Nurse-Midwife Services Chicago

Childbirth: Delivering with nurse-midwives

Our nurse-midwives on staff offer unique, personalized care to every woman they work with, and they aim to give you a positive and empowering experience.

If you choose to deliver with Board-Certified Nurse-midwives at Swedish Covenant Hospital, you will experience the following expert services:

BEFORE DELIVERY

	Longer appointment times will give you plenty of time to ask any questions you may have.
	Education: Nurse-midwives strive to educate and empower you by acting as a resource for health information and counseling. They want you to feel well-informed about every aspect of your pregnancy.
	Group Practice: Throughout your pregnancy, you will meet every nurse-midwife in the practice so that no matter which nurse-midwife is on-call to help you when the big day comes, you will already have a comfortable, established relationship with her.
	Care during pregnancy: Your nurse-midwife will be with you every step of the way, before and after your delivery.

DURING DELIVERY

	Care during childbirth: Your nurse-midwife will stay by your side during the labor process, supporting you and helping you with breathing and positioning (walking.)
	Non-interventive labor and delivery: Nurse-midwives support the natural process of labor and delivery. If interventions are deemed necessary, your nurse-midwife will make sure to discuss all options with you.
	Labor and delivery with pain medication: Nurse-midwives focus on making your birth experience exactly how you want it. If you want medication or an epidural, your nurse-midwife has the authority to write prescriptions and will be glad to offer them.
	Hydrotherapy: Each room has a Jacuzzi for hydrotherapy, which is a technique used to help ease your labor pains.
	Alternatives to traditional childbirth: Nurse-midwives are comfortable supporting your pushing efforts and delivering your baby in alternative positions, such as squatting, hands and knees or on the birth stool.
	Breastfeeding support: Your nurse-midwife will help initiate breastfeeding and will not leave you until you feel that you have bonded with your baby.

To learn more about Swedish Covenant Hospital's Midwifery Services, email midwives@schosp.org or call (773) 989-6200.

Well-woman care with nurse-midwives

In addition to working with women before, during and after childbirth, the nurse-midwifery group at Swedish Covenant Hospital also are trained as women's health providers. You can see a nurse-midwife as your women's health provider throughout your life, for both medical support and education.

EXPERT SERVICES

The nurse-midwives at Swedish Covenant Hospital are certified to offer you:

	Routine exams, including pap smears and breast exams
	Family planning
	Pre-pregnancy counseling
	Hormone replacement alternatives and therapy
	Treatment of sexually transmitted diseases
	Treatment of urinary tract infections
	Prescriptions

VISIT EXPERIENCE

Nurse-midwives use their medical education and expertise, along with compassion and care, to answer all of your questions about women's health issues — including birth control, family planning, common infections and more.

By offering longer appointment times, nurse-midwives give you plenty of time to discuss whatever topics and concerns you may have.

Teaching is an important aspect of each visit because nurse-midwives want to provide you with enough information to get you involved as an active participant in your health care. For example, the nurse-midwife will discuss how to maintain a healthy weight through diet and exercise in order to prevent disease in the future.

To learn more about Swedish Covenant Hospital's Midwifery Services, email midwives@schosp.org or call (773) 989-6200.