Client Feedback & Photos

What Clients are Saying

"...I would only recommend you, Allyson, to other women planning a homebirth. This is your calling. You are meant to assist families bring their angels into this world..."

"...You have ONLY the best interest of the baby and the family in your heart. You are gentle, responsive, knowledgeable and just GET IT..."

"...goes above and beyond the call of duty for her clients even after they give birth..."

"...It's nice to say that not only did I get a wonderful midwife, but I gained a friend through out my pregnancy and birth..."

Photos and Feedback

All photos, feedback, and birth stories are posted with permission. Birth stories are at the bottom of the page.


Baby Olive 9.28.11

"Allyson, I can't thank you enough for helping us bring our little Olive into this world! Best experience of our lives and we're so glad you are playing such an important part in it! We love and appreciate you! – Kavin, dad to Olive, 9.28.11


Baby Olive 9.28.11



Baby Isaiah 9.2.11


Baby Isaiah 9.2.11


Baby Isaiah 6.25.11

"First I want to start off by saying how wonderful my birth was! It was so wonderful that I feel cheated on the births of my older girls. If I were ever going to consider having another child, I would hire Allyson again in a heart beat! My favorite part of receiving midwifery care was how very personal it was. When I would go to the obgyn I would wait for 3 hours to be seen for 5 minutes. The doctor didn't even seem to remember me from visit to visit. When I made the switch to midwifery care, I got a much more personal experience. I would wait no more than 5 minutes and I would sit there and talk with Allyson for at least an hour...sometimes longer. And on a side note I want to add that she still checks in on me and my baby is almost 7 months old now! My homebirth and care were more than amazing. I was so comfortable being able to labor and birth in my own home. Because I was so comfortable it went very quickly. Allyson was there with me the whole time and helped to keep both me and my husband calm during transition. We rented a birthing tub and I was able to labor and give birth in the tub like I always wanted to. After giving birth to my beautiful 8lb 11oz baby girl, I was able to relax in my own bed with my other children and husband. (something they don't let you do in the hospital). Allyson came back the next day to check on me and my baby. She still checks up on me to this day. It's nice to say that not only did I get a wonderful midwife, but I gained a friend through out my pregnancy and birth. Not only do I recommend midwifery care and homebirth to anyone who might be considering it, but I have referred many expecting mama's to Allyson. She is a loving and caring person who goes above and beyond the call of duty for her clients even after they give birth. If I can convince my hubby to go for number 4, you can believe that the first call I make will be to Allyson!" - Wendy, mom to Olivia, 3.16.11


Baby Olivia, 3.16.11


Baby Jacob 3.16.11


Baby Anton 1.14.11

"My favorite thing about receiving midwifery care was that I got to have YOU as my midwife for our second child and you were our doula for our first. I knew that the baby would have complete control over it’s birth (later realizing that he really was taking matters into his own little hands by being almost 3 weeks "late")…OOOOOHHHH how relaxing the homebirth was, I got to drink my own drink, use my own towels, lay in my own bed, my family got to comfortably apart of it. No waiting in a stale hospital waiting room. The birth tub, the candles, the alone time preparing were all wonderful. I would only recommend you, Allyson, to other women planning a homebirth. This is your calling. You are meant to assist families bring their angels into this world. You were a doula to us at our first birth and in that time you became our friend. I will never forgot how you brought me back to "myself" when I was about wits end with nursing (day 2) and the note you gave me. You have ONLY the best interest of the baby and the family in your heart. You are gentle, responsive, knowledgeable and just GET IT. There is no other person who I would trust to be a part of a homebirth as a midwife…Your care was 1000X better than the care of the doctor I had the first time (and if were going natural at a hospital he was the best). I loved that when we had appointments we were the only one at the office and at the end of the pregnancy you were at our house! I loved how you gave us the opportunity to make decisions based on what we thought was best for us. In a hospital it is all stemmed around malpractice, or a doctor’s schedule. I loved both my births but the homebirth holds a special place in my heart. It was transforming and sweet at the entire time. I could not say that about my hospital birth, as soon as the staff got involved it was over. Thank you for all you do and I am happy to have had you as our midwife and love you as our friend." – Linda Jacobson, mom to Samuel and Rawley 9.11.10

I attended both boy's births: Baby Samuel 7.13.09 (doula) and Rawley 9.11.10 (midwife). :)


