July 21, 2025 • 16 mins
From education classes to pregnancy groups, MetroHealth has various resources to help give you and your baby the healthiest start. In today’s episode, Emily Biehl, OB-GYN Nurse Practitioner at MetroHealth, gives a deep dive into the resources available for expecting mothers to help them prepare for their pregnancy, postpartum and beyond.
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Speaker 1 (00:13):
What's up, everybody, it's real Welcome back for another episode
of Mommy Virtue, brought to you by Metro Health. Of course,
this is your safe place, your resource center, your village
for moms, moms to be, and moms even past postpartum,
to just have that support and resources from a community
of mothers to mothers and doctors and nurses and everyone
to help you be your healthiest for you and the baby.
(00:35):
From education classes to pregnancy groups, Metro Health has various
resources to help you and your baby have the healthiest start.
In today's episode, Emlibio is here. She's an obgyn and
nurse practitioner at Metro Health. We're going to dive deep
into all the resources available for expecting mothers and this
is to help them prepare for pregnancy, of course postpartum,
(00:55):
and then beyond that.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
So you're ready to dive in all right.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
For coming So what type of classes or resources does
Metro Health offer for both expectant mothers and their families.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Yeah, Metro offers so many different resources and classes. We
have things from childbirth education classes, which is just a
general overview of pregnancy, what to expect, get the mom
and the family, you.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
Know, prepared for the delivery. Also, more in depth, we
have daddy boot camps.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Yeah, so it's great just for you know, the dads
that they have no idea what's going on, you know,
how to support you know, their partner throughout the whole
delivery postpartum experience too. We also have infant safety classes
which can be taken you know, pregnancy postpartum as well
as breastfeeding classes too, and you know those help again
(01:47):
pregnancy and postpartum.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Absolutely, So I think it's safe to say in our generation,
it's just all the generations.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
You know, women.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Especially feel like we got it all into control, like oh,
especially women who have had babies.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
So it's like, oh, I've done this both for this
is my third or fourth child.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
But there are women who have no experience, or they've
been kind of misled by other family members or just society.
Why do you feel it so important for these classes
to be taken.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Yeah, And that's such a good point because like you
said too, it could be your first baby or you know,
you don't have that family support, right, you don't have
a mom in your life, you don't have you know,
someone to kind of walk you through the experience. So
having these classes teaches you, you.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
Know, what are you going to expect?
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Some people don't don't know what's normal and what's not
in pregnancy to expect and just kind of going over
that is so important to have. And you know, at Metro,
we really want everyone to feel prepared and supported throughout
the pregnancy. I think that's the biggest thing that we
push is we want you to feel comfortable. We want
you to know what's going on and that we all
support you.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Yeah, because having a baby, yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
I don't and it makes me nervous, that's right, seeing
all these things and you learn a new thing all
the time time. I mean, I don't know how some
moms do it.
Speaker 4 (03:02):
You know, that's the thing.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
It's having you know, even if it's your fourth kid, Right,
every pregnancy is different, and every every experience you go
through it can be it's scary, right at some times,
it's emotional, it's physical, all these things that you know
you have going through. It's not what everyone thinks it is, right,
It's not just Okay, I'm growing up, baby, this is
so fun. You know, there's a lot of you know,
(03:26):
scary things that can come with it. And you know,
we want to be able to support people to make
it less.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Like you said, Typia, it's prepared.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
I mean, obviously things can change and be different in
that moment, but I think if you can mentally prepare
yourself and even physically.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
In a lot of cases, it does help.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Like I only have one child, but my mom I
have three siblings, so she had four and she says
that all of the pregnancies were different, so she had epiduro.
She did not have epiduro, and I know how. I
don't know because I had epidural.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
But to the.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Point of again, every situation is different. So what you
think you're prepared for, you might not be prepared for.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
So take the classes.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Yes, what type of support does metal health offer for
postpartum mothers?
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Yeah, you know, support for postpartum moms is endless, really
and it's dependent on the moms specifically too. So if
you have complications during the pregnancy or the postpartum period
where you have high blood pressure, we'll send the moms
home with a blood pressure cuff to monitor their blood
pressures postpartum and the ones that are at higher risk
(04:28):
preclampsia on a high dose of medication, we actually do
a two week check.
