Certified Nurse Midwife Program
Certified Nurse Midwife Program
The University of Michigan Health Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital Certified Nurse Midwife Program offers care for essentially healthy women throughout their lives. Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs) are Registered Nurses (RNs) who have advanced education in both midwifery and nursing. CNMs are certified by the American College of Nurse Midwives and are licensed by the State of Michigan as both nurses and nurse midwives.
Our Approach
The midwifery model of care is both holistic and specific in scope, focusing on the entirety of a woman’s life experience as well as her individual needs and goals, and including those who are important to her.
CNMs believe that pregnancy, childbearing, sexuality and menopause are among the many significant normal events in a woman’s life. CNMs emphasize individualized, consent-driven care and health promotion. Research shows that CNMs provide cost-effective care that is safe, sensitive and characterized by excellent individual, maternal and fetal outcomes.
U-M Health CNMs also work with our physician colleagues who are readily available for consultation, collaborative management and referral, as needed.
Appointment Information
To schedule an appointment, please call 734-763-6295.
Services
Our Certified Nurse Midwife Program provides the following Services:
- Preconception counseling
- Prenatal care
- Labor and birth support and management
- Postpartum care
- Care during teenage years
- Gynecologic care including health maintenance exams, routine screenings (including pap tests) and contraception
Pregnancy & Birth with Certified Nurse Midwives
U-M Health CNMs provide care at many area health centers, with all births occurring at the Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital Birth Center. Your midwife will partner with you during prenatal care to understand your particular goals for the birth process and the best paths to achieve them.
While many seek midwife care because of their expertise in unmedicated birth and water birth, you will have access to the same range of pain management approaches to comfort as any other person in the Birth Center. These include nitrous oxide, IV medications such as morphine, and epidurals. We also regularly care for women desiring VBAC. Optimal care, in the context of your medical history, will be discussed at your first visit.
Certified Nurse Midwives at Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital
CNMs also provide care at Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital, both in OB Triage and in the Birth Center, for many families that see obstetricians for their prenatal care. You will interact with CNMs as part of the health care team during triage visits, labor and/or during your postpartum stay.
For more information on Certified Nurse Midwives generally, please visit the American College of Nurse-Midwives website.
Patient Resources
Doctors
Sarah Kathryn-Mahaffy Maguire, CNM, NP, DNP
Advanced Practice Nurse
Midwife-Certified Nurse
Providers
Emily Sarah Affeldt, CNM
Advanced Practice Nurse
Midwife-Certified Nurse
Joanne Motino Bailey, CNM
Advanced Practice Nurse
Midwife-Certified Nurse
Jennifer Neuenschwander Baughman, CNM
Advanced Practice Nurse
Midwife-Certified Nurse
Kathryn Petrowski Bedikian, CNM
Advanced Practice Nurse
Midwife-Certified Nurse
Julie Ann Blake, CNM
Advanced Practice Nurse
Midwife-Certified Nurse
Jacqueline Elizabeth Clark, CNM
Advanced Practice Nurse
Midwife-Certified Nurse
Patricia A Crane, CNM
Advanced Practice Nurse
Midwife-Certified Nurse
Allison Deluca, CNM
Advanced Practice Nurse
Midwife-Certified Nurse
Andrea Danette Eskridge, CNM
Advanced Practice Nurse
Midwife-Certified Nurse
Heidi Katrina Evans, CNM
Advanced Practice Nurse
Midwife-Certified Nurse
Locations
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Obstetrics & Gynecology Clinic | Brighton Health Center 8001 Challis Rd
Brighton, MI 48116-7446Get Directions -
Obstetrics & Gynecology Clinic | Canton Health Center 1051 N Canton Center Rd
Canton, MI 48187-5097Get Directions -
Obstetrics & Gynecology Clinic | East Ann Arbor Health & Geriatrics Center 4260 Plymouth Rd
Level 1
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2700Get Directions -
Obstetrics & Gynecology Clinic | West Ann Arbor Health Center-Parkland Plaza 380 Parkland Plaza Ste 110
Floor 1
Ann Arbor, MI 48103-6201Get Directions -
Women's Clinic | Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital 1540 E Hospital Dr
Floor 9
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-4276Get Directions
