Holistic Midwifery care for everyone
At La Ceiba Midwifery, we blend ancestral wisdom and modern medicine to support your journey from preconception to postpartum. Our care is personalized, empowering, and holistic, guiding you to connect deeply with your body, make informed choices, and embrace the childbearing year as a sacred time of growth and transformation.
Midwifery Care
At La Ceiba Midwifery, we offer home birth and co-care services for families who seek a nurturing, holistic approach to pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
Our care weaves together traditional wisdom and evidence-based midwifery, honoring every aspect of your journey—physical, emotional, and spiritual. Whether you’re planning a home birth or receiving care alongside your OB or hospital team, we create a supportive space where you feel informed, empowered, and deeply cared for.
Prenatal Care
Your prenatal visits are an opportunity to slow down, connect, and prepare for birth—body, mind, and spirit.
For home birth clients, care begins with monthly visits, shifting to biweekly and then weekly as your due time approaches. For families planning a hospital birth, we offer collaborative co-care to enhance your prenatal experience.
Each session includes:
Comprehensive assessments — vitals, labs, nutritional guidance, fetal growth and position, and overall wellness
Education & preparation — childbirth education, self-care tools, emotional support, and informed decision-making
Advocacy & collaboration — ensuring your voice and values guide your care
HOMEBIRTH
We provide a calm environment for your home birth or water birth, supporting you and your baby with clinical skill and intuitive presence.
Your midwife team stays with you for several hours after birth to ensure a safe transition, complete newborn exams, process the birth certificate, and support your first moments of bonding and feeding.
You’ll receive continuous care, guidance, and reassurance—so you can welcome your baby in peace and confidence.
Postpartum Care
The postpartum period is a time of deep transformation. Our care continues well beyond birth with in-home visits focused on healing, rest, and integration.
For home birth clients, we visit at 24 hours, 1 week, 2 weeks, and 6 weeks. For hospital births, we offer co-care visits to complement your existing care team.
Each visit includes:
Health assessments for both you and baby
Lactation support and newborn education
Holistic healing for your body and spirit, including pelvic and perineal care
Wellness guidance on nutrition, emotional support, and family planning
We walk with you through every stage, ensuring you feel seen, supported, and nourished.
“My birth with Maria was an unforgettable experience, wonderful, and exceeded my expectations. My wish was to have a completely natural birth, and with her midwifery support we were able to achieve this. Maria, provided care at all my prenatals, birth, and postpartum. She never left my side, was always nice, empathic, and always tending to my needs. It was impossible not to fall in love with her. Thank you Maria, thank you so much and for everything.”
-Miriam
Traditional Postpartum Care
The postpartum period is a sacred time of renewal and restoration for the birthing parent. Our traditional postpartum care blends indigenous midwifery wisdom with Traditional Chinese Medicine, supporting your body, mind, and spirit as you heal. This care is designed to revitalize the parent, nurture wellbeing, and create a strong foundation for a healthy baby, secure attachment, and deep bonding. Families are welcomed whether birth takes place at home, in a hospital, or at a birth center, receiving gentle, personalized support during this transformative time.
Traditional Postpartum Care
Postpartum Home Visits
Weeks 1, 3, 6
Wellbeing checks for parent, baby, and family
Herbal baths, belly binding, cierre de caderas (bone closing ceremony)
Fire cupping, uterine massage, and integration support
Nutritional guidance, meal support, and herbal remedies
Lactation guidance and newborn care education
Lactation Education & Counseling
Prenatal Lactation Course
3 sessions, in-person or virtual
Covers newborn care, lactation basics, and personalized postpartum plans
Postpartum Lactation Support
At-home consultations: latch assistance, weight checks, milk transfer assessment
Telehealth: virtual support within the first six weeks postpartum
Begin Your Postpartum Journey
Step into care that honors you, your baby, and your family. Discover a postpartum experience rooted in tradition, healing, and support.
Fertility & Holistic Gynecology Care
We support your reproductive health through holistic, client-centered care. Our approach combines traditional wisdom, TCM and Maya practices, and evidence-based medicine to help you understand your cycle, balance hormones, and prepare for conception.
Fertility & Conception Education
Holistic Menstrual Care (3 sessions)
Understand your cycle and hormone patterns as a way to assess overall vitality and reproductive health
Reduce menstrual discomfort naturally through nutrition, lifestyle, and body-centered practices
Connect with your body’s fertility signals, deepening awareness of your rhythms and cycles
Conscious Conception (6 sessions)
Nutrition & lifestyle strategies to optimize fertility and support hormonal balance
Mind-body practices to enhance conception, reduce stress, and prepare your body and mind for pregnancy
Optional lab testing for a comprehensive reproductive evaluation
Maya abdominal massage for local clients to support uterine vitality and pelvic alignment
Learn to consciously conceive, creating a more empowering, enriching experience by aligning your physical, emotional, and spiritual readiness
Fertility Consultation
Gain a comprehensive understanding of your fertility and develop a personalized plan with a holistic fertility expert
Ideal for those exploring conception options
Available in-person or virtually, providing guidance for hormonal, reproductive, and sexual wellness
IUI support ( Intrauterine insemination)
Insemination services provided at home or in-clinic, timed to your fertile window for optimal success
On-call guidance during ovulation to ensure precise timing and support
Requires a prior fertility consultation to create a personalized conception plan
Abdominal massage
Rooted in traditional Mayan midwifery, abdominal massage supports reproductive health by:
Warming the uterus & improving blood flow to regulate cycles and support conception for those wanting to conceive
Relaxing muscles, ligaments, and flexors to reduce tension and discomfort
Supporting lymphatic drainage and overall hormonal balance
Stimulating reproductive organs and enhancing reproductive vitality
Deepening connection with your body to assess and support fertility naturally
Recommended: minimum 3 sessions, ideally combined with fertility education and holistic lifestyle practices for optimal results
Holistic Gynecology
In-person or virtual care to evaluate hormonal, sexual, and reproductive wellness
Includes labs, hormone testing, breast/chest exam, and Pap smear if due
Personalized care plan tailored to your needs and goals