Post by Megan McDonald, Certified Nurse Midwife Pregnancy can be hard on the body. In order to compensate for the growing baby, a woman’s blood volume increases, her hormones shift and she must compensate for the extra weight she is carrying in her belly. Our bodies are pretty amazing, and they do a good job [...]
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Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Post by Carrie Bonsack, CNM, MS Did you know January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month? Honor Cervical Cancer Awareness Month by educating yourself on cervical cancer and how you can help protect yourself. HealthNet Certified Nurse Midwife, Carrie Bonsack teaches you everything you need to know about cervical cancer and answers some of the most [...]
Pregnancy and “morning sickness”…not just a morning phenomenon!
Post by Carrie Bonsack, CNM, MS As a certified nurse midwife and a mom of two, I can attest to the misery of morning sickness. I was lucky or shall I say, very unlucky to have it with both of my pregnancies. I still have a strong sensory aversion to the scent of cucumber melon! [...]
Midwifery 101
If you had told me when I was growing up that I would be a Nurse-Midwife, I wouldn’t have believed you. But now, after practicing midwifery for 6 years, I can’t imagine doing anything else. When people find out you are a midwife there is a certain look that you get. And then you inevitably [...]
Nurses Share Skills in East Africa
This month, HealthNet Certified Nurse Midwife Blythe Kinsey joins a team of nurses on an amazing adventure to Tanzania, East Africa. Here’s an excerpt from the team’s blog: Jambo! I just thought I would send a note from Tanzania! For those who don’t know I am working as part of a Vocational Training Team through a [...]
What Midwives wish you knew about them
For thousands of years, women have been giving birth with the help of midwives. Every year, more than 300,000 US women partner with midwives to navigate birth, puberty, menopause, and other normal life stages. In celebration of National Midwifery Week, I had a chance to talk with Jill Kocher, one the 24 certified nurse midwives [...]
“Your birth experience is YOURS, I’m here to give you that experience…”
In honor of National Midwifery Week, I got in touch with one of our own Nurse Midwives to get a feel for Indiana’s largest Midwifery program! Yes, you read that right, HealthNet is home to the state’s largest midwifery program. Lisa Glazik has been working for HealthNet for over 6 years. She started out working [...]
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