CHRISTIAN MIDWIFE
BIRTH ADVOCACY
MIDWIFE MENTORSHIP
SERVING EASTERN PA, PHILADELPHIA, LEHIGH VALLEY, POCONOS, AND SURROUNDING AREAS OF PENNSYLVANIA
“However, the midwives were God fearing women..”
— Exo 1:17
CORE SERVICEs
MIDWIFERY CARE
Woman-Centered Support.
We offer the full scope of traditional midwifery care, including Prenatal care, birth attendance, as well as postpartum & newborn support.
BIRTH ADVOCACY
You Have Rights.
Hold firm against the scare tactics and use our free resources to stand up for your own consent and wishes. This is your pregnancy and your body.
PROFESSIONAL MENTORSHIP
Contracts & Legal Strategy.
Seasoned, educated Midwife Abigail Iovine is available for consultation on legal matters, contracts and other training for birth professionals.
FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE
Whether you're preparing to get pregnant or seeking natural postpartum and breastfeeding support, we show you how to create customized wellness plans rooted in holistic, evidence-based care.
DOULA TRAINING
Go-at-your-own-pace class offering more than 100 hours of structured doula education. Includes business setup and more. No live calls or deadlines. Certificate covers home birth, hospital birth and cesarean support.
COURSES
From homebirth attendant training to faith-based holistic fertility training, learn from Abigail Iovine and earn certifications.
SHOP
E-books, manuals and information about freedom, liability and out-of-hospital midwifery, as well as snarky and sweet hoodies, t-shirts, mugs, tumblers, water bottles and totes.
BIRTH NEWS & VIEWS
Subscribe to AbbytheMidwife on Substack for Abigail Iovine’s latest hot takes on birth, law, faith, functional health & living, and the war on the family.
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MEET ABIGAIL IOVINE
I am a Born again, conservative, traditional midwife and medical freedom advocate, raised to love and honor God & family. I am a mother of ten children.
Yes, they’re all mine. Yes, I have given birth ten times.
The midwifery bug bit me after the birth of my 4th child. Pregnant with my 5th, I googled, ”How to NOT have a baby in the hospital”… And here we are. I began studying midwifery in 2010, after the birth of our 5th child, which was our first homebirth. I became certified as a doula and began attending births in 2013.
My training has been under local elders, and spanned 5 years, in the traditional apprenticeship model. Cardinal Birth Midwifery Officially began taking clients in 2018.
Cardinal Birth, is a family centered, client autonomous family ministry.
Here we honor the real life realities of kids, family, and life’s needs first.
We welcome families and children to prenatals and births, and lead a relaxed and open practice, where everyone is treated as equals, time management is flexible, and the pregnant woman is the lead in her care.
Contact Us
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