Reproductive Health for the People.
Supporting You Through Every Transition
Southside Midwifery Collective offers compassionate, personalized, skilled reproductive care. Our passionate team of midwives will walk alongside you through family planning, fertility, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and all the transitions in between with care that honors your autonomy and lived experience.
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Caring Services, Tailored to You
Want Homebirth Style Care, but Planning a Hospital Birth?
Don’t worry! You can still work with us! We will collaborate with the hospital of your choice to provide personalized prenatal and/or postpartum care for your hospital birth. Contact us for more information!
Meet The Southside Midwifery Team
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Olie Fricke (She/They)
CNM
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Nadine Ashby (They/Them)
RN, Student Midwife, & Traditional Full Spectrum Doula
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Jaqxun Darlin (They/Them)
CPM
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Kiara The Creator (She/They)
Creative Director & Traditional Postpartum Doula
Frequently Asked Questions
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Our office is located in the heart of South Minneapolis, but we serve all of Minneapolis, St. Paul, and the Twin Cities suburbs and surrounding areas. We can travel up to 1 hour.
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Nope! Any fluid is caught by disposable pads and any mess will be cleaned up by the midwifery team before we leave your home!
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Absolutely! We have water birth tubs available as part of your birth kit!
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Of course! Children are welcome at all visits and at birth! At Southside Midwifery, we prioritize your needs and desires for your birth. We ask that siblings have a support person that can care for them during the birth.
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Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs) receive their training primarily in hospital settings but work in hospital, birth center, and homebirth settings.
Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) receive their training in out of hospital settings (birth centers & homebirth).
Our team of midwives has a mixture of CNMs and CPMs who bring with them well rounded knowledge from both formal educational settings and hands-on experience to support you and your growing family.
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You can reach us anytime via our contact page or email. We aim to respond quickly—usually within two business days.
Clients have access to our phone number and can contact us via call or text anytime.
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The usual fee for homebirth with Southside Midwifery is $6,500. This includes all prenatal care, birth, and all postpartum and newborn care. It includes visits needed to support your unique needs. We also offer early pay discounts and accommodations for families who qualify for Medicaid or SNAP. Contact us for more information!
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Midwives specialize in care for newborns through the first 6 weeks. We will come to your home for postpartum visits, in which we will check on you and your newborns wellbeing. We provide all newborn screening and medical care that is normally done in the hospital for newborns without health concerns. We recommend setting up care with a pediatrician before birth in case your baby needs any additional assessment in the first few weeks.
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Your midwife team will check on you and your baby’s wellbeing at every prenatal and postpartum visit, as well as, throughout your birth ceremony. Midwives are trained and equipped to recognize signs of birth complications. We carry medications and supplies needed to handle the most common birth complications.
We will work with you to make a transport plan before birth to prioritize you and your baby’s safety if any complications arise that cannot be managed at home. If we need to go to the hospital, we will go with to advocate for you at the hospital.
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