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What is a Nurse-Midwife?
For centuries, women
have looked to midwives to advise and assist them in childbirth.
Today's certified nurse-midwife carries on this right tradition.
In addition, she is also a skilled health professional, able
to draw on the vast resources of modern medicine.
Today, more than 4,000
certified nurse-midwives practice in all 50 states and in many
other countries around the world.
Nurse-Midwives are...
- Registered nurses
with advanced education in maternity and gynecological care.
- Certified by the American
College of Nurse-Midwives.
- Licenced by the State
Board of Medicine in Pennsylvania.
Nurse-Midwives...
- Provide a personalized
family centered service.
- Independently manage
care of healthy women.
- Are affiliated with
an obstetrician available for consultation and referral.
- Practice in a variety
of settings; most births are in hospitals.
- Are reimbursed by
most private health insurances and Medicaid.
- Have a superb record
of safety and client satisfaction.
- Are women like
you.
The Family Birth
Place
Jeannette District
Memorial Hospital was the first hospital in Pennsylvania to offer
total single room maternity care.
- Childbirth in a home-like
setting with birthing bed, rocker, cradle, and sleeper chair.
- A private childbearing
room for entire labor, delivery and maternity stay.
- Warm, friendly, skilled
Perinatal Nurses.
- Father encouraged
to room-in with mother.
- Flexible rooming-in
for baby.
- Unlimited sibling
and grandparent visitation.
- 12-24 hour early discharge
available.
- A variety of special
classes for all expectant parents living in the areal, even if
you plan to deliver at another hospital.
Labor and Delivery
Care
- Delivery in the home-like
atmosphere of The Family Birth Place.
- Skillful management
of normal labor and delivery while respecting your needs and
preferences.
- Labor coaching and
support.
- Pain relieving medications
available, if needed.
- Quick referral to
obstetrician if complications develop, with continued support
by your nurse-midwife.
- Follow-up care in
hospital until discharge.
Gynecological Care
- Post-delivery examination
in office.
- Yearly physical exams,
including breast exam, pap smear, treatment of vaginal infections.
- Education and advice
about reproductive health and conception.
- Accepted by all Major
Health Plans
For more information
or a tour, please call 724-527-9272
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