True North Birth & Wellness expands home birth and women’s health care across Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming

Certified Nurse Midwife Kim Windels is offering home birth, water birth, prenatal and postpartum care, lactation support and lifelong women’s health services through True North Birth & Wellness. A newly launched website gives families a clearer look at her care model, service area and approach before they make contact.

Why it matters: - True North Birth & Wellness gives families in Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming access to one midwife for pregnancy, birth and ongoing women’s health care. - The practice combines home birth, water birth, prenatal care, postpartum care, lactation support and well-woman services in one place. - Kim Windels is one of a few Certified Nurse Midwives in the region who attend births outside the hospital.

What happened: - Kimberly Windels, CNM, is using her practice to serve families across Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming with a calm, personal birth and health care option. - The practice has launched a new website that explains how care works before families reach out. - The service area includes Fort Collins, Loveland, Wellington, Longmont, Boulder, Cheyenne and Laramie.

The details: - Windels has 40 years of experience in reproductive health and midwifery. - Her background includes a nursing degree, a master’s degree in midwifery, hospital work and experience at a birth center. - As a CNM, Windels has prescriptive authority. - Prenatal visits last at least an hour and take place in a family’s home or in Windels’ office. - Families see the same midwife from the first call through three months after the baby arrives. - Each visit can include health checks for parent and baby, labs and screenings when due, nutrition guidance, childbirth education and birth planning. - Home births are limited to healthy, low-risk pregnancies within 30 minutes of a hospital. - Windels does not attend twin or breech births at home. - Every family develops a transfer plan in advance. - If a hospital becomes the right setting, Windels goes with the family and stays until the baby is born. - Families who meet health criteria can choose water birth at home. - Windels received water birth training through Waterbirth International. - Postpartum care includes six home visits at one day, three days, ten days, four weeks, six weeks and three months. - Windels is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and feeding support is part of each postpartum visit. - Lactation support, doula support and classes are available to families regardless of birth plan. - Windels is an ICEA-certified doula and childbirth educator, a HypnoBirthing® educator and one of a few Body Ready Method® practitioners in Northern Colorado. - The Body Ready Method® focuses on creating space, encouraging flow and supporting balance during labor. - Well-woman care includes annual exams, family planning, contraception, fertility support, perimenopause care, menopause care and prescriptions. - Women do not need to have had a baby with Windels to receive care.

Between the lines: - Windels is positioning her practice around continuity, education and low-intervention support rather than episodic care. - The model gives families a single point of contact for pregnancy and longer-term women’s health needs. - The emphasis on home-based and out-of-hospital care reflects demand for more personalized birth options, while the transfer plan shows that safety remains part of the model.

What's next: - Families can call or text Windels directly at (970) 980-7573. - Windels personally returns every call and text within 24 hours. - More information about care, classes and service areas is available on the practice’s website at more information.

The bottom line: - True North Birth & Wellness is trying to make midwifery care feel continuous, personal and accessible from pregnancy through menopause.