Kim Windels launches True North Birth & Wellness for home birth and women's care in Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming

Certified Nurse Midwife Kim Windels is expanding access to home birth, water birth and full-scope women’s health care through True North Birth & Wellness across Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming. The new website gives families a clearer look at her 40 years of experience, care model and service area before they reach out.

Why it matters: - True North Birth & Wellness gives families in Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming access to one midwife for pregnancy, birth, lactation and ongoing women’s health care. - The practice offers home birth and water birth outside the hospital for families seeking a low-intervention, highly personal model of care. - The service also matters because prenatal, postpartum and well-woman care can stay connected under one provider instead of being split across multiple offices.

What happened: - Kimberly Windels, CNM, is operating True North Birth & Wellness for families across Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming. - The practice offers home birth, water birth, prenatal care, postpartum care, lactation support and well-woman care. - A newly launched website now lets families review Windels’ training, background and care approach before contacting the practice. - Windels is one of a few Certified Nurse Midwives in the region who attend births outside the hospital.

The details: - Windels has spent 40 years in reproductive health and midwifery. - Her background includes a nursing degree, a master’s degree in midwifery, hospital experience and work in a birth center. - As a CNM, Windels has prescriptive authority. - Prenatal visits last at least one 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, nutrition, childbirth education and birth planning. - For home births, Windels attends healthy, low-risk pregnancies within 30 minutes of a hospital. - Windels does not attend twin or breech births at home. - Every family makes a transfer plan in advance. - If a hospital becomes the right place for birth, Windels goes with the family and stays until the baby is born. - Families who meet the criteria can choose water birth at home. - Windels’ water birth training comes through Waterbirth International. - Windels makes six postpartum home visits at one day, three days, 10 days, four weeks, six weeks and three months. - As an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Windels provides feeding support at every postpartum visit. - Lactation support, doula support and classes are available to every family, no matter where they plan to give birth. - Windels is an ICEA-certified doula and childbirth educator, a HypnoBirthing® educator and a Body Ready Method® practitioner. - The Body Ready Method teaches families how to create space, encourage flow and achieve 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. - Families can keep as much or as little of their care with Windels as they want. - The practice serves Fort Collins, Loveland, Wellington, Longmont, Boulder, Cheyenne and Laramie. - Families can call or text Windels directly at (970) 980-7573, and Windels returns every call and text within 24 hours. - More information is available at the practice website.

Between the lines: - Windels is positioning midwifery as both a birth service and a long-term women’s health relationship. - The emphasis on education, longer visits and continuity suggests the practice is aimed at families who want more time and more control in decision-making. - The hospital transfer policy signals a low-intervention model that still builds in backup planning. - The practice’s broad service mix may appeal to families who want a single point of care from pregnancy through menopause.

What's next: - Families interested in home birth, postpartum care or well-woman visits can contact Windels directly. - The new website is the primary place to review services, classes and service areas before scheduling care. - Windels will continue serving families across Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming through the practice’s existing care model.