Obstetrics

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Gynecology

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Lactation

Services Obstetrics

At Independence Women’s Clinic, we also offer midwifery services. Our certified nurse-midwifes’ (CNM’s) goals for optimal patient care align with our obstetrician-gynecologists. We find value in providing high-quality, holistic and patient-centered care. Every visit and plan of care is individualized to fit each patient’s needs.

Midwives are commonly associated with pregnancy and postpartum care – however, CNMs are also able to provide care to women across their lifespan. Our CNM’s appointment-types include (but are not limited to):

  • Contraceptive management
  • Annual well woman exams
  • Prenatal
  • Postpartum
  • Lactation
  • Minor gynecology problems
  • Small procedures
    • Intrauterine device insertions
    • Endometrial biopsies

There are many features of midwifery care, including:

  • Longer prenatal appointments
  • Low-risk pregnancy
  • Low-intervention birth
  • Understanding of normal physiologic birth
  • Extended care at the bedside during the labor and delivery process
  • Ability to acknowledge the need for intervention during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and postpartum and doing so expeditiously as appropriate
  • Continuously collaborating with supervising physicians when high-risk situations arise

We added our first midwife for the practice in 2023.  Feel free to find out more and schedule with Emily Martinez, CNM.