Speaker 4 (04:32):
In on video myself.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
I do that with the moms just to see, Okay,
is this worsening?
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Do you need a change in your medication?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Now?
Speaker 4 (04:42):
What's the future like?
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Right, so, if you had preclamsia during your pregnancy, what
does this mean for me in the future, because in
the postpartum period, they're not going to like hear anything
that you're saying about, you know, preclamsia the rest of
the future and stuff like that. And then obviously too,
like for mental health is well, that's a big support
we have postpartum. I feel like it used to be
(05:04):
such a stigma having postpartum depression, but now it's so
widely talked about and we have a lot of resources
to go behind that too. So we screen everyone postpartum
for postpartum depression. Okay, if they meet in at risk score,
then we will set them up with the resources that
they need inpatient, like initially when they're there. Yeah, also
do a check in with them at two weeks postpartum,
(05:25):
So that's something I do with them as well. And
at that visit we see, okay, are you still having
these feelings Because a lot of women experience postpartum blues
about you know, eighty percent of women that's during the
first two weeks and then they should go away after that.
Speaker 4 (05:40):
So at that two week visit, we see, okay.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Are you still feeling you know, what you were feeling
initially postpartum? What can we do to help counseling, medication resources,
Where can we bridge you to kind of meet those
those gaps that you're having.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
I love it because I know you guys say you
screamed before they leave.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
Yes, yeah, but.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
What if a mother doesn't have those symptoms and she's
not feeling those things and she develops them and she
might not understand it.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
That is postpartum depression.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Then you guys tapping in, like you said, two weeks later,
it is really good.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Yeah, yeah, And they always you know, the ability to
message your provider, you know, through the systems is great
because if you're ever feeling anything, you know, we're always
there to connect with the resources and stuff too. And
it's something screened all throughout pregnancy as well, and we
try and educate patients too on things to watch out for.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
I love it because the reality is some moms are
legit doing it by themselves. When they leave the hospital,
they don't have a support so I think it's super
important that they know they have that in Metro Health.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
So thank you Gray, because that's awesome.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
What specific topics should expect the mothers and families educate
themselves on prior to the birth of their baby, for example, like.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Let exposure or stuff that.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Can happen after birth complications and stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
Yeah, and there's a huge things that you you should know.
That's a good point. So post birth warning signs. That's
a big thing that patients should know about. So that
stuff headache that doesn't go away after birth, heavy bleeding,
having changes in your vision, seizures, you know of fever.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
That doesn't go away.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
General stuff like that will teach patients to watch out for. Also,
how you kind of talked on lead exposure. We have
a lead program here at Metro too that'll screen moms
that feel like.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
They have you know, the old homes.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Cleveland has a lot of old homes, and if they
do test positive for lead in the homes, they will
actually send someone to help them like screen for it
and also will help with moving as well too. And
really that stems from we have a great community of workers,
so there are community health workers. They help connect patients
(07:53):
with different resources such as the food bank, furniture banks,
also with utility, help rent, help, pack in plays, diapers
like you name that you can help because, like you said,
some moms are alone. They don't have that support and
it's you know, you worry about raising a child, but
not having any of those resources makes it that much harder,
(08:16):
and we want to try and like help you know,
those that identify they're they're at that need too.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Yeah, like could you imagine being a mom and not
having a pack and play or a bascinet or a child,
So that is one of those scary things that you
think about, but then you're like you also kind of
are like, well, wait a second, I should have that,
but sometimes don't have that.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
That's just the reality they don't.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Yeah, it's the great thing that I realized from working
at Metro is the amount of connections and resources that
we can offer for patients.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Because that's amazing.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
It's hard to you know, if you're taking care of
a patient and they don't have the resources, it makes
it that much harder, right to provide them that they care,
that they deserve, so being able to connect them with
those resources is wonderful.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
And then you have like the moms who I mean
some moms have twins.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Yes they don't, Yeah, in your lily life, and it's
like you might have other kids at home.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
There could be a lot. You're working, you're trying to.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
Breastfeed, you're doing all these things, and there's just so
many layers of concern that you could have as a mom.
