MOONLIGHT

MIDWIFERY

HOLISTIC PRENATAL CARE & HOMEBIRTH IN ATLANTA

with Crystal Bailey CNM

Your baby's sacred entrance into the world, at home

At Moonlight Midwifery, we honor birth as a sovereign and peaceful design, providing holistic midwifery care with clinical expertise.

20 years of experience • CNM, APRN • 1,500+ births attended

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homebirth

Why birth at Home?

Home is an environment where we feel comfortable, where the natural design of physiology works & where we can protect what doesn't need disturbed for healthy mothers & babies.

Birth matters to Mothers

Women are transformed by birth.

Pregnancy begins a journey to motherhood- to mothering this baby- to adapting your family around this new life.

Feeling empowered, supported, respected and safe transforms women, and creates good mothers.

PHILOSOPHY of care

Birth matters to Babies

Babies are welcomed at birth.

Gentle birth imprints love, respect and adoration to the baby.

A calm nervous system and undisturbed rhythms of breastfeeding and sleep are foundations for healthy babies.

The midwifery approach

The Art of Midwifery

Personal Autonomy

Your choices are honored deeply, ensuring your body leads the way naturally and safely.

Gentle Interventions

We rely on holistic, evidence-based practices that prioritize your comfort and well-being over routine.

Continuous Support

From prenatal care through postpartum, I remain by your side, offering unwavering guidance.

Midwives keep you SAFE and get you THROUGH

Some women ease through labor. But often, labor is not easy.

Support gets a mother through- safe, empowered, held.

The midwife is always watching, always tuned in, always sensing what’s needed.

Meet the Midwife

When it comes to your birth &. your baby, you want a trusted Midwife

Hi! I'm Crystal!

I am a Nurse Midwife and Naturopath.

I am licensed in GA to practice Midwifery as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse.

I care for women with a holistic model that integrates traditional Naturopathy and Midwifery within a structure of of clinical care that is also "modern healthcare." I draw labs, order ultrasounds, refer to perinatologists, utilize emergency meds and follow practice standards par with birth centers. My consulting physician understands midwifery and homebirth standards.

I love the midwifery model of care. I also love using herbs and homepathy, coaching the meaning in the journey, leading women into flow with embodiment coaching, and do hands on bodywork and birth support.

My clients say their doulas have said, "She's a good midwife" it means they've seen me pull out all the woo to resolve fetal positioning problems, and they've seen me make clear clinical decisions that needed to be made.

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Each woman and her journey teaches me, and I'm humbled how my hands, my heart, my midwifing are often in the stories of women feeling emotionally transformed, babies releasing into optimal position and lives beginning in a state of peace and love.

Crystal Bailey CNM

I've delivered over 1,500 babies in hospitals, birth centers, homes and international settings, but there is something so "right" about a baby being born at home. It's truly changing the world to respect babies and birth this way. -Crystal

why does a true midwifery model of care work best?

Elements of intentional MIDWIFING

MIDWIFERY ELEMENT: Provide a Structure of Safety, a Sanctuary

You shouldn't have to spend your labor fighting for your rights or researching every possible outcome. My practice provides a structure of safety, protection, and form—a "house" built to modern codes. Because this structure is professionally strong, you are free to relax inside it and focus entirely on the sacred connection between you and your baby. Within this framework of routine testing and wise guidance, we are able to be patient and soft, "wooing" the birth while you remain safely held.

How we do this: Our prenatal structure includes routine testing, education and informed consent. It provides a professionally navigated pathway for any additional testing or medical consultations such as perinatology consultations and ultrasound monitoring. Crystal can consult with a homebirth-expert physician at any time; including prescription management if needed.

MIDWIFERY ELEMENT: Always remember Birth is about a Baby being born

Your baby should feel important. I believe that loving, emotionally healthy human beings are those who felt profoundly safe and cherished from the womb through their earliest moments. While many focus on the mother’s empowerment, I view it as a beautiful byproduct of a much deeper priority: the baby. When we center the birth on the baby’s entrance, everything else falls into alignment. I provide deep, respectful care for the mother because a woman who feels protected and loved is best equipped to raise her child in that same spirit. My calling is to guard your child’s perfect design, ensuring they enter this world free from trauma and fear, allowing their journey to begin in total peace. I deeply believe this changes the world.

How we do this: I midwife through the pregnancy to support the mother to be healthy, connected and on a journey that begins from conception. Whatever the birth number for her, it is her journey for becoming a mother for this baby, and rebalancing her life and family dynamics to prepare the nest for this one.

