On March 13, 2019, Ascension Providence announced the opening of Waco Center for Women’s Health – Midwifery clinic, providing the only in-hospital midwife care in the region. The midwifery clinic is located in the Medical Tower Plaza at Providence Health Center, with services provided by three board-certified midwives and clinical support staff.
“We are excited to offer the freedom and flexibility of midwifery care with the safety and security of hospital birth,” said Dr. Haskett, Vice President and Executive Director of Providence Health Alliance. “We feel this is the best way to surround mom and baby with the safest environment while delivering the natural and personalized birthing experience that so many families desire.”
The midwifery clinic is a new facility at Ascension Providence, with a home-like environment including four exam rooms and two comfortable OB rooms equipped with sofas from Maker&Son for a family-centered approach to routine OB care. The midwifery team offers and encourages the use of hydrotherapy, massage, aromatherapy, birthing balls, and partner or doula program services during labor and child birth, among other options. The midwifery team works with expecting families to develop birthing plans to create their own personalized experience, with a goal of supporting women during pregnancy and labor within a safe and caring environment.
Midwives at Waco Center for Women’s Health include:
–Morgan Estes, MSN, RN-CNM
–Kari Herman, MSN, RN-CNM
–Audrey Patterson, MSN, RN-CNM
The midwifery clinic offers comprehensive Women’s Health services, including annual exams, family care planning, gynecologic exams, and breast exams. To learn more, visit providence.net.
About Ascension Texas
Ascension Texas includes Providence Healthcare Network and Seton Family of Hospitals, which includes Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas, the region’s only comprehensive children’s hospital and pediatric Level I trauma center, and Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas, the region’s only Level I trauma center for adults. Seton Family of Hospitals partners with Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin and shares a common vision of transforming healthcare through a focus on quality and value. Serving Texas for 115 years, Ascension Texas is a faith-based healthcare organization committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. Ascension Texas provided approximately $260 million in charity care in fiscal year 2016. Ascension Texas is part of Ascension, one of the leading non-profit and Catholic health systems in the U.S., operating more than 2,600 sites of care – including 151 hospitals and more than 50 senior living facilities in 21 states and the District of Columbia. Visit www.dellchildrens.net, www.providence.net and www.seton.net.
