Ada Wren, certified nurse-midwife and doula, Asheville
Prenatal visits that last an hour, a midwife who is on call for your birth, and someone at your door in the weeks after. One person, the whole way.
Slide to your week. We show what many people feel around now, which parts of our care fit, and a short list to keep in your pocket.
This is general information for a typical pregnancy, not medical advice or a diagnosis. Your own care team knows your situation. If something feels wrong, or in an emergency, call your local emergency number.
Before
Visits of a full hour from your first weeks to your due date, at the practice or at your home. We listen to the baby, check on you, and talk about whatever is on your mind.
During
On call from week 37. As your midwife at a home or birth-center birth, or as your doula in hospital, staying with you from early labor until you are settled with your baby.
After
Home visits on day one, three and seven, then weekly for six weeks. Feeding, healing, sleep and how you are doing, not only how the baby is doing.
Clear prices, paid in three parts across your pregnancy. Many health savings accounts and some insurers reimburse midwife and doula care. We give you an itemized receipt to send in.
A sliding scale is available for two families each season. Just ask.
Reserve your due month with a $300 deposit, taken off your first payment.
Pay the deposit
Certified nurse-midwife since 2012, doula since long before that, and at over four hundred births in Asheville and the mountains around it.
I came to midwifery through my sister’s first birth, where the kindest person in the room was the midwife. I trained in nursing, then midwifery, and worked hospital shifts for six years before opening this small practice so I could give families the one thing hospitals rarely can: time.
I take on six families a month. That is the number that lets me be on call for every one of them without ever rushing a visit.
“Ada was at our door forty minutes after I called, and stayed until our daughter was asleep on my chest.”
An hour, at the practice or on the phone, no charge. We talk about what you are hoping for and whether we are a good fit. I reply within two days.
Your note is on its way to Ada. She replies within two days with a few times for your first meeting. If you are in labor or worried right now, call your care provider or your local emergency number.