Midwife Services
At Abrazo Arrowhead Campus, we want to empower every expectant mother with an experience that is safe, happy, and healthy and our comprehensive care model includes options for midwifery services. Many women choose midwives because they prefer a highly personalized approach to pregnancy, birth, and women’s health care.
What is a Midwife?
A midwife is a trained health professional with expertise in assisting women during pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum. A certified nurse midwife (CNM) is a registered nurse who has completed a midwifery program and passed a national certification exam.
Midwifes Services
Midwife services commonly offered include:
- Pregnancy care, including nutrition counseling
- Education on childbirth options
- Emotional and social support
- Labor support and pain relief
- Birth care
- Breastfeeding support
- Newborn care
Why Choose a Midwife?
The Abrazo Arrowhead Campus nurse-midwives are highly-trained experts in women's health and obstetrics. Many women choose midwives because they prefer a highly tailored approach to pregnancy, birth, and women’s health care. Our midwives regularly collaborate with obstetrician-gynecologists (OB/GYNs), neonatologists and other medical professionals.
Our midwifery program offers personalized attention during the labor process in a relaxed, comfortable setting within the safety of a hospital.
If you would like to learn more about midwifery options at Abrazo Arrowhead Campus, schedule a tour of our Mother & Newborn Care Center, or register for a childbirth class, call 855-292-9355.