We offer home birth services and birth center births in The Birth Cottage, a free-standing birth center in Milford, NH. Located in the heart of the Monadnock mountains, its quaint town atmosphere and old world charm welcome guests and birthing families.

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The birthing suites have full amenities- a large bed for the birthing family, a birth pool, and private bathrooms.  There are living areas with a pull-out sofa for guests and children to sleep on, as well as a small kitchen area to bring food with you to eat.  Make yourself at home, take a hot bath, eat when you are hungry, or take a nice walk outside. We welcome all of these things.

Childbirth classes, breastfeeding classes, baby massage classes, and other events are held in The Birth Cottage as well.

Attending every birth is midwife Adrian Feldhusen, NHCM, CPM, or Tracey Bowman, CNM, ARNP, and at least one apprentice who is a trained doula and childbirth educator. Other support persons are welcomed, as well as family, friends, and children. Birth is a family event after all! It is the birthing mother who decides ultimately who is with her for labor and birth. There are no shift changes, no strangers caring for you, and excellent continuity of care by the staff.

For those families who feel home birth is not an option, a free standing birth center is an
excellent alternative offering a home like atmosphere and very low intervention.

Our home birth care is also offered. We will have regular prenatal and postpartum visits in
the office for families desiring home birth, with the midwives traveling to the home at 36
weeks, for the labor and birth, and immediately postpartum for the first few days.

We support a woman's choices for her individualized care. There are no routine
interventions in pregnancy and birth. Offered is full midwifery care in a family friendly
environment, home birth, birth center birth, family planning, and well-woman care. We
are experts in breast feeding, offering unlimited support both before and after the baby's
birth. We openly support water births, as well as VBAC/ vaginal birth after cesarean.

Although The Birth Cottage is a completely independent and free-standing birth center, it
is part of an integrated network of maternity care. Our home birth friendly doctors will
assist whenever needed, with an open referral system in place at all times. Out-of-hospital
birth is for low-risk mothers and babies. During our continuing care, we can obtain
medical attention whenever necessary or indicated. We also offer laboratory testing, STD
and HIV testing, and low-cost pregnancy tests.

Studies show the safety of out-of-hospital births to be as safe as- and even safer than- a
hospital birth for a low risk mother and baby. This includes home birth and birth center
birth with a qualified and trained professional. A midwife is not only a professional- she is
an expert in normal birth. They view each labor and birth as unique and individual,
sensitively supporting the mother throughout her journey.

Most insurances are accepted, as well as New Hampshire Medicaid for our services.
We also offer a sliding scale fee for those in need. Our fees are about 1/4 of those of a
hospital! During each visit, we will spend about an hour with each family. This time is
used to get to know each other, to formulate good and honest relationships, and to build a
foundation for a comfortable birthing experience.

Come and take a tour of our beautiful Birth Cottage. Join us for an Open House or for one of our social and informative gatherings. Learn how birth can be a magical, transformative, and truly empowering experience. Let us answer your questions in an intelligent and respectful way. After all, YOU, the mother, are the best caretaker for your unborn baby.

Driving distance:
10 minutes from Townsend, MA
30 minutes from Fitchburg and Leominster, MA
45 minutes from Worcester, MA

20 minutes from Peterborough, NH
10-20 minutes from Nashua, NH
25 minutes from Manchester, NH