Your birth choices should be supported, no matter which setting you choose.
As a Professional Midwife I will help you have a family-centered home birth, while respecting your cultural traditions and preferences.
CAROLYN GREENFIELD, Professional Midwife
Hi! I’m Carolyn. It is my passion to provide affirming midwifery care in the comfort of your own home throughout Connecticut and Western Massachusetts.
I live with my husband and 3 of my 4 children in Somers, CT. After my 4th child was born at home, with a Midwife I then felt the calling to enter the field of birth work. Since 2008, I have been helping couples have the kind of natural birth that I had with my 4 children. I started my path to Midwifery as a Bradley Method Childbirth Educator. I then went on to complete a year long program with WomanCraft in Amherst, MA, along with a 7 day advanced skills Midwifery workshop. This career path landed me in Houston Texas where I completed my Midwifery training. I have been working in the birth community for 11 years.
– Carolyn
HOMEBIRTH MIDWIFERY CARE
PREGNANCY
We follow the Midwifery model of care at joyful homebirth. Prior to your baby’s birth, you will have prenatal visits, lasting approximately one hour, either in your home or at my Rocky Hill office location. The schedule of visits is monthly until 28 weeks, bi-weekly to 36 weeks. Then the home visit. Weekly visits till birth.
BIRTH
During your birth, you’ll enjoy absolute freedom to move around in labor, relish immediate skin-to-skin and undisturbed bonding time, and have delayed cord clamping. If you are interested in having a water birth, I can provide an inflatable birth tub.
POSTPARTUM
We will have several visits postpartum First, I will call you 24 hours after to ensure that you’re settling in well. Then, we will meet in your home after 2-3 days, and at 2 and 6 weeks postpartum. My birth team and I are committed to your care, from your pregnancy until the end of your postpartum period.
If you are looking for a birth setting that uses minimal interventions, allows you to move freely, and be comfortable in your surroundings, a home birth is the right choice for you. A home birth offers a unique opportunity for obstetric care that is truly family-centered and collaborative. You are the expert in your own body and baby. We recognize your extraordinary power and honor your instincts. Together, we can create your best birth experience.
Where your home birth journey begins…
CHILDBIRTH CLASSES
Childbirth is an experience that one remembers forever. As such, it makes sense to prepare for it with a class that will nurture, guide, and educate you. Studies show that this preparation can help childbirth to be less painful. We achieve this by teaching you coping skills that will empower you to have the birth you desire, including an unmedicated one.
We create customized childbirth classes that incorporate the Bradley method, along with other resources to help you make the best decisions for you family. We include tools and techniques like birthing balls, rebozos, acupressure, and abdominal breathing.
FATHERS AT THE BIRTH
This dad was able to participate in the birth of his child. Here he is cutting the cord. Fathers are very important and should be allowed to even “catch” there own baby. Many do.
It is equally important to have the siblings nearby as it “normalizes” home birth.
BREASTFEEDING COUNSELING
Breastfeeding is natural, but it doesn’t always come naturally in the beginning. If you are struggling with latch, engorgement, or simply need more support, we can help. To help new moms with breastfeeding we provide the services of a local lactation counselor, Sarah Silamianos, RN Sarah will do in person or zoom consultations and has been providing Breastfeeding zoom classes for all Joyful Home Birth LLC new moms.
“Giving birth and being born brings us into the essence of creation, where the human spirit is courageous and bold and the body, a miracle of wisdom.”
– Harriete Hartigan
HOME BIRTH MIDWIFERY CLIENT
“Thank you for everything you have done and continue to do for us! If we ever decide to have more babies, we would be honored to have you as our Midwife again! You are wonderful!