It's just a parent guardian in general. So it's really
really nice. I gotta keep reiterating that because I don't
want it to be missed that those resources aren't there.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Those resources are there for you at Metro Health. So
that's awesome.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
What is centering pregnancy and why should women consider joining
at Metro Health?
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Yeah, so centering pregnancy is one of my favorite things
we do here. I help run a session here. So
it's a group model of prenatal care. So it goes
instead of your normal visits you know where you get
like five minutes in office with a provider, it's a
group of patients that are around the same gestational age
or around the same time and pregnancy.
Speaker 4 (09:50):
We are there for about ninety minutes to two.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
Hours and we go over like the educational stuff that
they might find in those you know previs Yeah, the
the classes too we offer, you know, we go over
childbirth education, breastfeeding, we talk about let exposure, we talk
about you know, things like sexual assault, domestic violence. We
kind of touch on every topics. You know, what do
(10:13):
you want for your kids? Like, you know, what do
you want you know, for birth control, breastfeeding. We kind
of we hit it all in these classes and you
still get that one on one time with the provider.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
But then you're in a group setting.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
It builds you know, friendships as well too, because some
of these moms are alone and a lot of the
time it's tailored to first time moms. Anyone can join,
but it's great for the first time moms, yeah, because
then they can kind of have a friend A lot
of them like get phone numbers, you know, for after
we have a reunion at the end of you know,
the year when they have their babies, so they bring
(10:47):
their babies and we all meet it. It's great because you
get all this time, you know, with the provider and
then you might ask questions that other people are too
scared to ask or you know, didn't think of, yeah,
or they talk about what weird cravings they have and
they're excited to hear someone else's the same thing. You're
going through the same discomfort. Yeah, we're having the same struggles.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
So I love that.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
Yeah, it's great.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
So I do want to add something and that's this
is just a factor to why that I did that
is so amazing.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
I had in vitroka. So that's how I.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Gave birth to my well, I gave natural birth, but
to get the process I did in vitro that's a
whole nother situation. But I won't give you all the
science behind it. But what I learned in my experience
of that whole process, it was so mute, like when
I would go to the doctor's appointments, weld sit in
the waiting room and nobody talked. You never really knew
(11:40):
what was going on a lot of there wasn't a
lot of smiles. It was very mute, and it was
just in my mind, I'm like, what are these women feeling?
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Are they feeling what I'm feeling?
Speaker 1 (11:49):
And it was just an unurbing kind of like thing
for me because I was just like, dang, I want
to talk to these women, like I want to know
if anybody's feeling what I'm feeling.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
I want to know what they're going through.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
And it's a very touchy situation obviously, But I love
the fact that if you are having any concerns or
any jitters or just the happiness that you want to share,
you don't have to get on like Facebook chat or whatever,
you know what I mean, Like you can your forum
is centering pregnancy, and you have a live group of
women that you can build with and bond with and
(12:18):
cry with.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
And lastly, and.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
That's what that was something I didn't get, not that
I needed it.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
I did. I had a great support system. I have
a great support system.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
But I love that that is a resource for women
because I think if more women had that, their experience
would be a little bit more not so scary.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
Yeah, and you know, people bring up things that you
might not expect to think about in the pregnancy, like
someone didn't know, Okay, am I gonna get anxious? And
why am I crying like a puppy on the street.
You know, it's like, oh, you're talking about So people
do like they do bring up vulnerable things too in
the group when they feel comfortable, and it's really great.
(12:56):
Everyone's so supportive and the partners can also come to
the group.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
So it's great to have that model that.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Care centering pregnancy. Remember that, yes, remember that?
Speaker 1 (13:06):
Okay, what is the Nurse Family Partnership and met your
health and what resource does it provide?
Speaker 2 (13:11):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (13:12):
So the Nurse Family Partnership is a one on one
nurse that you know at risk patients can qualify for,
usually again first time moms, and it's it's basically like
your personal nurse, right that comes to your house, walks
with you through their pregnancy, teaches you things throughout the pregnancy.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
Checks your like blood pressure, checks on you, see how
you're doing.
