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Your source for updates from our obstetric, midwifery and maternal fetal medicine practices in Rochester and the Mayo Clinic Health System! Here are some of our new, innovative care practices that we have implemented recently to better serve our patients:
OB Nest - Telehealth in Pregnancy Care
Destination Maternity Services
Emergency Care through TeleOB & TeleNeo
Rochester's Bird Themed Team Care Model
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OB Nest - Telehealth in Pregnancy Care
Patients at Mayo Clinic have the opportunity to participate in an unique prenatal care model called OB Nest. This program incorporates telehealth visits into the routine pregnancy visit schedule decreasing the number of in person visits required during a patient's prenatal and postpartum care. Patients are given education on using a blood pressure cuff and fetal doppler unit at home and telehealth visits are conducted by video or phone at the patient's convenience. Mostly importantly, our prenatal schedule is based on our patient's preferences and can be adjusted to meet each person's needs. Read more about our OB Nest program during the covid-19 pandemic
Destination Maternity Services
At Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, women with complex pregnancies have the opportunity to be cared for by Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialists skilled in advanced diagnostic and treatment approaches. In addition to providing care for patients throughout the Mayo Clinic Health System, this specialty care is available to patients around the world through telemedicine consults and shared care opportunities between your local obstetrical provider and the Mayo Clinic team. Patients with high risk pregnancies can even travel to Rochester for their labor and birth care utilizing Mayo Clinic Patient Travel Services support to help coordinate their journey. Patients may also have the opportunity to participate in obstetric related clinical trials researching new treatment options through cutting edge technologies to better serve our patients.
Emergency Care through TeleOB & TeleNeo
When you give birth at a Mayo Clinic facility, you have support from more than just your onsite providers. Although your local multidisciplinary team provides excellent care, there are times when additional help from a specialty provider is needed. Obstetricians and Neonatologists in Rochester are available through telemedicine to aid your regional team when emergencies arise. Consultation is provided and transfer to Rochester can be planned in certain cases depending on the acuity of the situation. So no matter where you plan to give birth, you have access to all the resources that Mayo Clinic has to offer.
Rochester's Bird Themed Team Care Model
The obstetrical team in Rochester has developed a new team care model in the clinic to help you stay connected with our providers. When you come in for your first prenatal visit, the physician, midwife, nurse practitioner, or resident that you see will be assigned to you as your primary OB provider. Each of our providers is part of a small multidisciplinary group of clinicians, nurses and desk operations specialists who will care for you throughout your pregnancy. This updated process allows us to get to know you and your family better during your childbirth journey. Each team has a bird name to help identify the individuals that make up that team. When you schedule your first appointment with us, you'll find out if you will be on the Owl, Loon, Sparrow, Bluebird, Penguin or Flamingo team!
Volunteer Doula Program
The Family Birth Center at Mayo Clinic in Rochester is now offering doula services for all patients at no-cost thanks to the local doula community. Doulas are trained professionals who provide continuous physical and emotional support to a mother and her family during childbirth to help achieve a positive birth experience. A doula can enhance the labor experience through compassionate, individualized care.
Doula services are available on a first come, first serve basis and are not guaranteed. Volunteer doulas through this program are not available for prenatal consults. Upon arrival on the family birth center, laboring moms can request to have a volunteer doula and they will be called to come in and support you.
If you are interested in having a doula free of charge to support you during labor, please contact our clinic for additional information! If you are interested in participating in our program as a volunteer doula, please contact us at rstvolunteermanagers@mayo.edu.
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