Welcome, Miss Anna Geertje Hofman – Celebrating a beautiful home birth in Sioux Center, Iowa!
Meet the first baby of 2025, Miss Anna Geertje Hofman! She was born safely at home in Sioux Center, Iowa, on January 3, 2025, at 1:17 AM with the expert care of Midwife Kari Ney and Nurse Jaclyn Schelling.
Here are her stats!
- Weight: 8 lbs 11 oz
- Length: 22 in
The proud mom of Miss Anna Geertje, Elianne Hofman, chose Promise Community Health Center for prenatal care because she appreciates how warm and helpful our team is. She also loves the calming presence and personal approach of Certified Nurse Midwife Kari Ney. Plus, the toys in the exam rooms made every visit fun for big brothers Boaz (3) and Jefta (2)—who always loved to go along to “the heartbeat,” as they called it!
During labor and delivery, Elianne valued the relaxed atmosphere, the ability to track contractions through the app, and the team’s professionalism. In addition to having a beautiful baby girl, she also appreciated that by the time the birth team left, the space was clean, and even a load of laundry was started!
Elianne’s advice for other parents considering home birth:
“It’s the most beautiful and relaxed way to experience birth! Once you do a home birth, you never want it any other way (unless medically necessary, of course).”
Congratulations to the Hofman family on their beautiful baby girl!
Promise Community Health Center Midwives in Iowa
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 a Certified Nurse Midwife. Our Iowa 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 60 miles of Sioux Center, have a low-risk pregnancy, no history of cesarean section and no major medical history. If you would like to read more about the Promise Homebirth Team head to Women’s Health page or check out Promise CHC Homebirth on Facebook.
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Make an appointment to meet with one of our midwives, Kari Ney, Iowa Midwife or Audra DeGroot, Iowa Midwife.
Kari Ney – Midwife in Iowa
Audra DeGroot – Midwife in Iowa
Our Promise Certified Nurse Midwives have delivered babies and assisted with home births in Northwest Iowa, Southeast South Dakota, and Southern Minnesota. The cities and towns 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 your 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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