Tips & Tools to help with the challenge of making informed maternity decisions.

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Finding out if a midwife will provide the Midwifery Model of Care

Alisha Morgan, CNM
Laure Schadler, CNM
(Lexington Women's Health)
Central Baptist & St. Joseph East Hospitals
1720 Nicholasville Road, Suite 702
Lexington, KY 40503
859.264.8811

Nancy Shirey, CNM
Noel Juett, CNM
(Associates for Women's Care)
St. Joseph East
Lexington, KY
859.381.1066

Katie Isaac, CNM
(Women's Care of the Bluegrass)
Frankfort Regional Medical Center
(satellite office in Versailles, KY)
502.227.BABY (2229)
866.861.6157

Joanna Miller, CNM
(Dr. Mark Pascuzzi)
Winchester, KY
859.744.2623

Melody A. Quesenberry, CNM
(Georgetown Obstetrics & Gynecology)
Georgetown, KY
502.868.0338

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The University of Kentucky does not offer midwifery services at this time. If you are looking for the Midwives Model of Care^TM but must give birth at UK, consider a family practice physician. They provide continuity of care (rather than rotating call) and are generally open to alternative birth plans.

Jill Rushton, MD
Family Practice
Call Marsha at 859.323.4672 to schedule.
(You will be placed with a Family Practice Resident unless you specify otherwise.)

**NOTE: Baby Moon Mom Shannon Voogt is a Family Practice Resident now (8/11) and would love an opportunity to support some Baby Moon Moms in birth, their way!**

Mary Lynne Kays, CNM
Ruth McConnell, CNM, ARNP
Edna Jeannette (Jean) Pence, CNM, ARNP
Darlene Witten, ARNP
(Elizabethtown Physicians for Women)
Elizabethtown, KY
270.769.5963

Brenda Alexander, CNM
(Center for Women's Health)
Bardstown, KY 40004
502.349.1411

For a hospital birth with the midwifery model of care in Richmond, Berea, Lancaster, Stanford, and Somerset, consider this Family Practice Physician:

James Miller, MD
Fort Logan Hospital
Maternity Birthing Spa
100 Jay Street
Stanford, KY 40484
606.365.8380
[Dr. Miller's c-section rate is under 10%; hospital rooms all have jacuzzis and birth balls and open out onto an enclosed courtyard, massage therapists visit you postpartum. Stanford is about 35-45 minutes from Richmond and Berea. Dr. Miller comes in for most of his patients and does not rotate call]

For referrals in the Louisville Area, please visit the Birth Care Network.

~ Cesarean section rate is reduced by 50%.
~ Length of labor is reduced by 25%.
~ Epidural requests are reduced by 60%.
~ Use of other narcotics for pain relief is reduced by 30%.
~ Oxytocin (Pitocin) use is reduced by 40%.
~ Use of forceps in delivery is reduced by 40%.

For more information about how a doula can help you to have a safe and satisfying birth as you define it, see All About Doulas or contact us.

The Birth Book: Everything You Need to Know to Have a Safe and Satisfying Birth
William Sears, M.D. and Martha Sears, R.N.

The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth
Sheila Kitzinger

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
Ina May Gaskin

An Easier Childbirth: A Mother's Guide for Birthing Normally
Gayle Peterson, Ph.D. (Read online excerpts from the book.)

Your Amazing Newborn
Marshall Klaus, M.D. and Phyllis Klaus (A must-read during pregnancy! See online excerpts.)