{"id":21,"date":"2015-06-17T09:04:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T13:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2025-01-03T11:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T16:31:58","slug":"obstetrics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/obstetrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Obstetrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We provide comprehensive obstetric care at Boston Medical Center and our affiliated <a class=\"big\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/about-us\/affiliates\/boston-healthnet-community-health-centers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community Health Centers<\/a>. Prenatal care is provided by a variety of fully trained practitioners including ob\/gyn physicians, family medicine specialists, and certified nurse midwives. Dedicated anesthesiologists are present full-time in our labor and delivery service. Every delivering person at Boston Medical Center is eligible for labor support from our <a class=\"big\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/special-programs\/birth-sisters\/\">Birth Sisters<\/a> doula program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We Have Specialized Expertise in the Following Areas:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complications to mother\u2019s health including mothers over 35 years of age, diabetes, hypertension, cardiac disease, HIV, lupus or Sickle Cell Disease; and<\/li>\n<li>History of pregnancy or childbirth complicated by recurrent miscarriage, stillbirth, preterm delivery, or fetal growth abnormality.<\/li>\n<li>Pregnancy complicated by cervical insufficiency, preterm labor, fetal abnormalities, or multiple gestation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Obstetric Services and Programs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/special-programs\/antenatal-testing-unit\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Antenatal Testing Unit<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/special-programs\/birth-sisters\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Birth Sisters<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/special-programs\/centering-pregnancy\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Centering Pregnancy<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/special-programs\/childbirth-education\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Childbirth Education<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/special-programs\/diagnostic-genetic-services\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Diagnostic Genetic Services<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/high-risk-diabetes-in-pregnancy\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">High-Risk: Diabetes in Pregnancy<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/obstetrics\/labor-delivery\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Labor &amp; Delivery<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/obstetrics\/maternal-fetal-medicine\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Maternal Fetal Medicine<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/special-programs\/positive-hope\/%20\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Positive Hope Program<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/obgyn\/special-programs\/project-respect\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Project\u00a0RESPECT<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=31nPUcvj0_c\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">BMC: Behind the Scenes of Women and Infant&#8217;s Center Move Day<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We provide comprehensive obstetric care at Boston Medical Center and our affiliated Community Health Centers. Prenatal care is provided by a variety of fully trained practitioners including ob\/gyn physicians, family medicine specialists, and certified nurse midwives. Dedicated anesthesiologists are present full-time in our labor and delivery service. 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