Through this whole process, I am holding space as a midwife for this baby, curious about who this baby will be among us. While you are in the deepest part of labor, feeling the overwhelm, I help by connecting to the baby and inviting it to come, recentering the birth to the baby.

MIDWIFERY ELEMENT: The Midwife actively guides through the journey

You deserve to feel supported, and that may feel different to you than someone else. A midwife tries to attune to her clients' personalities and needs, adapting in how she midwifes them. This is active guiding. The midwives considers the unique body, soul and spirit of her client and figures out how to midwife her best. Even in labor, the midwives weaves so many things together. It may look like a quiet, passive role, but I assure you it is not. The midwife must observe, assess, and shift things early and quietly through the process to keep all rhythms working.

How we do this: I midwife with an active intention that begins the moment you become a client, observing how your own history affects you.

MIDWIFERY ELEMENT: Clinical Skills

While doulas and birthkeepers offer vital support, a midwife holds clinical responsibility in her hands—from assessing labs to managing the complications that can present in the moment of birth. Although birth is inherently resilient, some journeys deviate from the ideal and skilled midwives have these scenarios in their care skills.

How we do this: Just like a birth center, we are fully equipped with the medications and expertise to confidently manage complications like hemorrhage, shoulder dystocia, or neonatal transition. I have seen three main complications that can be a part of low risk birth and I feel they can be managed quite well, if not better, by a good midwife’s care in the calm environment of home. First, there is shoulder dystocia, where a midwife must help the baby by maneuvering it through the pelvis. Second, bleeding at birth, or hemorrhage, can occur from uterine exhaustion or slow blood clotting, and a midwife should have several fast acting medications to use. Thirdly, babies sometimes need help transitioning, whether it’s initial breaths after that shoulder dystocia or CPAP for grunting because their lungs aren’t opening easy yet. These three things should confidently be managed by a homebirth midwife because they are still normal birth scenarios.

"How does she need midwifed?" is a question that guides my care for each woman

How I work

PHILOSOPHY of care

The midwife should be a quiet presence that helps create a conducive environment for this physiologic, primal thing of birth. However the midwife should have a confident authority at birth to facilitate things when they need guidance or intervention.

We are intelligently designed and physiology works.. Using herbs, nutrition, homeopathic and functional movement is core midwifery care. Medicine should only be used secondary to natural ways, except where there is urgency or instability.

I am always thinking about the baby. I have a gifting in my way of connecting to them energetically and spiritually, and it can really shift things in birth, when that is needed.

why the midwifery model is unique

MIDWIFING is both art and science

Midwives are educated and interested in evidence based practice

Nurse-midwives are prepared at the graduate level and maintain ongoing competency through continuing education and clinical skill renewal. This training includes low- and high-risk obstetrics and gynecology, and it supports timely collaboration with physicians and specialist providers when appropriate.

Care is shaped through relationship, observation, intuition and discernment

The midwife guides and supports uniquely based on learning how her client functions as a whole — her body type, emotional constitution, family dynamics, work responsibilities, etc. Deeply personal care is woven into a framework of guidance relevant to stages of the pregnancy.

Birth is respected as an intelligent process dependent upon physiology and environment

In midwifery we believe in tuning into physiology's design- both science and art. It works when we provide a safe environment, calm nervous system, and emotional caretaking.

Have you heard the rumor that Nurse Midwives are more medical?

That's actually a mirage and it's rooted in a lot of fear of midwives being associated with the medical system.

The system in which we practice guides how we can practice. Any CNM attending homebirth both values education and licensure and also believes strongly that birth care usually belongs outside the hospital.

safety

HOMEBIRTH is safe

SAFETY

Did you know that homebirth is safe, and can be safer, than a hospital birth in the US?

With a supportive midwifery model of care, you will be less likely to have medical interventions and a cesarean. Research proves midwifery care and doula support improve outcomes. Caveat- the data in the US includes unplanned homebirth, no standards on who births at home or midwife skill level. I prefer data from Canada, Netherlands, UK, Australia since it's more on par with CNM quality of care.

Safe and resilient birth is relient upon a healthy mother, strong placenta and resilient baby. That is what we trust and work toward to have safe homebirths. Mothers are dynamically moving positions and we help her breathe well so baby has an easier journey and stays resilient.

A skilled and experienced midwife can resolve many problems that come up with birth. She carries equipment and meds she may need if necessary, We carry meds, but the way we help the woman and baby integrate after birth is also powerful and restores physiology in a functional way that doesn't happen in hospital scenarios.