Speaker 3 (13:32):
They follow up to two years of life of the
baby too. So yeah, it's a great support to have,
especially for first time moms that don't have that support system.
I mean, or if you have all the support in
the world that you need, but you don't have like
medical knowledge, medical health and you feel like you want
that extra support of course right too.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
I mean, especially if it's available to you, why do
you take advantage of the resource.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
And all these programs are free, right, so it's not
like they're costs any of the patients.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
To see yeh, can youse say it again. They're free
free seriously.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Yeah, But what I love about that name of that
resource is Nurse Family Partnership because what I was going
to say is it honestly sounds like an extended family.
Metro Health is literally an extended family when it comes
to mothers and their whole pregnancy journey. So I love
that about you guys and what you bring to mothers
and family. So what I do want to ask you
You said that Centering Pregnancy is your favorite program, But
(14:27):
what do you feel like is one of the most
important resource or programs that a mother listening right now
should tap into when it comes to Metro Health.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
Yeah, that is so tough because, like I said, we
have so many resources. I think if you're having a
pregnancy at Metural Health, really connecting with our community health
workers or our social workers will guide you through all
the resources, okay that you need. Yeah, because they can
help connect you, like I said, with so many different
things that you might not even need, you know, like
(14:57):
there's community baby showers in the area.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
They tell you you about those.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Oh, you know, they'll help you go to appointments, like
if you need like any transportation. Yeah, oh of course,
we help with transportation to all of our perennial appointments.
If someone doesn't have it nice all, so yeah, it's
I think that's one of the most important. I mean
it's hard to pick and choose, you know what, what you.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
Have so many there is. Yeah, they're all great.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
Yeah, Yeah, that's awesome. I really appreciate all the information
there so much.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Listen.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
Metro Health takes pride in providing educational resources and individualize
care for each mother and baby to start life with
the healthiest possible outcome. For more detailed information on all
the pregnancy resources right here at metro Health, make sure
you visit metrohealth dot Org's last obg y n or
called two one six, seven, seven, eight, forty four forty four. Emily,
thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
I appreciate all the knowledge and all the resources.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Moms happen, share it with your loved ones, and let's
create happy, healthy babies and moms.
What's up, everybody, it's real Welcome back for another episode
of Mommy Virtue, brought to you by Metro Health. Of course,
this is your safe place, your resource center, your village
for moms, moms to be, and moms even past postpartum,
to just have that support and resources from a community
of mothers to mothers and doctors and nurses and everyone
to help you be your healthiest for you and the baby.
(00:35):
From education classes to pregnancy groups, Metro Health has various
resources to help you and your baby have the healthiest start.
In today's episode, Emlibio is here. She's an obgyn and
nurse practitioner at Metro Health. We're going to dive deep
into all the resources available for expecting mothers and this
is to help them prepare for pregnancy, of course postpartum,
(00:55):
and then beyond that.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
So you're ready to dive in all right.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
For coming So what type of classes or resources does
Metro Health offer for both expectant mothers and their families.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Yeah, Metro offers so many different resources and classes. We
have things from childbirth education classes, which is just a
general overview of pregnancy, what to expect, get the mom
and the family, you.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
Know, prepared for the delivery. Also, more in depth, we
have daddy boot camps.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Yeah, so it's great just for you know, the dads
that they have no idea what's going on, you know,
how to support you know, their partner throughout the whole
delivery postpartum experience too. We also have infant safety classes
which can be taken you know, pregnancy postpartum as well
as breastfeeding classes too, and you know those help again
(01:47):
pregnancy and postpartum.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Absolutely, So I think it's safe to say in our generation,
it's just all the generations.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
You know, women.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Especially feel like we got it all into control, like oh,
especially women who have had babies.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
So it's like, oh, I've done this both for this
is my third or fourth child.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
But there are women who have no experience, or they've
been kind of misled by other family members or just society.
Why do you feel it so important for these classes
to be taken.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Yeah, And that's such a good point because like you
said too, it could be your first baby or you know,
you don't have that family support, right, you don't have
a mom in your life, you don't have you know,
someone to kind of walk you through the experience. So
having these classes teaches you, you.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
Know, what are you going to expect?
