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Four Seasons Midwifery – for all the seasons of
a woman’s life…
Complete and comprehensive midwifery services are now
available to women in the greater Brattleboro area through
the new Four Seasons Midwifery practice. Offered at
Brattleboro Obstetrics & Gynecology and affiliated
with Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Four Seasons Midwifery
will provide personalized care for mothers and families
in this, the area’s first comprehensive nurse
midwifery service.
The word ‘midwife’ literally means with
woman, and midwives have been ‘with women’
during their childbearing years throughout human history.
Four Seasons Midwifery is comprised of three highly-trained
midwives, each offering skills developed from advanced
training, and licensure in nursing and obstetrics and
gynecology. Our three midwives provide personal attention
and support throughout the maternity cycle, which includes
24/7 coverage for labor. This means that one of the
three participating midwives will be available for the
birth of your child. Four Seasons Midwifery is the only
round-the-clock nurse midwifery service in the area.
Our association with the Brattleboro OB/GYN practice
allows teamwork with Judith McBean, MD, and James Bunker,
MD, the experienced obstetricians and gynecologists
in the practice, who provide 24-hour back-up for the
midwives.
Four Seasons Midwifery staff affirms birth as a normal
process and advocate a family-centered birth in the
safety of the beautiful BMH Birthing Center hospital
setting. Selecting a midwifery service can mean choices…
choices such as water births, HypnoBirthing®, Conscious
Birthing Preparation, doulas (birth attendants), and
a range of options for pain management including epidurals.
Four Seasons Midwifery provides networking referrals
for massage, acupuncture, and trained doula services
for birth support in our community. But the care doesn’t
stop with the pregnant mom. Our service also offers
PAP smears, annual exams, and family planning. Four
Seasons Midwifery provides healthcare for all seasons
of a woman’s life.
So, who are the three midwives who make up Four Seasons
Midwifery? Following is a short description of some
of their qualifications. Read on, but remember, the
best way to truly get the pulse of this new service
would be for you to plan to meet them in person.
Lois Trezise, BA, RN, CNM, MSN, studied
midwifery at the University of Besançon in France,
after which she received a master of science degree
in nursing from Stony Brook (NY) University School of
Nursing. Lois has practiced midwifery for 30 years,
and has been on staff at Brattleboro OB/GYN since 2001.
She is certified to teach HypnoBirthing® and is
certified in hypnosis by the American Society of Clinical
Hypnosis.
Raine Kane, BA, RN, CNM, MSN, studied
midwifery at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New
York. She received her bachelor of arts degree at Empire
State College in Saratoga Springs, New York, after which
she received her master of science degree in nursing
at Stony Brook (NY) University School of Nursing. Raine
has practiced women’s healthcare since 1980, and
has been on staff at Brattleboro OB/GYN since 2003.
She is certified to teach HypnoBirthing®.
Meghan Arthur, BS, RN, CNM, WHNP, MS,
studied at the Ohio State University in Columbus, receiving
certifications in nursing, midwifery, and as a Women's
Health Nurse Practitioner. Following this, she completed
a fellowship at Holy Family Birth Center in Weslaco,
Texas. Prior to midwifery, Meghan received an undergraduate
degree in chemistry from Grinnell College in Iowa. Meghan
is the newest member of the Brattleboro OB / GYN team.
Her area of special interest is “Centering Pregnancy”
which offers selected group prenatal care and permits
women to build connections with other women during their
pregnancies.
All three nurse midwives associated with Four Seasons
Midwifery are certified by the American College of Nurse
Midwives.
Nurse midwives Lois, Raine, and Meghan are excited
to be able to offer local women the full spectrum of
personalized care and attention on a round-the-clock
basis. They look forward to providing the mother with
individualized education, counseling, prenatal care,
continuous hands-on assistance during labor and delivery,
and postpartum support, all from the area’s first
comprehensive midwifery service: Four Seasons Midwifery.
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TESTIMONIALS
The committed support, constant care and loving shoulder
of the whole Brattleboro OB/GYN family helped me have
a happy and wonderful delivery.
Merry Belval
The staff at Brattleboro OB/GYN and BMH made the
birth of our first son the most amazing experience
we could have asked for. The staff was all so supportive
of our request to have as natural a birth as possible
and to use HypnoBirthing® techniques. I’m
so glad that we chose this team of professionals,
it made all the difference.
Cate and Chris Caserta
Giving birth in a hospital with midwives in attendance
offered me the best of both worlds; it was like having
a home birth where I was given the time and space
to follow my own body’s lead, while having the
support of modern medicine there when and if needed.
I feel blessed to have given birth to my baby in such
a deeply supportive environment, and wish every laboring
woman could receive the same loving, professional,
intuitive care that I received.
Juliet Kerr Bloomberg
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