Whole-Person Care for Every Stage
From your first prenatal visit to those tender postpartum weeks — we're here with clinical skill, gentle hands, and open hearts.
Every family's journey is unique. Our services are designed to wrap around your specific needs, goals, and preferences — never a one-size-fits-all approach. Each service begins with listening and built on a foundation of trust.
Prenatal Care
Your prenatal visits are the foundation of a safe, empowered birth experience. At Palmetto Birth, these visits are never rushed. Each appointment is a chance to connect, educate, and build the deep trust that makes all the difference when your birthing time arrives.
- Comprehensive health assessments and labs
- Nutritional counseling and wellness support
- Fetal growth monitoring and well-being checks
- Birth plan development and education
- Emotional and mental health screening
- Partner and family involvement encouraged
Birth Support — Home & Birth Center
Whether you choose the comfort of your home or the support of a birth center, Midwife Dru brings calm confidence, skilled hands, and unwavering presence to your birth. She trusts the process — and she trusts you.
Home Birth
Birth in the sanctuary of your own space. We bring all necessary equipment, monitoring, and emergency preparedness to your home so you can labor in freedom and deliver with confidence.
Birth Center Birth
A warm, home-like environment with the additional safety net of a dedicated birth facility. The best of both worlds — clinical readiness and personal comfort.
- Continuous labor support from early labor to delivery
- Evidence-based monitoring and assessment
- Comfort measures: hydrotherapy, positioning, breathing
- Immediate skin-to-skin and delayed cord clamping
- Emergency protocols and hospital transfer plan
Postpartum & Newborn Care
The weeks after birth are profound and often challenging. Our postpartum care ensures you and your baby are thriving — physically, emotionally, and relationally. We don't disappear after the birth. We stay close.
- Home visits within 24-48 hours postpartum
- Newborn assessment, weight checks, and jaundice screening
- Breastfeeding and lactation support
- Postpartum mood screening and support
- Healing assessment and family adjustment support
- Newborn metabolic screening and hearing test coordination
More Ways We Care for You
Consultation Visits
Not sure if midwifery care is right for you? Schedule a free, no-obligation consult to ask questions, share your birth vision, and discover your options.
Childbirth Education
Comprehensive education classes for parents preparing for labor, delivery, and early parenting. Knowledge builds confidence — and confident parents have better births.
Community Outreach
Free workshops, support circles, and maternal health education events for our community — because access to knowledge should never be limited by resources.
Lactation Support
Expert breastfeeding guidance before and after delivery. From latching techniques to supply concerns — compassionate, judgment-free lactation care.
Well-Woman Care
Annual wellness exams, reproductive health counseling, contraceptive guidance, and preventive screenings. Caring for women beyond the birth year.
VBAC Support
If you're considering a vaginal birth after cesarean, we provide evidence-based counseling, individualized risk assessment, and dedicated birth support.
Your Journey with Palmetto Birth
From first contact to postpartum, here's what your experience looks like.
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1. Free Consultation
We meet — in person or virtually — to discuss your goals, answer questions, and explore whether we're the right fit for your care.
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2. Enrollment & Intake
Complete your health history, review your care plan options, and establish your prenatal visit schedule.
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3. Prenatal Care
Regular visits that build rapport, monitor your health, and prepare you for a confident birth experience.
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4. Birth Day
When your time comes, Midwife Dru is there — present, prepared, and fully devoted to you and your baby.
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5. Postpartum Support
Home visits, lactation help, newborn care, and emotional support through the fourth trimester and beyond.