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Some people don't don't know what's normal and what's not
in pregnancy to expect and just kind of going over
that is so important to have. And you know, at Metro,
we really want everyone to feel prepared and supported throughout
the pregnancy. I think that's the biggest thing that we
push is we want you to feel comfortable. We want
you to know what's going on and that we all
support you.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Yeah, because having a baby, yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
I don't and it makes me nervous, that's right, seeing
all these things and you learn a new thing all
the time time. I mean, I don't know how some
moms do it.
Speaker 4 (03:02):
You know, that's the thing.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
It's having you know, even if it's your fourth kid, Right,
every pregnancy is different, and every every experience you go
through it can be it's scary, right at some times,
it's emotional, it's physical, all these things that you know
you have going through. It's not what everyone thinks it is, right,
It's not just Okay, I'm growing up, baby, this is
so fun. You know, there's a lot of you know,
(03:26):
scary things that can come with it. And you know,
we want to be able to support people to make
it less.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Like you said, Typia, it's prepared.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
I mean, obviously things can change and be different in
that moment, but I think if you can mentally prepare
yourself and even physically.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
In a lot of cases, it does help.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Like I only have one child, but my mom I
have three siblings, so she had four and she says
that all of the pregnancies were different, so she had epiduro.
She did not have epiduro, and I know how. I
don't know because I had epidural.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
But to the.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Point of again, every situation is different. So what you
think you're prepared for, you might not be prepared for.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
So take the classes.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Yes, what type of support does metal health offer for
postpartum mothers?
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Yeah, you know, support for postpartum moms is endless, really
and it's dependent on the moms specifically too. So if
you have complications during the pregnancy or the postpartum period
where you have high blood pressure, we'll send the moms
home with a blood pressure cuff to monitor their blood
pressures postpartum and the ones that are at higher risk
(04:28):
preclampsia on a high dose of medication, we actually do
a two week check.
Speaker 4 (04:32):
In on video myself.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
I do that with the moms just to see, Okay,
is this worsening?
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Do you need a change in your medication?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Now?
Speaker 4 (04:42):
What's the future like?
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Right, so, if you had preclamsia during your pregnancy, what
does this mean for me in the future, because in
the postpartum period, they're not going to like hear anything
that you're saying about, you know, preclamsia the rest of
the future and stuff like that. And then obviously too,
like for mental health is well, that's a big support
we have postpartum. I feel like it used to be
(05:04):
such a stigma having postpartum depression, but now it's so
widely talked about and we have a lot of resources
to go behind that too. So we screen everyone postpartum
for postpartum depression. Okay, if they meet in at risk score,
then we will set them up with the resources that
they need inpatient, like initially when they're there. Yeah, also
do a check in with them at two weeks postpartum,
(05:25):
So that's something I do with them as well. And
at that visit we see, okay, are you still having
these feelings Because a lot of women experience postpartum blues
about you know, eighty percent of women that's during the
first two weeks and then they should go away after that.
Speaker 4 (05:40):
So at that two week visit, we see, okay.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Are you still feeling you know, what you were feeling
initially postpartum? What can we do to help counseling, medication resources,
Where can we bridge you to kind of meet those
those gaps that you're having.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
I love it because I know you guys say you
screamed before they leave.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
Yes, yeah, but.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
What if a mother doesn't have those symptoms and she's
not feeling those things and she develops them and she
might not understand it.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
That is postpartum depression.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Then you guys tapping in, like you said, two weeks later,
it is really good.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Yeah, yeah, And they always you know, the ability to
message your provider, you know, through the systems is great
because if you're ever feeling anything, you know, we're always
there to connect with the resources and stuff too. And
it's something screened all throughout pregnancy as well, and we
try and educate patients too on things to watch out for.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
I love it because the reality is some moms are
legit doing it by themselves. When they leave the hospital,
they don't have a support so I think it's super
important that they know they have that in Metro Health.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
So thank you Gray, because that's awesome.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
What specific topics should expect the mothers and families educate
themselves on prior to the birth of their baby, for example, like.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Let exposure or stuff that.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Can happen after birth complications and stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
Yeah, and there's a huge things that you you should know.
