Gainesville Midwives
We are Gainesville Midwives! We provide pregnancy, home birth, and VBAC services to low risk, healthy individuals.
Gainesville Midwives serves Alachua County and surrounding areas and is co-owned by midwives Kerri Audette, LM, CPM and Sorell Pagliara. Gainesville Midwives strongly believes that prenatal care is not defined by what happens at each prenatal visit, but is truly characterized by what happens between visits. We offer holistic, evidence based options to every family. We provide gentle, nurturing car
Today we had the pleasure of talking to Rep. Clovis Watson Jr., a true friend to Florida midwives!
Spreading the good word about licensed midwifery in Tallahassee with sister midwives and our brilliant lobbyists!
When your MANA festing with midwife !
We got to spend some time poking around the in Tampa with and barefootherbals and we think Gainesville could use a rad place like this!
This weekend we got to hone our emergency skills including breech delivery, shoulder dystocia, postpartum hemorrhage, and laceration repair (on cow tongues)!! 👅 So grateful for this chance to practice evidence based care with a variety of health practitioners!
pursuing continuing education in obstetrical emergencies with ! We heard there will be robots! 🤖
All the mannequins, blankets, and ambu bags! Thank you Karen Strange for a powerful and productive integrative class! Having the knowledge to confidently provide newborn transitional care and resuscitation is crucial to keeping safe ❤️ Thank you for hosting us!
Prenatal yoga at Sanctuary Yoga and Meditation Studio!
So glad to be spending my weekend with this lovely lady! We're getting a 2fer, but these thoughtful babies gave us just enough time for a few 💤 in between.
Gainesville Midwives take your pelvic floor really seriously! We're learning techniques to keep your hips happy in pregnancy and beyond ❤️✌🏽
Childbirth: What to Reject When You're Expecting
Consumer Reports breaks down 10 interventions to think twice about during your pregnancy.
consumerreports.org Consumer Reports describes 10 childbirth procedures often overused when you're expecting. Find out what you should reject.
Did you know that Gainesville Midwives offers VBACs (vaginal birth after cesarean, or HBAC/home birth after cesarean)? With a thorough risk screening we can determine if you are a good candidate for a home birth the next time around!https://consensus.nih.gov/2010/images/vbac/vbac_statement.pdf
Childbirth Connection
Our friend, Professor Eugene Declerq, breaks down recent studies and discussions about home birth.
Gainesville Midwives's cover photo
Held at Palisades Park, New Jersey from 1946 to 1955, the annual Diaper Derby saw confused tots in cloth diapers racing in what was billed as 'the slowest two minutes in sports'. (Photo courtesy of Carriage House Birth)