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Sarah had her baby!

Tue, 2012-05-08 09:25 — colleen

Last week Sarah Stone, one of our midwives, had baby boy William in the blue room. He weighed 8 pounds and 13 ounces - wow! And he's been doing nothing but getting bigger and bigger... so cute! We love you Mama Sarah and are so happy for your growing family :)

We think Sarah looks like she could be the Greek Goddess of Birth in this photo!

MMC is hiring for an Administrative position!

Mon, 2012-05-07 08:39 — colleen

We're hiring! Please email your cover letter and resume to Colleen (colleen@mountainmidwifery.com) by Friday, May 11 if you're interested in working at our front desk (details below).

Minimum Qualifications:

October is Waitlisted...

Mon, 2012-04-23 10:11 — colleen

As of right now, we have reached our capacity for October, so we are unable to accept any additional new clients with a due date in that month.  If you're still interested in potentially becoming our patient and have an October due date, please come to an orientation. Once you've attended an orientation, you can call us and we would be happy to put you on our wait-list. If we have an opening, then we'll give you a call! Additionally, we can give you the names of other local practices that we can refer you to for maternity care.

Helping a birth center begin in Minnesota

Wed, 2012-04-11 22:08 — Joel

Here in Colorado, many organizations think the HMO model in Minnesota is the panacea to our state's rising health care costs and underperfoming outcomes. In MN, they know different. Managed care can only get you so far. One reason is that these HMOs tend to function like good-old-boy networks, (but instead of boys, its MDs only) and squash innovation that undermines MD dominance. So full acceptance of Advanced Practice Nurses (APN) and Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM) in their care model continues to face stiff opposition. Dr.

We are now In-Network with Anthem and Blue Cross Blue Shield

Tue, 2012-04-03 09:48 — Joel

Yay! Effective April 1, 2012, Mountain Midwifery Center is now contracted with Anthem BCBS of Colorado! This is great news for our many patients who have a Blue Cross Blue Shield of some kind (Anthem or out-of-state). We have both facility and provider contracts.

Local Photojounalist speaks out for birth freedom and parental preferences

Thu, 2012-03-22 08:53 — Joel

Kevin Mohatt, a Denver-area photojournalist, wrote a touching op-ed piece for The Denver Post about the frustration and victimization so many parents experience because U.S. hospitals have no regard for patient preferences and the health benefits of natural birth. Like me, Kevin feels we all need to wake-up to the real damage done.  

http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_20225334/doctors-preference-should-be-natural-childbirth 

Celebration! Midwife Sarah catches over 500 babies

Wed, 2012-03-07 09:36 — Joel

(Written by Sarah Stone, CNM)

On February 13th “baby 500” was born into my hands.  It felt like Christmas!

September is Wait-Listed...

Wed, 2012-02-29 14:58 — colleen

As of right now, we have reached our capacity for September, so we are unable to accept any additional new clients with a due date in that month.  If you're still interested in potentially becoming our patient and have a September due date, please come to an orientation. Once you've attended an orientation, you can call us and we would be happy to put you on our wait-list. If we have an opening, then we'll give you a call! Additionally, we can give you the names of other local practices that we can refer you to for maternity care.

July and August Due Dates are Full

Mon, 2012-02-27 14:29 — Joel

As of February 1, our patient load and waitlist for mamas with a due date in July 2012 is full.

As of February 22, our patient load and waitlist for mamas with a due date in August 2012 is full.

If you need a referral to hospital-based midwives, please call our office.

 

Late Start Today, Thursday, February 23

Thu, 2012-02-23 07:21 — colleen

Our clinic will start at 9:10am instead of 8:30am. For those of you with 8:30am or 8:50am appointments, we're trying to call you to reschedule. If you make it at 8:30am or 8:50am for your appointment, there will still be a midwife to see you.

The lunchtime orientation will still happen at 12:30pm.

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