That's a good point. So post birth warning signs. That's
a big thing that patients should know about. So that
stuff headache that doesn't go away after birth, heavy bleeding,
having changes in your vision, seizures, you know of fever.
Speaker 4 (07:19):
That doesn't go away.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
General stuff like that will teach patients to watch out for. Also,
how you kind of talked on lead exposure. We have
a lead program here at Metro too that'll screen moms
that feel like.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
They have you know, the old homes.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Cleveland has a lot of old homes, and if they
do test positive for lead in the homes, they will
actually send someone to help them like screen for it
and also will help with moving as well too. And
really that stems from we have a great community of workers,
so there are community health workers. They help connect patients
(07:53):
with different resources such as the food bank, furniture banks,
also with utility, help rent, help, pack in plays, diapers
like you name that you can help because, like you said,
some moms are alone. They don't have that support and
it's you know, you worry about raising a child, but
not having any of those resources makes it that much harder,
(08:16):
and we want to try and like help you know,
those that identify they're they're at that need too.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Yeah, like could you imagine being a mom and not
having a pack and play or a bascinet or a child,
So that is one of those scary things that you
think about, but then you're like you also kind of
are like, well, wait a second, I should have that,
but sometimes don't have that.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
That's just the reality they don't.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Yeah, it's the great thing that I realized from working
at Metro is the amount of connections and resources that
we can offer for patients.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Because that's amazing.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
It's hard to you know, if you're taking care of
a patient and they don't have the resources, it makes
it that much harder, right to provide them that they care,
that they deserve, so being able to connect them with
those resources is wonderful.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
And then you have like the moms who I mean
some moms have twins.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Yes they don't, Yeah, in your lily life, and it's
like you might have other kids at home.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
There could be a lot. You're working, you're trying to.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
Breastfeed, you're doing all these things, and there's just so
many layers of concern that you could have as a mom.
It's just a parent guardian in general. So it's really
really nice. I gotta keep reiterating that because I don't
want it to be missed that those resources aren't there.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Those resources are there for you at Metro Health. So
that's awesome.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
What is centering pregnancy and why should women consider joining
at Metro Health?
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Yeah, so centering pregnancy is one of my favorite things
we do here. I help run a session here. So
it's a group model of prenatal care. So it goes
instead of your normal visits you know where you get
like five minutes in office with a provider, it's a
group of patients that are around the same gestational age
or around the same time and pregnancy.
Speaker 4 (09:50):
We are there for about ninety minutes to two.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
Hours and we go over like the educational stuff that
they might find in those you know previs Yeah, the
the classes too we offer, you know, we go over
childbirth education, breastfeeding, we talk about let exposure, we talk
about you know, things like sexual assault, domestic violence. We
kind of touch on every topics. You know, what do
(10:13):
you want for your kids? Like, you know, what do
you want you know, for birth control, breastfeeding. We kind
of we hit it all in these classes and you
still get that one on one time with the provider.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
But then you're in a group setting.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
It builds you know, friendships as well too, because some
of these moms are alone and a lot of the
time it's tailored to first time moms. Anyone can join,
but it's great for the first time moms, yeah, because
then they can kind of have a friend A lot
of them like get phone numbers, you know, for after
we have a reunion at the end of you know,
the year when they have their babies, so they bring
(10:47):
their babies and we all meet it. It's great because you
get all this time, you know, with the provider and
then you might ask questions that other people are too
scared to ask or you know, didn't think of, yeah,
or they talk about what weird cravings they have and
they're excited to hear someone else's the same thing. You're
going through the same discomfort. Yeah, we're having the same struggles.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
So I love that.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
Yeah, it's great.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
So I do want to add something and that's this
is just a factor to why that I did that
is so amazing.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
I had in vitroka. So that's how I.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
Gave birth to my well, I gave natural birth, but
to get the process I did in vitro that's a
whole nother situation. But I won't give you all the
science behind it. But what I learned in my experience
of that whole process, it was so mute, like when
I would go to the doctor's appointments, weld sit in
the waiting room and nobody talked. You never really knew
(11:40):
what was going on a lot of there wasn't a
lot of smiles. It was very mute, and it was
just in my mind, I'm like, what are these women feeling?
