What About Safety Concerns?

A large body of research done over 70 years of Certified Nurse-Midwife practice has shown that Certified Nurse Midwives are comparable in safety to doctors for normal, low-risk women. For a closer look at this research, visit the website of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, at at www.mymidwife.org.

Loudoun Community Midwives offers many features that help our patients feel their care is safe and of high quality.

These features include:

• OB-GYN consultation available on-site, 24 hours a day... please see our section "Will a Physician be Available?"

• A Certified Nurse-Midwife present for the entire active phase of labor and the birth... Women receive care not only from the Birthing Inn's excellent nursing staff, but a CNM is present for constant hands-on support, expertise, and safety (see "Will a Midwife be with Me?").

• All Births take place at the newly-built State-of-the-Art Birthing Inn facility at Loudoun Hospital, including a High-quality Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, an In-house Neonatology Staff, & In-House Anesthesiologist.