Pregnancy, Birth
& Postpartum Care
From your first prenatal visit to your 6-week postpartum checkup, our certified nurse-midwives are with you every step of the way — providing personalized, relationship-based care in a space that feels like home.
Prenatal Care
Labor & Birth
We are dedicated to providing a safe, relaxing, and comfortable atmosphere. We strive to help you meet your goals and give birth the way that you choose.
Our certified nurse-midwives and registered nurses will take care of you through every stage of your labor, birth, and recovery. You’ll have contact information for the midwife on call and can reach her as soon as labor starts.
Once labor is established, your midwife and nurse meet you at the birth center to help you settle in. You’ll have access to luxury amenities including spa-like birthing suites, large private bathrooms, birth balls, support slings, birth stools, and spacious custom waterbirth tubs. Nitrous oxide is also available as a comfort option.
After Birth
After birth, baby goes skin-to-skin immediately and you and your family can enjoy these special bonding moments together. We assess and stabilize baby as needed, determine APGAR scores, and check on you and baby frequently for the first hour.
Baby’s first exam is done right next to you in the room. We check weight and length, do an initial physical exam, and create a keepsake birth certificate with footprints.
Families usually go home around 4 hours after birth so you can recover in the most comfortable place of all — your own home. Your midwife remains available by call or text for any questions or concerns after you leave.
Postpartum Care
Our nurse-midwives provide well-baby care for the first 2 weeks. Baby’s first visit with the pediatrician is usually at 1 month. Your final postpartum visit is a 6-week visit — and you’re always welcome to bring the baby and other kids too.
We’ll talk about how you’re healing, planning or preventing future pregnancies, and returning to sex, work, and exercise. And if you need support with feeding along the way, our lactation support team is here for you.
We are all members of the staff at WomanCare, Kentuckiana’s premiere OB/GYN practice, with one of the regions lowest cesarean section rates, and a longstanding commitment to providing extraordinary care before, during and after delivery, as well as providing well-woman care, preconception counseling, contraceptive management, and GYN problem visits.