Babies have an intelligent design with the umbilical cord that we don't disturb. Providing all transition support to a baby with a cord intact allows not only oxygen to pass to baby, but the stem cells can repair even brain injury. The midwife carries oxygen and CPAP device so even grunty babies to be supported while skin to skin.

Protocols provide structure;

Wisdom guides practice

Protocol Summary

location

what area does moonlight midwifery serve?

Midwife location- Decatur, GA

Crystal lives in Decatur, GA in the east metro Atlanta area. She can easily get onto any interstate coming from Atlanta.

Office location- Oakhurst, Downtown Decatur

The clinic space where prenatal visits are held is located near downtown Decatur, in the east part of metro Atlanta. The building is listed in historic- it was the original Scottish Rite Children's Hospital. We are in the same hall as Pregnancy Massage Center, so if you can make time, enjoy a massage or some of the many great restaruants in Oakhurst, or maybe a trip to amazing Dekalb Farmers Market.

Radius of Coverage

Crystal attends birth in a 60 miles radius that includes Atlanta, Acworth, Marietta, Canton, Cumming, Alpharetta, Roswell, Decatur, Johns Creek, Gainesville, Lawrenceville, Buford, Monroe, Covington, McDonough, Fayetteville, Griffin, Senoia, Peachtree City, Newnan, Villa Rica, Bremen, Dallas, Smyrna.

Distance clients

If you live a considerable distance from the office, rest assured that prenatal visits for healthy women can include televisits and spacing the visits even at the end of care- so the drive to the office may only be every other month. Since you have a 37w home visit, it's really just the driving to weekly visits after 39 weeks that are difficult. Clients tend to enjoy the midwife session then though since we do a lot of bodywork while we wait on baby. In your birth kit, I leave a doppler and BP cuff and amniotic testing supplies at your home so we can do virtual triage.

choosing your midwife

Benefits of working with Moonlight Midwifery

My midwifery model of care brings

guidance that promotes you & baby thriving

care you can relax into, knowing you are safe

optimal fetal positioning support & bodywork

in-network lab testing & US referral options

emergency birth skills & equipment

transfer support that feels coordinated, professional & safe

Working with Moonlight Midwifery means being met with warmth, presence, and deep respect for your body’s wisdom — while knowing your care is grounded in experience, skill, and preparation.

Homebirth care details

Homebirth Care & Contract Details

Trusting your birth team means knowing exactly how we handle every scenario. We bring clinical excellence into the sacred space of your home, ensuring your peace of mind is as profound as your birth experience.

clarity for your peace

FAQs

What emergency equipment do you bring to a homebirth?

We arrive fully equipped with standard neonatal and maternal resuscitation equipment, anti-hemorrhagic medications, oxygen, and everything necessary to handle unforeseen complications seamlessly in your home.

What is the protocol if a hospital transfer is needed?

Safety is our absolute priority. If labor deviates from normal, we initiate a calm, non-emergency transfer to our designated backup hospital. In the rare event of a true emergency, we follow strict, practiced protocols for immediate transport while providing continuous clinical care.

Am I a safe candidate for a homebirth?

Homebirth is an incredibly safe option for low-risk pregnancies. During your initial consultation and throughout prenatal care, we continuously monitor your health to ensure a homebirth remains the safest choice for you and your baby. The inquiry form is your opportunity to share about you and receive a response on if homebirth is a good option to consider. Then we discuss things further in a complimentary consult call.

Who will be present with you at my birth?

Crystal is accompanied by a highly trained, qualified birth assistant or a second midwife. This ensures two sets of skilled hands are always available for you and your newborn.

If I need to go to the hospital, do you go with me?

We provide comprehensive care to the extent of our ability. Crystal does not have hospital privileges so she transitions to being your support. All transfers are faciliated by professional handover from Crystal to the hospital providers, ensuring your records and the current situation and your preferences are communicated clearly.

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SOME kind WORDS

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I can’t say enough good things about Crystal! She is truly a Godsend. Crystal does not skip a beat when it comes to home birthing. She is organized, compassionate, and tailors your pregnancy and birth to your needs. She has really put a lot of time and love into her practice.

— Sabrina

As a young mom, having Crystal there to answer all my questions and guide me through this journey has been so valuable. She made me feel safe and loved. She cares so much about pregnant women and their babies.

— MorgaN.

Through our whole relationship, she was ALWAYS available to answer any questions or concerns I had. Though my birth didn't go as I had dreamt it would, she so compassionately attended to my emotional post birth process and helped us all feel held and complete.