Why choose a Nurse Midwife?
Nurse midwives consistently spend more time with their patients both at office visits, whether for prenatal or gynecological care, and during labor and birth. An important part of nurse midwifery care is taking the time to find out a patient’s concerns, offering support, and doing patient and family education. Utilizing a birth plan and identifying alternative resources for coping with pregnancy, labor, birth, breastfeeding, parenting, gynecological problems, and menopause are part of a nurse midwifery approach to care. Nurse Midwives focus on educating the woman and her family — whether it is dealing with the physical and emotional changes associated with pregnancy, coping with labor, birth and the newborn, deciding on a method of contraception, or coping with gynecological or menopausal concerns. Patient education materials (both commercial and those developed by an individual nurse midwife) are vital to a nurse midwife’s practice. Nurse midwives are prepared to care for normal woman
