WELCOME Elijah Pio!
Elijah is the son of Lucas and Taylor Mitzel of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Here are his stats!
• Born: January 9, 2020 at 1:25am
• Weight: 6 lbs 14oz
• Length: 19 in
Certified Nurse Midwife Kari Ney of Promise Community Health Center of Sioux Center, IA, provided the prenatal care and delivery services for the family throughout the pregnancy and attended the home birth.
Elijah was welcomed into the family by big brother 19 month old Leo. Proud grandparents are Mike and Tammy Mitzel of Aberdeen, South Dakota and Ed and Diane Crockett of Macedonia, Ohio.
Taylor says her home birth was the best experience ever. She is so glad they had the midwives at Promise Community Health Center for the birth.
Promise Midwifery Team
Promise Community Health Center is the only facility in the northwest Iowa area that offers the opportunity to have an assisted birth in your home with Certified Nurse Midwives. Our Midwives are highly trained and have over 40+ years of combined birthing experience. What do you want your birth experience to look like? Our providers take the time to respectfully explore that question. Patients must be located within 75 miles of Sioux Center, have a low-risk pregnancy, no history of cesarean section and no major medical history.
Some of the cities and towns in northwest Iowa, southeast South Dakota, and southern Minnesota that our Promise Certified Nurse Midwives have delivered babies in and assisted in home births are:
- Akron, IA
- Alta, IA
- Alton, IA
- Beresford, SD
- Boyden, IA
- Brandon, SD
- Canton, SD
- Centerville, SD
- Cherokee, IA
- Doon, IA
- George, IA
- Granville, IA
- Harrisburg, SD
- Hawarden, IA
- Hudson, SD
- Hull, IA
- Ida Grove, IA
- Inwood, IA
- Ireton, IA
- Kingsley, IA
- Lake Park, IA
- Le Mars, IA
- Marcus, IA
- Ocheyedan, IA
- Orange City, IA
- Paullina, IA
- Primghar, IA
- Rock Rapids, IA
- Rock Valley, IA
- Sanborn, IA
- Sergeant Bluff, IA
- Sheldon, IA
- Sioux Center, IA
- Sioux City, IA
- Sioux Falls, SD
- Spencer, IA
- Spirit Lake, IA
- Storm Lake, IA
- Struble, IA
- Tea, SD
- Vermillion, SD
- Worthing, SD
- Yankton, SD
Promise Free Pregnancy Testing
Think you might be pregnant? Promise offers free and confidential pregnancy testing. We want to help you start your pregnancy care in the healthiest way for you and baby. Results are available immediately and we can help you from there.
Call Promise to schedule an appointment for free pregnancy testing and meet with a Promise Nurse for next steps. Your plan may include scheduling an appointment with our Promise midwife providers for prenatal care or fertility counseling. If you don’t wish to become pregnant right now, your plan can include scheduling an appointment with our providers for birth control options.
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