Treatments and Services

Midwives at BMC:

• Care for you during pregnancy, labor, birth, and after the baby is born
• Offer prenatal care individually or through our group model Centering Pregnancy
• Support education through our Pregnancy Resource Center, Centering Pregnancy, and childbirth education  
• Identify complications and refer to specialists as needed
• Honor each patient’s values and birth plans
• Uphold unmedicated labor and birth
• Respect and facilitate medicated labor and birth (about half of our patients choose an epidural)
• Work closely with obstetricians, family medicine doctors, and maternal-fetal medicine doctors
• Connect patients with additional support like childbirth classes, doulas (Birth Sisters), behavioral health, social work, and Curbside Care

Want to know more about what a midwife does? Check out this video from the American College of Nurse-Midwives.