Mercy Clinic Midwifery - Love Family Women's Center
Considering a low-intervention birth? Oklahoma’s first hospital-based midwifery birthing program is open at Love Family Women’s Center.
Is Midwifery Care Right for You?
Midwifery care at Mercy offers the best of both worlds: the empowering experience of low-intervention birth with hospital resources close by. Our certified nurse midwives respect birth as a natural process. If you have a low-risk pregnancy, they can help you deliver your baby with fewer medical interventions and medications. You’ll use your body’s natural cues to usher your baby into the world. If you and your baby are healthy after delivery, you can often go home with your family the same day.
Low-Risk Birth Eligibility Guidelines
- You’re carrying a single baby whose head is positioned down.
- You don’t have chronic or complex medical conditions.
- Your pre-pregnancy BMI is below 40. To measure your BMI, use this calculator for women.
- Your prenatal test results don’t indicate a need for fetal monitoring.
- You receive prenatal care from Mercy Clinic Midwifery – Love Family Women’s Center.
- Your age and your baby’s size don’t usually affect your eligibility.
Highly Trained Childbirth Experts
Mercy’s certified nurse midwives hold advanced degrees, are certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB) and have extensive labor and delivery experience. Like obstetricians, their care includes prenatal, childbirth, postpartum and newborn health services. If unexpected issues arise, they work closely with Mercy obstetricians and neonatologists.
Deliver in a Home-Like Setting
Our Birthing Center at Love Family Women’s Center has four newly built suites. Each suite features warm, soothing décor, a double-size bed, a shower and a large tub for labor. The Birthing Center also has family spaces and other childbirth amenities.
Love Family Women's Center Classes and Meet & Greets
Congratulations! We’re honored to share this important time with you. Our childbirth classes in Oklahoma City are here to give you the knowledge and confidence you need before, during and after your baby’s birth.
Stop by for an informal Meet & Greet to learn all about what Love Family Women's Center has to offer! This is an opportunity to meet with one of our registered nurses who can answer all of your questions!
The Meet & Greet does not include an in person tour throughout our facility due to the safety and security of the patients we are caring for.
Understanding Pregnancy eClass
This is a unique online learning experience that provides comprehensive prenatal information you can trust. This interactive online class covers essential information on your baby's development, helpful tips for a healthy pregnancy and includes partner tips throughout.
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Labor and Birth Preparation
Expectant parents will gain confidence and feel better prepared to welcome their baby into the world by attending this class. This 4 week series will provide information about late pregnancy, preparing for labor and birth, how to know if you are in labor, the process of labor and delivery including common hospital practices, signs of labor, when to go to the hospital, hospital procedures, anesthesia and other alternatives, induction of labor, immediate postpartum and newborn care.
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Understanding Birth eClass
This unique online learning experience provides comprehensive information you can trust as you prepare for your upcoming birth. This interactive online course covers essential information on labor and more, and highlights ways partners can help throughout the process.
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Understanding Cesarean Birth eClass
This unique online learning experience provides comprehensive information you can trust as you prepare for your upcoming cesarean birth.
Basics of Breastfeeding Classes
Breastfeeding is the most natural and nutritional way to encourage your baby's development. Expecting parents learn how to get breastfeeding off to a good start. We'll also cover mom's nutrition, dad's very important contributions to breastfeeding success, and how to know your baby is getting enough milk. Additional topics include pumping, safe storage of breast milk, maintaining milk supply and keeping your baby's interest in breastfeeding.
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Understanding Breastfeeding eClass
This unique online learning experience provides comprehensive information you can trust about breastfeeding. Making the decision to breastfeed is one of the best things you can do for your baby! As with any new experience, you probably have lots of questions. Consider this class your go-to guide for answers.
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The Lactation Club (TLC)
TLC is facilitated by our certified lactation consultants in a casual, come-as-you-please setting to help new moms navigate their own breastfeeding experience and find support and connection with other new and breastfeeding moms. This is a free opportunity that welcomes any new mom of a newborn(s) up to 12 weeks old for expert guidance on personal breastfeeding challenges and successes. A baby scale will also be available for an infant weight check.
Infant and Child CPR Classes
Mercy's Infant and Child CPR class follows guidelines set by the American Heart Association. The class provides information on performing CPR and relieving obstructed airways in infants and children up to the age of eight. Mercy encourages parents, grandparents and any caregivers to take part in this class. This IS NOT a credentialing or certification course.
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Understanding Infant & Child Safety eClass
This online learning experience gives you the comprehensive information you need about how to keep your children safe from Day 1. Spanning from infancy to early childhood, this class teaches car safety essentials, safe baby care, childproofing tips, accident prevention in and outside the home, and how to be better prepared for an emergency.
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Understanding Your Newborn eClass is a unique online learning experience that provides comprehensive information you can trust as you prepare to become a new parent. This interactive online course covers essential information for the first six weeks and beyond, including clear video examples of bathing, feeding and diapering. You will learn why bonding is so important for brain development and how reading your baby's cues helps you understand what they need. You will also stay organized with a variety of helpful checklists and trackers! Allow 2-3 hours to complete.
Understanding Fatherhood eClass is a unique online learning experience that provides a soon-to-be-dad with information you can trust. This class will help guide you through your fatherhood journey--from pregnancy to birth and beyond, as well as all the things you can do to ease the transition of becoming a dad. With a positive focus on the importance of expectant dads being involved right from the start, you will learn how to support your partner through pregnancy and birth, as well as survival tips for those first few sleep-deprived months with a newborn.
Mercy’s perinatal nurse navigators are here to help you throughout your motherhood journey.
Becoming a mom is both an exciting and overwhelming time.
As mothers themselves, the navigators understand the joys, anxieties, issues and challenges you may be facing as a first-time mom. Our team is here to help you navigate through questions and decisions you may have during pregnancy and the first months of life as a new mom.
Your navigator will provide personalized recommendations and support, building a lasting relationship with you throughout your journey.
To learn more about the program or to enroll, please call 405-936-5833.
