Nondiscrimination Policy Update

Boston Medical Center Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), religion, culture, physical or mental disabilities, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity and/or expression. BMCHS provides free aids and services to people with disabilities and free language services to people whose primary language is not English.

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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.