Midwife Services

Midwives believe that giving birth is a natural, healthy event. They work with mothers-to-be to make pregnancy and birth as natural as possible. Our midwives are all certified nurse-midwife (CNM) professionals. That means they have completed a bachelor’s degree in nursing in addition to their training and certification as midwives. Two of our nurse-midwives also specialize in caring for diabetic expectant mothers.

What Services Do Midwives Provide?

A midwife is a support-partner throughout your pregnancy. She pays close attention to your well-being – your physical, psychological, and social needs – for signs that you need help. She partners with an OB/GYN as needed to ensure that you have an informed team supporting your pregnancy.

Because they are licensed and certified healthcare professionals, our nurse-midwives provide a wide range of services throughout your pregnancy. They:

• Take your medical history
• Do gynecological examinations
• Write prescriptions
• Provide individualized education about your pregnancy and care needs
• Deliver your baby at the California Hospital Medical Center
• Counsel you after the birth
• Provide contraceptive counseling
• Monitor your health, including diabetes, after the birth

Another skill that makes our nurse-midwives among the best: they have a high success rate in delivering babies by vaginal birth after c-sections (VBAC). Find out more about VBAC deliveries.

Next: Learn about our CenteringPregnancy® Program, a unique prenatal education service also led by our nurse-midwives.

Vaginal Birth after C-section

We offer a VBAC class as part of our Prenatal Classes series.