Home Birth Midwife in POCONO MOUNTAINS
The Pocono Mountains have long been a place where families come to slow down, put down roots, and build a life on their own terms. From quiet mountain towns to growing communities throughout Monroe County, many parents are looking for maternity care that is personal, relationship-based, and centered on informed choice.
More families across the Poconos are choosing to welcome their babies at home.
Cardinal Birth Midwifery serves families throughout the Pocono Mountains, including Stroudsburg, East Stroudsburg, Delaware Water Gap, Brodheadsville, Bushkill, Mount Pocono, Tobyhanna, Tannersville, and surrounding communities in Monroe, Pike, Carbon, and Northampton Counties. We travel to you—providing experienced home birth midwifery care, comprehensive prenatal and postpartum support, and evidence-based 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. In the beautiful Poconos.
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.
WHY POCONO FAMILIES CHOOSE HOME BIRTH
Life in the Pocono Mountains offers space, privacy, and a slower pace. Many families choose to live here because they value independence, close-knit communities, and raising their children surrounded by nature.
Many of those same families choose home birth.
A home birth with Cardinal Birth Midwifery means welcoming your baby in the comfort of your own home, surrounded by the people you trust. No unfamiliar environment. No unnecessary interruptions. Just experienced, personalized midwifery care centered on your family's goals.
For families throughout the Pocono Mountains and Northeast Pennsylvania, home birth offers a calm, familiar setting where labor can unfold naturally, with continuity of care from pregnancy through the postpartum period.
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
We serve families throughout the Pocono Mountains and Northeast Pennsylvania, including Stroudsburg, East Stroudsburg, Delaware Water Gap, Mount Pocono, Tobyhanna, Tannersville, Brodheadsville, Bushkill, Milford, Cresco, Canadensis, Swiftwater, Pocono Summit, and Blakeslee. We also travel throughout Monroe, Pike, Carbon, Wayne, Northampton, and Lehigh Counties for home birth midwifery care.
If you're outside these areas, reach out. We regularly travel throughout Eastern Pennsylvania and are happy to discuss your location.
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