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Thinking about a waterbirth?

Women are often asked during their pregnancies, “How do you plan to deal with the pain of labor and delivery?”  How you deal with the pain associated with labor and birth is your own individual choice. Your certified nurse-midwife or OB/GYN provider at HealthNet can help educate you on the available options. We support and [...]

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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 [...]

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“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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