Midwifery

CNMs help to coordinate your care so that you can realize your chosen birth plan. They prioritize strategies for deliveries that do not require the aid of traditional medicine, otherwise known as low-intervention births. From prenatal care to postpartum support, midwives also perform wellness exams and other aspects of overall care to ensure that you are as healthy as possible throughout your pregnancy and beyond your delivery.

If you are free of preexisting medical complications and show no signs of having a high-risk pregnancy, midwifery care at our hospital could be the right for you. However, if you possess any conditions that could define your pregnancy as high-risk, you would turn to an OB/GYN for your labor and delivery care. OB/GYNs are physicians that have completed medical school, residency and additional specialized training. While CNMs specialize in low-intervention births, OB/GYNs handle all pregnancies and can intervene in cases of required cesarean sections (C-sections).

As your pregnancy progresses, your physician will continue to provide you with routine prenatal care. However, your midwife will become your primary caregiver. If unexpected complications do arise, your midwife will collaborate with your OB/GYN and our hospitalist to make sure that you and your baby are safe.

Low-intervention birth

We understand that you want to minimize medical interventions during your delivery. Our midwives work to give you peace of mind and the guidance that can help inform labor at home, understanding when to come to the hospital and how to be in sync with your body both during pregnancy and during labor. Our midwives provide a host of low-intervention birthing services, including:

• Alternative labor and birthing positions
• Aromatherapy
• Delayed cord clamping
• Hydrotherapy
• Personalized support
• Skin-to-skin contact after birth
• Wireless monitoring