Charlottesville Midwifery

10/09/2025

Breech without Borders training for the third time! With wise & wonderful Whitney Pinger CNM.

09/27/2025

Planning conception for a home birth? I'll be taking some time off next June & July. If you wait until late November to conceive, I'll have more availability for mid/late August due dates & the fall.

09/18/2025

Thrilled to announce that Erin King Miller RN will be joining our home birth team! Erin brings 13 years of Labor/Delivery + Mother/Baby experience and 22 years as an RN. “When I became pregnant with my third son, I knew I wanted a home birth. I was led to Kelly, and my homebirth experience was so beautiful and transformative that it forever shaped the direction of my calling.”

Erin is the homeschooling mother of 3 boys & lives on a farm with Longhorn cows--soon to be welcoming a whole new round of calves!

“It’s my greatest joy to support women in bringing their babies into the world surrounded by the comfort, love, and peace of home.”

05/28/2025

How sweet & fun to welcome the first girl for this family with three boys! Third home birth with us, the parents are pros. Congrats Emily & John on the beautiful water birth of Danielle Maria! "I make cute babies" indeed!

05/16/2025

Labor picked up just as an afternoon thunderstorm was kicking in. Glad the midwife & nurse were the ones driving in the downpour, instead of the laboring mother & husband! The skies cleared as 9 baby Beau was beautifully born. Grandparents & big brother joined for the newborn exam, bringing Crozet pizza for everyone! Congratulations Rachel & Austin!

04/17/2025

03/18/2025

In a winter wonderland in a historic farmhouse in mid-February, this powerful mama birthed & caught sweet baby Eliza. With steadfast support from her husband & canine doula. Congrats Nathan & Amelia, & thanks to the brother who met the birth team in a pickup truck in the wee hours to bring us down the unplowed roads!

03/12/2025

This first-time mama journeyed through the phases of labor with patience, strength, and much joy as baby emerged just before sunrise. With steadfast support from her husband, doula Sara Zia CPM, birth assistant Shannon McElroy RN, & midwife Kelly Sicoli CNM. Congratulations Leah & Gus on the beautiful home waterbirth of your son Brasil!

02/07/2025

Pleased to share: 2024 STATS

36 clients in care: 34 vaginal births (94.4% vaginal births; 5.6% C/S)
44% water births (more had hydrotherapy in labor)
81% intact perineum or a small tear not needing repair
No 3rd or 4th degree lacerations, no episiotomies
0 vacuum/ forceps deliveries
2 VBACs (of 2 VBAC clients)
Smallest baby: 4 #13; Biggest baby: 10 #7
1 prenatal transfer for breech (client opted for c/s)
1 prenatal transfer for placenta previa: had a c/s preterm, baby had a NICU stay-baby is thriving (Thanks UVA for the great support!)
1 in-labor transfer for prolonged labor + pain relief- had a vaginal birth (Thanks UVA for the great support!)
0 clients transferred postpartum; 0 babies transferred after home births
All clients supported w/ infant feeding as desired, referred to lactation consultants as needed

2023 STATS

34 clients in care: 31 vaginal births (91.2% vaginal births; 8.8% C/S)
32% water births (more had hydrotherapy in labor)
60% intact perineum or a small tear not needing repair
No 3rd or 4th degree lacerations, no episiotomies
0 vacuum/ forceps deliveries
1 VBAC (of 1 VBAC client)
Smallest baby: 5 #7; Biggest baby: 10 #
1 prenatal transfer for breech + low amniotic fluid- had a c/s
2 in-labor transfers for prolonged labor + pain relief-had a c/s
1 baby transferred after a complicated breech home birth - baby is thriving
0 clients transferred postpartum
All clients supported w/ infant feeding as desired, referred to lactation consultants as needed

Thanks to the fantastic nurses Mary Thelen RN and Amy Rollogas RN who primarily supported these families' births with Kelly Sicoli CNM.

Thanks to UVA nurses & physicians for your great support when we need you! And to the wonderful doulas, lactation consultants, physical therapists, chiropractors, massage therapists, pediatricians, midwife colleagues, and others who share in the care of these families. And most especially: for the families who trust us with their care.

01/24/2025

Grateful for recognition for the 4th+ 5th years in a row as an ACNM National Best Practice, achieving 4 benchmarks for physiologic birth known as "Four Core": Induction of Labor 75%; as well as a preterm birth rate < 11.4% (in "Triple Aim"), low epidural rate, a high spontaneous vaginal birth rate, and a high 6-week postpartum visit rate, showing continuity of care with families.

Stay tuned...2023 and 2024 stats coming soon!