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Nurse-Midwife Service at Hennepin County Medical Center
The Nurse-Midwife Service at Hennepin County Medical Center is a practice of Certified Nurse-Midwives who care for women throughout their life, including during pregnancy, labor and birth. The midwives see patients in seven locations throughout the metro area and deliver babies at Hennepin County Medical Center.
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Hennepin County Medical Center’s Nurse-Midwife Service was the first Nurse-Midwife Service in Minnesota, and has been welcoming new babies since 1971. We believe that pregnancy is a special time in the life of a family, and that birth can be an empowering experience.
We believe in keeping labor as natural as possible, but are skilled in using interventions when needed to keep mothers and babies safe and healthy. Physicians who specialize in Obstetrics and Gynecology are available as part of the health care team if needed.
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HCMC’s Nurse-Midwives deliver more than 800 babies each year. Our cesarean section rate is 12.7% while HCMC as a whole is 20%, well below the national average of 30%. Episiotomy rate is 4%. About 50% of our patients are non-English speaking with Spanish, Somali and Hmong making up the largest groups.
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