Our PHilosphy and practice

Transitions Midwifery honors family involvement during prenatal visits, serving homebirth families across Hampton Roads, Virginia.

At Transitions Midwifery, we believe in supporting families to our fullest potential. We want to ensure that we are able to always give our best energy and full attention to each individual client throughout their pregnancy as well as during their birthing time. In order to do this, we keep a low client volume of a maximum of 2-3 clients per month so that we can build close and trusting relationships with women and their families, and ensure we are rested and fully prepared to give you our all when you go into labor. Giving birth is one of the most vulnerable and memorable moments of a womans life, and we want to be sure that women feel safe to release and surrender to their full power in our presence.

We believe that a Midwife’s role is to assist the birthing couple in their journey through pregnancy, labor, birth, and post-partum by monitoring the natural process of such. We embrace that childbirth is a family centered event and our presence is to enhance the family’s power of unity and increase their confidence to birth naturally during this experience. We believe that childbirth is a normal and naturally occurring event and, in most cases, when encouraged to begin spontaneously, proceed physiologically and without intervention, labor will unfold to an uncomplicated and beautiful delivery for both mother and baby.

Midwife Chelsea Shira of Transitions Midwifery comforts a laboring client during a home waterbirth in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

“Whenever and however you give birth, your experience will impact your emotions, your mind, your body, and your spirit for the rest of your life.”

-Ina May Gaskin


Location

Welcome to our friendly neighborhood office! We are centrally located in Chesapeake, VA between Greenbrier and Greatbridge just near the corner of Battlefield and Volvo. We currently serve all of Hampton Roads and the surrounding areas of Suffolk, Carollton and Gloucester. Please contact for a consultation for further address and directions.

Office of Homebirth Midwives in Hampton Roads Va offering Waterbirth, VBAC, Natural Homebirth