Home Birth Midwife in Berks County
Berks County is home to strong families, rich farmland, and vibrant communities. From the bustling streets of Reading to the quieter towns and countryside throughout the county, local families deserve maternity care that is personal, respectful, and centered on informed choice.
More and more Berks County families are choosing to welcome their babies at home.
Cardinal Birth Midwifery serves families throughout Berks County, with a strong presence in Reading and surrounding areas. We provide experienced home birth midwifery care, comprehensive prenatal and postpartum support, and guidance that respects your family’s goals and decisions.
Your birth. Your choices. Your home.
Our services
Traditional Home Birth Midwifery
Full scope. In your home.
Prenatal care — in-home visits, pregnancy monitoring, lab access, informed conversation
Birth attendance — with you through labor, delivery, and the hours that follow
Postpartum and newborn support — home visits, breastfeeding guidance, newborn observation, maternal recovery
Birth certificate and Social Security card filing
Water birth support and traditional placenta preparation available
Birth Advocacy
We are a midwifery practice and an advocacy group.
Informed consent. Bodily autonomy. The right to make your own decisions in the hospital, at home, or anywhere in between.
We give you the resources and the backbone to exercise those rights.
Functional Wellness
Preconception through postpartum.
Natural fertility guidance, holistic nutrition, breastfeeding support grounded in evidence and tradition.
About Abigail Iovine
I'm Abby. I founded Cardinal Birth in 2013 after five years of apprenticeship under local midwifery elders.
I'm a mother of ten. Four hospital births. Six at home — three with a midwife, three unassisted. I am not theorizing about what birth can look like when it's left alone. I know.
I've attended births across this region for over a decade. I bring emergency preparedness, deep experience, and the kind of calm that only comes from having seen a lot of births — including my own.
You are the lead in your care. My job is to make sure you stay that way.
City rowhome or farmhouse, the care is the same.
Berks County families live everywhere from Reading's rowhomes to farms outside Kutztown and Fleetwood to newer neighborhoods in Wyomissing and Sinking Spring. We bring full traditional midwifery care to all of them: prenatal visits in your home, birth attendance, and postpartum and newborn visits afterward.
Homeschooling families, large families, first-time parents: you'll find a midwife here who respects how you live. Children are welcome at visits and at the birth. Your home visit before 36 weeks covers the practical details, from parking to where the birth pool goes.
At intake we identify the nearest appropriate hospital to your home and make sure your family knows exactly how a transfer would work.
Call (610) 216-2910.
On Legal Status in Pennsylvania
Cardinal Birth is a traditional midwifery practice. Not state-licensed. Our work is rooted in faith, education, and tradition.
Pennsylvania's legal landscape for traditional midwives is complicated and, frankly, contradictory. I write about it openly on my Substack. We discuss it openly with every family we serve.
Every family has the right to choose who attends their birth. We stand behind that completely.
Where We Serve
WHERE WE SERVE
We proudly serve families throughout Berks County, with a strong focus on Reading and the surrounding communities.
In Reading and nearby areas we serve: Center City Reading, North Reading, South Reading, East Reading, West Reading, Wyomissing, West Lawn, Shillington, Sinking Spring, Mohnton, Temple, Laureldale, Mount Penn, Flying Hills, and many more neighborhoods.
Additional Berks County communities we serve include: Hamburg, Kutztown, Birdsboro, Boyertown, Fleetwood, Robesonia, Wernersville, Bernville, Leesport, Shoemakersville, Bally, Bechtelsville, and the broader rural and suburban areas of Berks County.
We also travel to families in nearby counties when needed.
If you’re outside these areas, reach out — we’re happy to discuss your location.
Nearby areas we also serve: Lehigh Valley · Montgomery County · Carbon & Schuylkill
Ready to talk?
Schedule a free call. No pressure. Just a conversation about your birth, your family, and whether Cardinal Birth is the right fit.
📞 (610) 216-2910