Holistic, Integrative, Compassionate; Prenatal, Home Birth, Postpartum and Whole Body Care

Flourish Midwifery proudly offers single provider, individualized and always inclusive, continuity of care throughout your pregnancy until completion of care at 6-8 weeks postpartum in the privacy and intimacy of our cozy studio in York, Maine

Flourish also finds passion in continuing midwifery tradition and extends care to women of all ages, offering workshops for preteens,  well person care for teens and whole body care for women in the childbearing year and beyond .

Morgan has a strong passion for true autonomy and traditional, holistic  midwifery care.  While  following  the  midwives  model  of  care,  she feels that the pathway to safe, fearless and satisfying home birth is education, shared decision making and building a trusting relationship with your provider throughout the prenatal period. Morgan‘s care focuses on compassionate, traditional  “hands on your belly “ prenatal care, thorough education and conversation  to help guide your family in the decision making process during  your care.  Morgan believes that emersive, competent and kind  prenatal care helps facilitate the opportunity for safe home birth  where  her  intention can remain as the  guardian of birth, allowing  the birthing person to flourish  in  their  own  element with  little  to  no intervention. She wholeheartedly believes that  “midwives  have  skilled hands and know how to sit on them“  however,  as safety for you and your baby are the absolute priority, Morgan maintains  licensure in attending  states, Maine, New Hampshire and  Massachusetts, as well as keeping all certifications in Neonatal  Resuscitation, CPR and Basic Life Saving practices current. She  takes great pride in keeping  her knowledge base by frequently continuing education and staying up to date on new perinatal, birth and postpartum  information,  research  and  protocols . 

She serves on the boards of  Maine Association of Certified  Professional Midwives, New Hampshire Midwives Association and the Maine Maternal Fetal Infant Mortality Review Board.

Full, comprehensive, single provider prenatal care beginning at 10-12  weeks gestation 

  1. One hour long prenatal appointments at Flourish  to  allow for questions, recommendations and relationship  building.
  2. Routine Prenatal Schedule, with visits once a month until 28 weeks, every two weeks until  37 weeks then weekly at your home until your  baby is born.
  3. Access to standard of care services like lab work, ultrasounds and allopathic remedies as needed.
  4. Honest and  thorough  informed decision education,  shared  choice  making  and  family  based  autonomy.
  5. Experienced attendance during  your  home birth ,  immediate postpartum & newborn care.
  6. Access and experience using  methods, medications and equipment to counter postpartum bleeding, aid in dystocia, perineal repair, neonatal resuscitation and emergency care.
  7. A dedicated and qualified birth assistant always available and on call for your birth.
  8. Postpartum & Newborn Care for up to 3  hours after birth, at 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, 3 weeks and 6 weeks (more or less as desired). With optional standard  of care newborn testings and administrations always  available!
  9. Life long relationship  and  availability to Your  midwife as part of the Flourish  Family!

 

SERVICE OFFERINGS
  • Midwifery
  • Prenatal Care
  • Home Birth
  • Postnatal Care
  • Whole Body Care

Wavy Circle

During my prenatal care Morgan Gaines was...educated teacher and nonjudgmental ear. She was compassion and reassurance and steady. She was heartbeats and horsie tape measure and normal blood pressure (yay!). She was my midwife.

During my birth Morgan was... respectfully invisible and reassuringly omnipresent.  She was confidence and support and knowledge and calm. She was teammate and leader, cheerleader and coach.  She was caution and trust and love.  She was my midwife.

During my postpartum care, Morgan was...unquestionably there. She was empathy and random question receptacle and frequent check ins. She was self-care and rest and, “yes that is normal”.  She was comfort and encouragement. She was my midwife.

A midwife; an endless amount of knowledge for an endless amount of questions you could ask about pregnancy. A shoulder to cry on when you just want that baby out. A hand to squeeze when you’re in the pain of a lifetime. Sweet encouragement when you think you can go no longer. The most loving care for your baby and your tired swollen postpartum body. And above all a friend for life. Not just any friend, a friend that has delivered your sweet child into this world. A midwife is priceless. We are beyond blessed to have found you, Morgan, you are everything any midwife should aspire to be.

Morgan Gaines, thank you for always being the calm during the storm. As a mother, feeling empowered and in control of all my births absolutely changed me as a person. I am so glad you were part of that process for two of our babies.

“If we want to find safe alternatives to obstetrics, we must rediscover midwifery. To rediscover midwifery is the same as giving back childbirth to women. And imagine the future if surgical teams were at the service of the midwives and the women instead of controlling them.” - Michel Odent