Capital Region Midwifery‘s new CenteringPregnancy program was recently featured on WAMC Northeast Public Radio.
The group-based prenatal program is the only one of its kind in the Capital Region. Maureen Murphy, licensed midwife, explains how the program educates, supports, and provides care to expecting mothers.
From the story:
Murphy says this program allows women to get more time with their provider and the chance to form a community with other mothers.
“Typically, people come in, they see a nurse, and they get their vital signs taken, and then they see their provider for anywhere between five and 10 minutes,” Murphy said. “Centering is different, because we really do have time to speak with everybody, and. So, there’s a lot more education and there’s a lot more support that happens. So, what ends up happening is people spend 10 times more time with their provider, with Centering Pregnancy, than the one-on-one care that we’re used to.”
Powell says she used it for all three of her pregnancies.
“For my first pregnancy, I was seeing like a regular OB doctor and I wasn’t really comfortable with the experience,” Powell said. “I kind of just based it off of where we live and the location it being, you know, super easy. So, I ended up leaving that practice and just kind of coming here. And, you know, getting other moms’ advice of, like, ‘Oh, where do you go? Who do you see?’ And I liked it since the first pregnancy, and I continue, and we’ll use these guys for just regular gynecological care. And, you know, after pregnancy. And so, love my experience.”
Click here to listen to WAMC’s report.
