The Best Midwife Service in Austin for Your Birth Journey
We're open to all patients! At Abundance Midwifery Service, our team builds compassionate, trusting, relationships that help women on their birth journeys. This includes providing the best possible support for your natural birth process. Our philosophy is to watchfully wait and limit intervention, interceding only for you and your baby's optimal health.
A Small, Unique Austin-Area Midwife Practice
Each midwife in our Austin-area practice provides personalized pregnancy and natural birth support. Our highly experienced team offers services and depth others can't match. We can even deliver twins!
We provide Continuity of Care throughout pregnancy; you keep the same midwife and have two at birth
Our practice only does Out-of-Hospital Births at our Birth Center or your Home
Pregnancy Groups are part of our care; they offer collaborative learning and much needed social support
Childbirth Classes are also included at no extra charge
We've been administering Certified Labor & Delivery Nursing since 1987
Our team has a combined 55 Years of Certified Nurse Midwife & Certified Professional Midwife experience
Our practice includes a Collaborating Family Physician for obstetrics, pediatrics and primary care referrals
How does Having a Certified Nurse Midwife Improve Our Care & Safety?
Unlike most birth centers and home birth midwife practices, we have a certified nurse midwife on staff. This makes a significant difference in the quality of care and safety we provide. That's because certified nurse midwives have a wider scope of practice, broader work experience, and more education than other types of midwives. They're advanced practice registered nurses certified in midwifery giving them dual experience and expertise. Other classes of midwives are not registered nurses but have some form of midwifery training. In addition to pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care, certified nurse midwives also offer women primary healthcare services for life.
What's New at Abundance Midwifery Service?
Instagram Interview with Joan & Victoria
MIDWIFERY WEEK - DeLora Frederickson of deloradoula talks with midwives, Joan and Victoria, about their birthing center in Manor, TX serving Austin and outer-lying areas.
Voyage Austin Article on Joan Doglio Smith
Voyage Austin helps hard-working, inspiring people tell their stories authentically and in their own words. See their "Community Highlights" article on Joan Doglio Smith.
We're Led by an OB/GYN Nurse Practitioner
We're led by Joan Doglio Smith, an OB/GYN NP and Certified Nurse Midwife with extensive nursing and midwifery training.
Joan is the only local CNM with many years of birth center, home birth, and prior hospital birth experience. She's also a midwife mentor/trainer & a Preceptor for:
Lastly, Joan is President of the
What is a Preceptor?
Preceptors bridge theoretical learning & clinical practice to guide student midwives in delivering safe, quality care. They educate through observation and instruction.
Our Humanistic Philosophy of Care
We affirm the power and strength of women and gender non-conforming birthing people.
We believe every person, no matter their income deserves equitable, ethical, quality care.
We use the most complete and up to date evidence to make informed healthcare decisions.
We support self-determination and family member involvement in the birth experience.
What are Our Midwife Services?
What Do Clients Say About Us?
An excerpt from Jessika's birth story
"She (Joan) was the most equipped, knowledgeable, sincere, and strong certified nurse midwife I had met...
…and I devoted two months to meeting a lot. I was terrified of giving birth, so I painstakingly researched. Not to say they all aren’t amazing, but from my first phone conversation with her in the parking lot of the Deep Eddy pool, I knew she was who I needed. I told all my friends I was meeting that day, ‘I finally found the one!’ Not only did she tell me I COULD have a VBAC, but she also told me how, and why, and smoothed over my fears of uterine rupture with facts. Her extensive experience was clear, her manner was methodical and there was a comfort I found in her that was solid and warm simultaneously."
Our Birth Center
Our birth center is a refuge for clients with a home-like environment and artsy vibe. It features two fully outfitted birth suites with amenities including water birth support. Located away from the busy city in nearby Manor, the center has easy highway access. It's also just 15 minutes from
the nearest transfer hospital.
Take a short video tour
Our center is a member of the Texas Birth Center Coalition and the American Association of Birth Centers. Please see this video produced by AABC about the benefits of midwives and birth centers.
Insurance Information
In Network Insurance Coverage Options
(we'll also file with any payer on your behalf)
Superior Health Plan STAR & CHIP Health Plans
Blue Cross Blue Shield's STAR & CHIP Medicaid Health Plans
Traditional Medicaid, Texas Medicaid Health Plan, STAR & CHIP
Dell Children's Health Plan Medicaid
The Only Austin-Area Birth Center in Network
with Marketplace & Medicaid Insurance
We're in network as a provider & birth center for Medicaid, Superior Medicaid & Ambetter Health Plan. Professional fees are in network for home or birth center delivery with Ambetter Marketplace insurance. Joan is also in network with Ascension Health Plan including Dell Children's Health Plan & Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicaid.
Our Midwives Also Support Women's Health & Wellness for a Lifetime
Pap smears
Preconception counseling & care
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Family planning
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Cycle tracking
Contraception support
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Pills, patches, NuvaRing, diaphragms
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Nexplanon certification for implantable contraceptives
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Long term contraceptives such as Mirena & Paragard IUD
Intrauterine insemination
OB/GYN nurse practitioner
Our goal is to assist you in finding all the information you need for your pregnancy and birth.
North Location - Clinic Only
13805 Ann Place, Austin, TX 78728
South Location - Clinic Only
1711 Fortview Road, Austin, TX 78704
East Location - Clinic & Birth Center
109 W Lane Ave, Manor,TX 78653
Our North Clinic is on the 2nd floor of Lotus House at the rear of Sol Healing and Wellness Center. Once you reach the center, park in back next to Lotus House. Enter the building through door c.1 (see diagram) and proceed upstairs.
Lotus House
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Manor
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Cedar Park
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Kyle
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Lockhart
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Lakeway
Georgetown
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