Encompass Midwifery

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Encompass Midwifery

Community midwife providing homebirth services to the Quad Cities area. Licensed in Illinois and Iowa. 🌿
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We strive to empower families with education and preparedness. Serving with evidence-based, individualized and high-quality care available to all people regardless of ethnicity, gender identity, or economic status that encompasses the entire childbearing experience. Our hope is to reclaim childbirth as a fulfilling experience, our services are marked by loving hands-on support and a trust in both the human body and research-based practices.

04/01/2026

It’s the law…

03/31/2026

Planning for the fourth trimester? Start with rest. It’s essential for healing, recovery, and bonding. With the right support, it’s possible.

We love the simple 2-2-2 guideline:
✨ 2 weeks in bed
✨ 2 weeks at home
✨ 2 weeks in your community

🛌 In and around your bed (no stairs): Your body is doing deep healing — your uterus is shrinking, tissues and vessels are repairing, and your organs are settling back into place. Rest as much as possible. Prioritize skin-to-skin, feeding, and getting to know your baby. This is a time for slowing down, processing, and adjusting to your new family.

🏠 In and around your home: Continue to take it easy. Light movement is okay, but avoid overdoing chores and limit trips up and down stairs. Fresh air on the porch counts as a win. Your body is still healing, feeding is becoming more established, and your baby is already changing and growing. Let the house be. The chores can wait, your recovery matters more.

🏘️ In and around your community: You may start to feel more like yourself, but healing is still ongoing. Ease back into outings with supportive, low-pressure environments. Close friends, family, or calm spaces where you can rest and feed your baby comfortably. Find your rhythm, knowing it will continue to shift.

Rest is not a luxury — it’s part of recovery. Plan for it, protect it, and accept the support you deserve.

03/29/2026

Let’s talk newborns!

During your immediate postpartum time, Encompass will also care for your new sweet baby. This includes a newborn exam right beside you in bed - a “top to tail” exam, teaching you about your baby along the way. Including reflexes, oral exam, and baby weight. We provide wellness visits for your baby weeks after birth, which include weight checks.

Routine screenings for your newborn that we offer:
— Blood Spot Screening (heel stick test)
— Heart Defect Screening (critical congenital heart defect)
— Hearing Screening

Plus your care also includes a visit with Lactation Counselor Kenzie of .clc ✨

03/27/2026

Encompass Midwifery’s hands-on and evidence-informed home birth care includes office visits throughout your pregnancy, as well as a home visit at the end of pregnancy and in the postpartum period.

Birth is a life-changing event and having a team you can trust to surround you is essential. We want to help you reclaim childbirth as a fulfilling experience, in the comfort of your own home.

We provide home birth services to low-risk families in the Quad Cities area including Illinois counties Rock Island, Mercer, Henry, and Whiteside and Iowa counties Scott, Cedar, Muscatine, and Clinton 🏠

03/25/2026

We’ve tried to have a waterbirth THREE times!

This third time was finally the charm. Even though her births are lightning fast, she was quite determined to make it into that tub this time - and she did! One minute her water broke, one minute she got into the tub, one minute she caught her sweet baby girl! What a little joy! After five brothers we were surprised to finally get a sister! 💗

Welcome little Ember! You are fiercely loved! 🌿

03/18/2026

Another incredible review from a recent birth.

“The care you receive is far more personalized and in depth compared to the care that you’d get at your typical OB. Having Sarah and her student midwife Lauren at our birth was a privilege. They made me feel comfortable by checking on baby throughout the process, giving me support, and giving me space when needed. I can’t recommend Encompass Midwifery enough!”

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03/16/2026

Midwestern blizzard on a Monday? Perfect excuse for a little story time. Turn your sound on and let’s chat about what inspired me to become a home birth midwife serving the Quad Cities area.

Follow along for part two 🏠
quad cities community homebirth midwife

03/13/2026

There was an ease about caring for this family. Labor was slow moving, easing into its own pattern. When things got so intense, this mama kept going - even laughing at a joke shortly before this boy made it Earthside! Then mom eased right into motherhood, dad eased right into fatherhood, and a family was made. There’s just nothing like that first baby!

Joining this family for this birth was extra special because his auntie also has her babies with us and got to be there for his birth!

Welcome Ezra Jon! 🌿

03/10/2026

By the way, this is who takes care of you and your family throughout your Quad Cities home birth experience.

03/08/2026

This family pursued homebirth care super late in pregnancy and I’m so glad they took that leap of faith! They knew what they wanted but weren’t quite sure how to get it. Long convos, research and trust lead to the best prize: sweet little baby Lemonade was born into the water, received right into her mama’s hands 🥹

AND we had the best little toddler assistant at our appointments too (ok sure, he got into his fair share of shenanigans but we wouldn’t have it any other way!)

Welcome Earthside, Adelaide, you are so loved! 🌿

Little shout out to the friend who referred this lovely family to me — thank you for trusting me with your people 🫶

03/05/2026

A look into a busy week at Encompass.

A birth, lots of appointments, home visits and office visits — including an initial office visit for a repeat client (our FOURTH baby together!)

Address

Rock Island, IL

Telephone

+13097211377

Website

http://encompassmidwifery.com/, https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-baby-fizzys-fight-for-healing

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