What is a certified nurse midwife?

Midwives at Ochsner Baton Rouge

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Why choose midwives at Ochsner Baton Rouge

Midwives at Ochsner Health in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, are here for parents as they prepare to welcome their baby into the world. And as new parents, there are many factors to consider, which is why personalizing every aspect of your birth plan is encouraged. Explore your options when it comes to pain relief, delivery methods, breastfeeding and newborn care, and choose the care plan that will ease any concerns and give you confidence on that special day.

Ochsner Family Birthing Centers offer the highest levels of medical care for both you and your baby and personalized options designed to meet your labor and delivery needs, goals, and expectations. Some of our locations offer water birth, wireless monitoring so you can walk during labor, lactation assistance from award-winning consultants, and care from certified nurse midwives.

We support each patient's choice for their birth experience, including natural birth, water birth or medicated birth. Amenities like birthing tubs, showers, birth balls and birthing chairs are available if needed, as well as monitoring that allows the patient to move around comfortably.

In addition, our certified nurse midwives offer well-woman services, including yearly exams and birth control.

Certified nurse midwives are experts in traditional vaginal birth and the birth process. They encourage women and their families to actively participate in their healthcare by providing individualized education, counseling, prenatal care during pregnancy, labor and delivery and postpartum support.

Certified nurse midwives believe that pregnancy and birth are best experienced in a place where people feel safe and have a team that they know and trust. Our team are experts in a well-rounded approach to pregnancy and birth, including how the patient and their family feels physically and mentally.

The birth process is unique to each person, and our board-certified OB/GYN physicians support this philosophy and work together with certified nurse midwives when needed.

Midwifery and alternative birthing options are available at Ochsner Baptist and Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge.