Obstetrics

Outpatient Obstetrical Care

Our dedicated team of obstetricians and certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) provide prenatal and post-partum care at our clinic in the Riverside Professional Building, conveniently located next to the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview hospital. The nurse-midwives and physicians work closely together to provide optimal care for women with a belief in treating the whole person, while employing personalized, evidence-based care.

Specific pregnancy care includes, but is not limited to:

• General prenatal visits and exams
• Nutrition counseling in pregnancy
• Health coaching about pregnancy, labor and birth, and infant care
• Integrated pregnancy care including acupuncture and massage
• Obstetric ultrasounds
• Prenatal testing for birth defects including Amniocentesis, Chorionic Villi Sampling, and First Trimester Screening
• Postpartum care 

Labor and Birth

For women expecting a baby, our nurse-midwives and physicians deliver babies at The Birthplace, as the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview.

Programs and Services offered at The Birthplace include:

• Waterbirth
• Trial of Labor after Cesarean (TOLAC)
• Vaginal Birth after Cesarean (VBAC): supported by both obstetricians and nurse-midwives
• Labor and Birth
• Newborn Nursery and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
• Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM)
• Lactation Consultation
• Milk Bank
• Birth and family education classes-Amma Parenting Center
• Post-natal services-Bavia
• Tours