BARABOO, Wis. (WRCO / WRCE) – SSM Health St. Clare Hospital – Baraboo now offers certified nurse midwifery services, as SSM Health expands its midwifery services to serve Baraboo and the surrounding areas.
With this expansion, certified nurse midwives are now available for appointments and will provide labor and birth care in Baraboo. Midwives provide care to women during pregnancy, labor, birth, and the postpartum period. Certified nurse midwives also provide general health services, annual check-ups, family planning, and treatment for common infections and health concerns.
Certified nurse midwife services include: Personalized care tailored to each woman’s health goals, Emotional and physical support during labor and birth, Education and guidance for self-care and newborn care, Breastfeeding support and lactation counseling, Routine women’s health and gynecological care, and Family planning and reproductive health services.
If a patient chooses midwifery care for their pregnancy and delivery, midwives will provide prenatal care and attend their birth at the hospital. Midwives partner with SSM Health physicians for added support.
Three certified nurse midwives – Ame Fischer, Taylor Fry, and Brittany Schultz – are now serving patients at SSM Health Dean Medical Group – Baraboo. Patients often choose midwives because they like their approach to health care.
Ame Fischer said,
Midwifery focuses on wellness and preventive health. We consider patients’ physical and emotional health and social relationships. And we work with them to optimize their health. Patients who want to empower themselves, educate themselves and optimize their health should consider midwifery care for their gynecologic and obstetric needs.
Ame Fischer, APNP-CNM Certified Nurse Midwife, Obstetrics and Gynecology
A Holistic Approach to Pregnancy Care
Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs) are women’s health providers with advanced education and training in midwifery and advanced practice nursing. The midwifery model of care is a holistic approach which emphasizes women-centered care.
CNMs educate their patients, advocate for each woman’s individual health goals and wishes, and build lasting relationships with their patients. CNMs manage many of the primary care needs of women from the early teen years throughout a woman’s childbearing years and into menopause.
If you choose midwifery care for your pregnancy and delivery, your midwives will provide your prenatal care and attend your birth at the hospital. The majority of women will not need to see a physician during their pregnancy/birth if they are seeing midwives, unless a complication occurs.
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