Weather Advisory: Temporary Door Closure

Due to extreme cold, access through the Moakley Building's entrance off Boston Medical Center Place will be temporarily closed from 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, through 7 a.m. Monday, Feb. 9.

All patients and visitors should use the main entrance for the Menino and Yawkey Buildings during this time. The hospital remains open and operating as normal.

We appreciate your patience as we take these precautions during severe winter weather.

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Midwives

Treatments and Services

Midwives at BMC:

  • Care for you during pregnancy, labor, birth, and after the baby is born
  • Offer prenatal care individually or through our group model Centering Pregnancy
  • Support education through our Pregnancy Resource Center, Centering Pregnancy, and childbirth education  
  • Identify complications and refer to specialists as needed
  • Honor each patient’s values and birth plans
  • Uphold unmedicated labor and birth
  • Respect and facilitate medicated labor and birth (about half of our patients choose an epidural)
  • Work closely with obstetricians, family medicine doctors, and maternal-fetal medicine doctors
  • Connect patients with additional support like childbirth classes, doulas (Birth Sisters), behavioral health, social work, and Curbside Care

Want to know more about what a midwife does? Check out this video from the American College of Nurse-Midwives.