Safe, Holistic Prenatal Care and Natural Birth Experience
At BCH, you have the option to choose a certified nurse-midwife to be at
your side from the time you start trying to conceive and until after your
baby is born. They focus on providing you and your family with comprehensive,
high-quality prenatal care and an empowering birth experience with deliveries in the
Family Birth Center at Foothills Hospital.
While obstetrician-gynecologists remain the go-to professionals for pregnancy
care and delivery in the United States, midwives are growing in popularity.
In fact, nearly 1 in 10 births today are attended by a midwife. But is
a midwife right for you?
Certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) are advanced practitioners with graduate
education in women’s health care and midwifery. They focus on each
woman’s unique maternity experience and embrace holistic approaches,
which can include alternative and complementary therapies. Their empowering
model of care is also more of shared decision-making, with the midwife
educating and supporting you both emotionally and physically — from
pre-pregnancy and childbirth to post-delivery.
Are you a candidate for midwifery prenatal and childbirth care?
Not all moms-to-be are good candidates for midwifery care. It is a good
option if:
You have no major complications during pregnancy. The conventional obstetrician
route is best for high-risk pregnancies or deliveries.
You want childbirth to be as natural as possible and aim to receive very
little medical intervention when labor is progressing normally.
Personal, Collaborative Relationships
When you choose to have midwifery care with
Foothills Community Midwives or
Boulder Medical Center in Boulder, you’ll benefit from a close, personal relationship and safe, compassionate
services. Our highly skilled midwives take the time to get to know you
and will listen to your goals and concerns, ensuring you’re well
supported emotionally and physically.
During labor, your midwife will assist you in delivering your baby as naturally
as possible, offering comfort and support with stress-relieving holistic
therapies, hands-on adjustment and minimized medical intervention. They
will continue to care for you while adapting to motherhood, offering both
postpartum care and support with infant feeding.
BCH nurse-midwives also have a close, collaborative relationship with the
obstetricians at Boulder Women’s Care and Boulder Medical Center in Boulder, who
are available 24/7 if any midwife mom-to-be develops a serious medical
concern during pregnancy or labor and delivery. All share the same commitment
to helping you have a safe, happy and healthy pregnancy and the best birth
experience.
Childbirth at Foothills Hospital
BCH’s
Foothills Community Midwives and the nurse-midwives at
Boulder Medical Center in Boulder help expecting moms and families create empowering birth experiences in
the comfort and safety of a hospital setting, with deliveries in the
Family Birth Center at Foothills Hospital. Spacious rooms offer inspiring mountain views,
queen-size beds and oversized hydrotherapy tubs. During labor, a midwife
will assist you in delivering your baby as naturally as possible, offering
comfort and support with stress-relieving holistic therapies and hands-on
adjustments.
When the big moment comes, you will receive very little medical intervention
if labor is progressing normally. All the while, you can rest assured
that an obstetrician is on-call and our home-like
Special Care Nursery right onsite, should extra medical care be required.
Our certified nurse-midwives offer the following services:
Comprehensive prenatal care for low-risk and moderate-risk pregnancies
and births (e.g., pre-eclampsia, gestational hypertension, vaginal birth
after cesarean)
Labor and delivery care in the safety of a hospital
Pain management options from alternative and complementary therapies to epidural
Download our guide for creating a
birth plan. A birth plan is a valuable tool for communicating your desires for your
labor, delivery and post-partum time with your care team.
Schedule an Appointment
Foothills Community Midwives see patients at offices located in Erie Medical
Center and within Foothills Medical Building in Boulder. To schedule an
appointment please call
303-415-4045. To schedule an appointment with the midwife at Boulder Medical Center
in Boulder, call
303-938-4710.
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