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Are they feeling what I'm feeling?
Speaker 1 (11:49):
And it was just an unurbing kind of like thing
for me because I was just like, dang, I want
to talk to these women, like I want to know
if anybody's feeling what I'm feeling.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
I want to know what they're going through.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
And it's a very touchy situation obviously, But I love
the fact that if you are having any concerns or
any jitters or just the happiness that you want to share,
you don't have to get on like Facebook chat or whatever,
you know what I mean, Like you can your forum
is centering pregnancy, and you have a live group of
women that you can build with and bond with and
(12:18):
cry with.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
And lastly, and.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
That's what that was something I didn't get, not that
I needed it.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
I did. I had a great support system. I have
a great support system.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
But I love that that is a resource for women
because I think if more women had that, their experience
would be a little bit more not so scary.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
Yeah, and you know, people bring up things that you
might not expect to think about in the pregnancy, like
someone didn't know, Okay, am I gonna get anxious? And
why am I crying like a puppy on the street.
You know, it's like, oh, you're talking about So people
do like they do bring up vulnerable things too in
the group when they feel comfortable, and it's really great.
(12:56):
Everyone's so supportive and the partners can also come to
the group.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
So it's great to have that model that.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Care centering pregnancy. Remember that, yes, remember that?
Speaker 1 (13:06):
Okay, what is the Nurse Family Partnership and met your
health and what resource does it provide?
Speaker 2 (13:11):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (13:12):
So the Nurse Family Partnership is a one on one
nurse that you know at risk patients can qualify for,
usually again first time moms, and it's it's basically like
your personal nurse, right that comes to your house, walks
with you through their pregnancy, teaches you things throughout the pregnancy.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
Checks your like blood pressure, checks on you, see how
you're doing.
Speaker 3 (13:32):
They follow up to two years of life of the
baby too. So yeah, it's a great support to have,
especially for first time moms that don't have that support system.
I mean, or if you have all the support in
the world that you need, but you don't have like
medical knowledge, medical health and you feel like you want
that extra support of course right too.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
I mean, especially if it's available to you, why do
you take advantage of the resource.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
And all these programs are free, right, so it's not
like they're costs any of the patients.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
To see yeh, can youse say it again. They're free
free seriously.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Yeah, But what I love about that name of that
resource is Nurse Family Partnership because what I was going
to say is it honestly sounds like an extended family.
Metro Health is literally an extended family when it comes
to mothers and their whole pregnancy journey. So I love
that about you guys and what you bring to mothers
and family. So what I do want to ask you
You said that Centering Pregnancy is your favorite program, But
(14:27):
what do you feel like is one of the most
important resource or programs that a mother listening right now
should tap into when it comes to Metro Health.
Speaker 3 (14:35):
Yeah, that is so tough because, like I said, we
have so many resources. I think if you're having a
pregnancy at Metural Health, really connecting with our community health
workers or our social workers will guide you through all
the resources, okay that you need. Yeah, because they can
help connect you, like I said, with so many different
things that you might not even need, you know, like
(14:57):
there's community baby showers in the area.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
They tell you you about those.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Oh, you know, they'll help you go to appointments, like
if you need like any transportation. Yeah, oh of course,
we help with transportation to all of our perennial appointments.
If someone doesn't have it nice all, so yeah, it's
I think that's one of the most important. I mean
it's hard to pick and choose, you know what, what you.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
Have so many there is. Yeah, they're all great.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
Yeah, Yeah, that's awesome. I really appreciate all the information
there so much.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Listen.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
Metro Health takes pride in providing educational resources and individualize
care for each mother and baby to start life with
the healthiest possible outcome. For more detailed information on all
the pregnancy resources right here at metro Health, make sure
you visit metrohealth dot Org's last obg y n or
called two one six, seven, seven, eight, forty four forty four. Emily,
thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
I appreciate all the knowledge and all the resources.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Moms happen, share it with your loved ones, and let's
create happy, healthy babies and moms.
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