Website: https://tender-beginnings.com/
Tender Beginnings (operating as Tender Beginnings Birth Services, LLC) is a midwifery and birth services practice based in Eagleville, Tennessee. The practice describes itself as a teaching practice that has served the Nashville area for more than 23 years, providing home-based prenatal care, birth assistance, and postpartum support. Care is led by Mary Anne, a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) and licensed midwife, working alongside a trained birth team that includes midwives, students, and assistants.
Services
The practice offers a range of out-of-hospital birth and maternity support services:
- Home Birth, A trained birth team arrives and sets up equipment, herbs, and comfort measures to assist the mother, with continuous monitoring of mother and baby throughout labor and the postpartum period in the home setting.
- Water Birth, Use of water for relaxation during labor and birth. The practice notes that the approach is supported by scientific evidence but is not suitable for every client.
- Doula / Monitrice Services, Physical and emotional support to the client and partner during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. As a licensed midwife, Mary Anne also offers expanded monitrice services such as vital-sign monitoring, cervical exams, and fetal heart assessment.
- Prenatal and Postpartum Care, Comprehensive prenatal visits and postpartum follow-up, including home visits.
- Continuing Education (CEU) Courses, Classes covering topics such as IV therapy and pharmacology, reflecting the practice’s identity as a teaching practice.
For home births, the practice describes a model in which a trained birth team arrives and sets up equipment, herbs, and comfort measures, then continuously monitors mother and baby through labor and the postpartum period in the family’s home. Water birth is offered as an option for relaxation during labor where appropriate.
The practice states its focus is on “compassionate, and encouraging services” aimed at achieving the client’s “best birth possible,” with an emphasis on a safe birthing environment, family choice, and informed decision-making.
About
Tender Beginnings is presented as a teaching practice with more than 23 years of service to the Nashville region. Care is delivered by a team structured around midwives, students and assistants, and office staff. The practice states that every staff member attending births is trained in NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program), CPR, and doula techniques, and describes its team as having “a passion for serving families and protecting the sanctity of birth.” The practice provides resources for clients including information on supplies, supplements, research, and frequently asked questions, along with client references and birth stories.
Location & Contact
- Location: Eagleville, Tennessee
- Service Area: The Nashville area within approximately a one-hour drive, including Murfreesboro, Franklin, Spring Hill, Smyrna, and Shelbyville
- Office Phone: 615.274.6631
- Fax: 615.595.1018
- Website: https://tender-beginnings.com/
Additional Information
The website includes sections covering birth services (home birth, water birth, and doula services), staff biographies, client resources, client references and birth stories, and continuing education courses. Service-area coverage is illustrated on a map highlighting the counties served. Specific operating hours are not listed on the site.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (tender-beginnings.com).