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Midwifery services

We want to provide compassionate, personalized care to expectant mothers before, during, and after the birthing process. That’s why we offer access to midwifery services.

A midwife is a licensed healthcare providers who takes a holistic approach to care by providing a full range of pregnancy, birthing and primary health care services. Nurse midwives have the education and clinical training to care for people at any point in their lives and throughout pregnancy. Midwives can work independently and in collaboration with physicians and other care providers as necessary to offer fully integrated care that meets every patient’s unique needs.

Midwives can also work closely with a patient’s doula (a person who provides emotional and physical support during pregnancy and childbirth) and support system to provide the best care possible.

A unique approach to care

Midwives consider pregnancy an important transition in a person’s life, so they take a more personalized approach to family-centered care that meets the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and cultural needs of our patients

Birthing services

Midwives offer a wide range of expert pregnancy and birthing support for low-risk pregnancies in a hospital setting, which includes:

  • Monitoring the patient’s mental and physical well-being throughout the entire childbirth process
  • Personalized education and counseling about prenatal and postpartum care
  • Coordinating clinical care during prenatal, labor, birth and postpartum, including admission and discharge planning
  • Vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) for women who’ve had one prior c-section
  • Labor tub support who women who meet certain requirements
  • Minimally invasive techniques to encourage labor and birth

After birth, midwives offer advice and provide support on breastfeeding, baby care, contraception, and other issues. Midwives will continue to see new mothers throughout a six-week postpartum period.

Wellness services

Midwives also provide gynecologic for patients of all ages, from adolescence through menopause. This may include:

  • Annual health exams including pap smears, breast exams, breast cancer screening, other health screenings and counseling with a focus on health promotion and disease prevention
  • History and physical examinations
  • Reproductive and sexual health services including family planning and birth control
  • Prescribing and administering medications and vaccines
  • Ordering laboratory tests and diagnostic tests such as blood work and sonograms
  • Preconception counseling
  • Breastfeeding education and support
  • Perimenopausal and postmenopausal counseling and care
  • Newborn circumcision
  • Referral to specialists