense of self. Emotional changes during pregnancy are often normal responses to hormonal shifts, life transitions, past experiences, and the realities of navigating pregnancy in a system that offers limited time and support.
Our perinatal mental health coaching provides education-centered, non-clinical support to help you navigate the emotional and mental health aspects of pregnancy with clarity, compassion, and confidence.
This coaching is led by a provider trained as a certified nurse-midwife (CNM), women’s health nurse practitioner (WHNP), and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP). This combined expertise allows for a nuanced understanding of pregnancy physiology, reproductive health, mental health, and matrescence, without automatically pathologizing normal emotional experiences.
Perinatal mental health coaching may support you with:
Anxiety, worry, or intrusive thoughts during pregnancy
Emotional overwhelm or mood changes
Fear related to pregnancy, birth, or postpartum
Identity shifts and the transition into motherhood
Relationship changes or stress during pregnancy
Processing previous pregnancy, birth, or reproductive experiences
Coaching sessions focus on education, reflection, and practical skill-building. We work together to help you understand what you’re experiencing, normalize emotional changes in pregnancy, and develop tools that fit your real life, values, and circumstances.
This offering is educational and supportive, not clinical mental health treatment. It does not include diagnosis, medication management, or psychotherapy. When clinical mental health care is needed, we support appropriate referrals and collaboration with licensed providers.
This service exists to fill a common gap in pregnancy care:
emotionally informed support that honors matrescence, validates lived experience, and recognizes that you do not need a diagnosis to deserve care.
Practically Prepared Postpartum Program
The Practically Prepared Postpartum Program
is a matrescence-informed, education-centered program designed to change that. Through four 75-minute visits, we prepare families for the realities of postpartum, including physical recovery, emotional and mental health changes, identity shifts, and the redistribution of care so support does not fall solely on the mother.
Grounded in the ROOTS and CARES frameworks, this program helps reduce shock, isolation, and unnecessary suffering during one of the most profound transitions of life. Preparation does not make postpartum easy, but it does make it more supported, informed, and sustainable.
This program pairs naturally with early pregnancy care, parallel pregnancy midwifery support, and perinatal mental health coaching, offering continuity of care from pregnancy into postpartum.
Postpartum is forever.
Are you prepared?
Most families prepare extensively for birth and for caring for a baby, while receiving little preparation for the recovery, emotional changes, and support needs of the person who gave birth.
The physical recovery, emotional shifts, identity changes, and redistribution of care that happen after birth don’t resolve at six weeks. How they are supported early on shapes how you experience motherhood and parenting moving forward.
And yet, research shows that over 90% of women report they were not adequately prepared for postpartum recovery, and fewer than 1 in 10 create a plan for their own recovery, despite most later saying they wish they had. Many parents report feeling shocked, overwhelmed, and under-supported once the baby arrives, not because they are failing, but because they were never given the information or support they needed.
Pregnancy Education, Support & Preparation
Practical, evidence-based support for pregnancy, birth, partners, and the transition into parenthood
Pregnancy Nutrition & Movement Support
Nutrition and movement during pregnancy are about more than rules or restriction. They are about supporting your changing body, energy, and well-being.
We offer education and guidance around pregnancy nutrition and exercise that is evidence-based, flexible, and realistic. This includes discussing common concerns, movement modifications, and how to support your body across different stages of pregnancy without pressure or perfectionism.
This support can be accessed on its own or alongside other pregnancy services.
Childbirth Preparation Classes
Birth is not something you should walk into blindly or fearfully.
Our childbirth preparation classes focus on helping you understand the physiology of labor, common interventions, decision-making, comfort measures, and realistic expectations for birth. These classes are grounded in evidence, midwifery wisdom, and informed consent, without fear-based messaging or rigid “one right way” narratives.
Classes are offered in private and small group formats and are designed to complement your prenatal care, regardless of where you plan to give birth.
How to Actually Support Your Pregnant & Postpartum Partner
Supporting a pregnant and postpartum partner is not instinctive.
It is a skill that can (and should) be learned.
This offering is designed to help partners understand the physical, emotional, and mental load of pregnancy and postpartum, and how to show up in ways that are actually supportive. We focus on communication, shared responsibility, emotional attunement, and practical support, moving beyond vague advice like “help more.”
This support is ideal for partners who want to be present, engaged, and prepared, but don’t always know what that looks like in real life.
Preparing for Maternity Leave & Knowing Your Rights
Navigating maternity leave, workplace expectations, and legal protections can feel overwhelming, especially while pregnant.
We offer education and support to help you understand your rights, plan for leave, communicate with employers, and prepare for the transition out of work and back again. This includes discussing paid and unpaid leave options, boundaries, and realistic planning for postpartum recovery.
Preparation in this area reduces stress and helps protect your health and well-being during a critical transition.