FIRST COAST Midwifery Services LLC

07/26/2026

Welcome baby girl! Born today at the caught by our amazing Kaaliyah Samuels, SM

Peep the “scrunch” newborn stretch we love so much ❤️

07/23/2026

07/03/2026

🎉 EXCITING NEWS FOR THE BIRTH COMMUNITY! 🎉

First Coast Midwifery & Birth Center is thrilled to announce that we are once again accepting VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) and HBAC (Home Birth After Cesarean) clients! 🌊🤍
Thanks to recent changes in our liability coverage, we are excited to reopen these care options and support more families in achieving the birth experience they desire.

✨ As a reminder:
• FREE consultations
• FREE insurance verification
• Personalized midwifery care
• Birth center and home birth options available for qualifying clients

We are currently in-network with major insurance plans including:
✔️ Blue Cross Blue Shield
✔️ Ambetter
✔️ Sunshine Health Medicaid of Florida

Interested in learning more or seeing if you’re a candidate for care?

📱 Text 904-990-3619 with your email address and our team will be happy to help you get started.

We can’t wait to serve more growing families throughout Northeast Florida! 💙

07/03/2026

Date to be announced soon!

Please text us to sign up (904) 990-3619

If you have any extra cloth diapers to loan us for demos, please let us know!

07/03/2026

Grateful for our incredible and beautiful team Gabrielle Holmes Rene Pittman Kaaliyah Samuels, SM Mia-Johnny Jackson

07/03/2026

🌊☀️ BEACH PRENATAL DAY ☀️🌊

We’re bringing prenatal clinic to the beach! 🩵🏖️

Join us for an evening of sunshine, community, and prenatal care as we host our appointments right on the sand.

📅 **Wednesday, July 22, 2026**
🕓 **4:00 PM – 7:30 PM**
📍 **Jacksonville Beach**
*(Exact location will be shared with participating families soon.)*

After your appointment, stay and enjoy the evening with us! Bring your partner, kiddos, and beach chairs, and spend time connecting with other families in our community. We believe birth is better when you have a village, and this is the perfect opportunity to build one.

✨ Prenatal appointments by the ocean
✨ Meet other growing families
✨ Sunset, sand, and community connection
✨ Partners, children, and siblings welcome

**Want to make your next prenatal visit a beach appointment?**
📲 **Text the office at 904-990-3619 to reserve your spot!**

Come for your appointment, stay for the memories, and let’s celebrate this beautiful season of life together. 🤍

07/03/2026

Claire DeVoe Rooney

There is something incredibly sacred about being invited into a family’s story—not just once, but over and over again.
Over the course of six pregnancies, we’ve had the honor of walking alongside this beautiful family—from welcoming their very first baby to celebrating their fifth earthside baby, and even holding space through the heartbreak of pregnancy loss.
We’ve witnessed babies become big siblings, seen parents grow in confidence, celebrated joyful milestones, and grieved alongside them in seasons of loss. Because midwifery isn’t just about catching babies—it’s about caring for families through every chapter of their journey.
To be trusted not only in moments of joy, but also in moments of heartbreak, is one of the greatest privileges of this work.
To be chosen once is an honor. To be chosen for six pregnancies is a gift we will never take for granted.
Thank you for allowing us to be part of your story, for trusting us with your hopes, your tears, your babies, and your hearts. Your family has left an imprint on ours that will last a lifetime.

07/02/2026

🤍 **Why Families Are Choosing Midwifery Care & Out-of-Hospital Birth** 🤍

Birth isn’t a medical emergency for most healthy pregnancies—it’s a profound, physiological, and transformative life event. Midwifery care honors that truth by placing trust, education, and relationships at the center of your care.

✨ **More time, more connection.**
Your appointments are longer, allowing time to truly know your provider, ask questions, and feel heard.

✨ **Personalized, evidence-based care.**
Midwives view pregnancy as a normal life process while carefully monitoring for anything that falls outside of normal and collaborating with physicians when needed.

✨ **Lower intervention rates.**
Out-of-hospital birth is associated with lower rates of unnecessary interventions such as inductions, epidurals, and cesarean births for appropriately screened, low-risk pregnancies.

✨ **Freedom and autonomy in labor.**
Eat, drink, move, labor in water, and birth in positions that feel natural to your body.

✨ **A calm, family-centered environment.**
Whether at home or in a birth center, you’re surrounded by familiar faces and supported in a peaceful, intimate setting.

✨ **Continuity of care.**
The same midwives who care for you during pregnancy are often the ones supporting you through labor, birth, and postpartum.

✨ **Holistic postpartum support.**
Midwifery care doesn’t end when your baby is born. We continue caring for both you and your newborn during those precious early weeks.

Most importantly, midwifery care believes that **you are an active participant in your birth—not just a patient.** Your choices matter. Your instincts matter. Your experience matters.

For healthy, low-risk families, out-of-hospital birth can be a safe, empowering, and deeply satisfying option.

✨ Because birth isn’t just about bringing a baby into the world—it’s also about welcoming a mother into her strength.

07/02/2026

We’ve been a little quiet on social media lately... and that’s because we’ve been busy doing what we love most—serving growing families in our community. 🤍

Behind the scenes, our days have been filled with prenatal visits, labor support, catching babies, postpartum care, and walking alongside families during some of life’s most beautiful moments. While our feed may have slowed down, our hearts and hands have been very full.

As we move into the coming months, we want to remind our community that **we are here, we are accepting patients, and we are honored to continue serving you.**

Whether you’re dreaming of a peaceful homebirth or a cozy birth center experience, we’d be privileged to be part of your journey.

✨ Currently accepting patients for most upcoming months
✨ In-network with Blue Cross plans
✨ Accepting Medicaid plans
✨ CareCredit available

Thank you for trusting us with your pregnancies, your births, and your growing families. Your support allows us to continue doing this work that means so much to us.

Here’s to more empowered births, healthy babies, and beautiful beginnings. 🤍

📲 To inquire about care, text **904-990-3619** with your name and email address.