Website: https://maypopmidwifery.com/
Maypop Midwifery is a midwifery practice based in Nashville, Tennessee, that provides home birth and perinatal care for families. The practice describes its approach as “relationship-based midwifery care that honors the wisdom of the oldest profession and incorporates up-to-date, evidence based practices.” Care is offered to growing families located within a one-hour radius of Nashville, and the practice maintains a clinic location in the city. The model centers on consent-based care, informed decision-making, and continuity of support throughout pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period.
Services
Maypop Midwifery offers a full scope of out-of-hospital perinatal services, including pre-conception and fertility support, prenatal care, home birth, postpartum care, and well newborn care. Prenatal care follows a schedule of monthly to weekly appointments beginning around 12 weeks through birth, and includes physical exams, lab work, ultrasound referrals, and ongoing support by email or phone throughout the pregnancy.
For labor and birth, a licensed midwife and a midwife assistant attend the birth at home with monitoring and emergency equipment on hand. The practice lists free birth tub rental, hemorrhage management, neonatal resuscitation tools, and hospital transfer capability when needed. Newborn services include Vitamin K and erythromycin, newborn hearing screening, and birth certificate filing.
Postpartum care consists of five visits in the client’s home from 24 hours through six weeks after birth, covering newborn screening, vital sign monitoring, lactation support, and postpartum mood screening.
About
The practice is led by Arielle Fears, who holds the credentials CPM-TN (Certified Professional Midwife), LM (Licensed Midwife), and CBE (Childbirth Educator). According to the site, she began supporting families in 2015 as a prenatal yoga instructor, birth doula, postpartum doula, and childbirth educator, and ran a doula agency in Nashville before transitioning to midwifery. She began midwifery studies in 2019 and became credentialed and licensed in 2024.
The team also includes Ashley R. Gordon, MSM, CPM-TN, CLE, who serves as a midwife assistant and completed a graduate degree in midwifery at Bastyr University, and Emma Zaayman, MSN, RN, a student nurse midwife with experience as a labor and delivery, postpartum, and NICU nurse at St. Thomas Midtown in Nashville. The practice states that it serves diverse populations, including LGBTQIA individuals, neurodivergent individuals, and survivors, using a health-at-all-sizes lens.
Location & Contact
Maypop Midwifery lists a clinic address of 210 25th Ave N Ste 521, Nashville, TN 37203, and serves families within a one-hour radius of Nashville. Inquiries and free consultations are handled through the contact page on the website. No phone number or email address is published on the site.
Additional Information
The website includes sections for the midwifery team, homebirth information, frequently asked questions, testimonials, and a blog. Prospective clients are invited to schedule a free consultation through the site.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (maypopmidwifery.com).