CENTERING

PREGNANCY

BIANCA CHASER

OB CLINICAL

MRS. MCCLUSKY
 • Community Healthcare Worker

• Childbirth Educator

• Motivational Speaker

• Peer Supporter

ANNA – “I do not speak up for you, but I show

you how to speak up for yourself.”
BALDWIN
Anna Baldwin has been working for
Centering Pregnancy for 5 years. She did
not undergo any specific schooling to take
on her job position but completed training.
 “Her Story: I started as a Centering
Pregnancy patient. This program
helped me so much during my
pregnancy. After 2 years, they hired
me into the program. We also just
ANNA BALDWIN hired another former centering
pregnancy mother. I believe this his
helps encourage patients that it does
not matter how they start. What
matters is how they finish, and we
help them make a very strong finish”
W H AT I S C E N T E R I N G P R E G N A N CY ?
“Centering pregnancy is Mercy Health’s biggest secret”

2 locations: 2131 Belmont Ave. and a new location in Cornersburg

• The Belmont Location Provides:

– Dental
– Behavioral Health
– Family Practitioner
W H AT I S C E N T E R I N G P R E G N A N CY ?
• The Cornersburg Location places centering pregnancy in a group of other programs within
the family nurturing center
– Centering Pregnancy
– Resource Mothers
– Fatherhood Support - help fathers become involved and grow in their position
– Fresh Start – cooking class for mothers
– Empowering Moms – a resource to follow up with women after delivery
– These resources help bridge the gap that often occurs in families

• Transportation is offered to patients for all appointments and to the other events they have
through resource mothers, fatherhood support, fresh start, and empowering moms.
W H AT D O YO U D O I N A TY P I C A L DAY
AT WO R K ?
• Different every single day

• Set up rooms based on who is coming in for a session which can include anywhere from 2-
12 people.

• Each session is different and focuses on different aspects of pregnancy, labor, and being a
new mother. They consist of activities that relate to the education in that session.

• After each session, patients are sent home with supplies, a verbal thank you, and a
congratulations for getting through another session and being one step closer to their
strong finish.

• For example, session 5 is based on comfort during labor!

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE
P O P U L AT I O N T H AT I S S E RV E D ?
• “Statistics would show we see more of the underserved than the privileged”

• They have seen women as young as 15 years old, up to 45 years old.

• They serve both new mothers and veteran mothers, plus their support person.
W H AT S E RV I C E S A R E P R OV I D E D AT
CENTERING PREGNANCY?
• Centering Pregnancy provides education consisting of 12 weekly sessions throughout a
woman’s pregnancy, including what to expect during pregnancy and how to navigate the
several changes she will face. With the standard of care beginning at 16 weeks, that is when
sessions typically start. The sessions lead up to delivery and after delivery as well, if desired.

• Positive self-imaging is also provided by Anna Baldwin to help women prevent and
overcome PPD.

• They help patients look for housing, counseling, pediatric care, and adult care.

• They provide pack-and-plays, car seats, diapers, wipes, educational ABC safe sleep lessons,
educational car seat safety, and group care connections with other mothers in the sessions
W H AT I S T H E M O ST R E WA R D I N G
PA RT O F YO U R J O B ?
• “I am able to see our moms grow into the women they are becoming through the
healing process. It is rewarding knowing we provide support to women who do not
have it already and we become a family to them at centering pregnancy. I am able to
see how my job impacts women every day and it is very rewarding.”