Baby Alexis Rose 9.19.09


Baby Oliver 8.29.09


Baby Oliver's newborn examination - checking his reflexes with big brother Eli


Baby Lillian 8.13.11


Benjamin 5.16.08



Connor 01.27.08

Birth Stories

The home water birth of baby Isaiah, 6.25.11, 10 pounds 0 ounces, born in military presentation!, birth story written by Isaiah's dad Raymond: "What are the first things that come to mind when someone mentions birth? Well I can bet from a guys perspective it is completely different from that of a woman that is preparing to give birth.  When we found out we had our second child was on the way the first things that I started thinking about were things like, oh no, I’m going to have to change diapers again, a slow medley also started playing in my mind while I was kissing the thought of sleep goodbye and all of this while my wife was starting to research her birthing options and making phone calls to check on what she called “The Important Stuff”.  To me, making sure we had our closet stuffed with diaper genie refills was “Important Stuff”, come to find out, making the correct decision about where or who is going to deliver your newborn is a little higher on the importance meter.

We had a midwife as our provider with our first child but it was set in the hospital environment and seemed no different than having a standard doctor handling things, and since this was our first child what seemed like 490 Glucose tests and all these other tests that they kept requesting my wife go through all came off as a normal procedures and I had nothing to question. That is until we met Allyson.

I came home from work and Becky had mentioned that we were going to meet with a potential midwife and she had settled on the idea of having a home birth.  Okay, this is where the differences shine. She was all engines go and I was riding the brakes, even though I knew we had a very normal uneventful birth with our daughter the thought of something happening just kept lingering in my mind and then the more pity things like, umm well who is going to clean everything up and can I watch TV in the warmed birthing pool prior to the delivery?? What guys doesn’t want a hot tub in the living room.

After meeting with Allyson we walked out of well-rounded momma and got in the car and both said at that moment that we have found the right person. From that point forward every thing went great, we switched off having our appointments at the office and at our house, which is very nice when it comes to building a relationship with your midwife. You can verify that claim with my three-year old daughter who thinks of Allyson as another friend to play with. This relationship that was forged I think not only made things easier on us but it helped my daughter to better understand what was happening and what things were to come in the very near future.  When I look back to the experience we had with our daughter, it went something like this.  Walk into the doctors office and sign in with the lady working the desk with a cold, get called back into the private room and wait 25 minutes to see the doctor/midwife for 10 minutes with the first 5 minutes being them reading the chart to make sure they don’t call Mrs. Bryant, Mrs. Jones from the room next door.  With Allyson this was not the case, you can ask all the questions you want and go over all the “Important Things” until you are blue in the face and she wont be spending all the time she is with you rambling off random medical terms just to conclude your visit by sending you to the lab to choke down the worst tasting orange soda in the world, (I took a sip so I know). Everything was to the point and concise and within a matter of weeks we had spent more time actually discussing the pregnancy with Allyson then we did the entire time with our daughter, thus leaving us much more prepared for what was to come.

The day had come, first and foremost let me add, I should have placed bets at the local casino, I had told my wife that I had this strong intuition that her water was going to break in our bed and Isaiah was coming and she just laughed at me before we went to bed… If only I could have recorded that moment at 3AM when I was nudged and she calmly said, “ Um Raymond, I think my water just broke in our bed.” Now I in no way want to sound Cauchy but I may have well jumped out of the bed to do a touchdown dance because I was on fire.  We made the call to Allyson and she was at the door in no time ready to go with all the necessary items. This is when I was really able to see the differences between a birth with a midwife and the standard hospital birth that we had experienced with our daughter. As a guy I tend to try and compare scenarios to things that I can fully relate with and being a tattoo artist for many years now, I compare the hospital birth to a tattoo shop, we want you to come in knowing what is going to happen and we may adjust your original plans a little to better fit our needs and then we want to blow that thing out so you are not sitting in our chair for hours on end while we miss opportunities to make more money.  This is a mirror of my opinion of a hospital experience but what we experienced with this home birth could not have been more opposite.  Once Becky had gone into full on labor I was almost waiting for that update of, “ Okay you are at –cm” but it never came.  As time passed my mind began to wonder, “ so how long is this is going to go on, I couldn’t help but feel bad for the pain my wife was and right at the moment when Becky said she was done and did not want to do this anymore, Allyson calmly reached down and said, you can grab your son. Huh? Really? Is she serious? These all flashed in my mind at that second and sure enough there he was.

With all of her information and coaching through the last 9 months Becky had done it, a natural water birth with no medical interventions, in my opinion that is one amazing accomplishment and to top it off he was 10lbs and 22inches. I can’t speak for everyone but I think the home birth with Allyson beats a hospital birth hands down. The over all care that you receive and the relationship that you build while going through the entire process is priceless and could not be replaced by just another white coat. Thank you Allyson and Well-Rounded momma, we could not imagine this experience going any other way."