Maryland’s Health Matters - St. Joseph - Winter 2018 - 8

FROM LEGENDARY MIDWIVES
TO GENTLE C-SECTIONS
SAFE AND LOVING FAMILY-CENTERED BIRTHS ARE OUR MISSION

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Medical Center (UM SJMC) has a reputation for family-

C-SECTIONS:
GENTLY AND SAFELY

centered, faith-filled care. It's a joyous and clinically

An example of a unique service offered to cesarean section

abor and Delivery at University of Maryland St. Joseph

excellent place to have a baby, featuring a wide variety of

patients is called the gentle cesarean. "We use a see-through

services-from specialized prenatal care for high-risk mothers,

drape for the mother's midsection so that she can witness

to personalized midwifery care for those seeking a more natural

the birth," explains board-certified maternal-fetal medi-

birthing experience, to outstanding obstetricians and advanced

cine specialist Judith Rossiter, MD, chair of Obstetrics and

safety features. And, because the team members try to think

Gynecology and director of the Perinatal Center at UM

of everything, the most compassionate, loving care is provided,

SJMC. "We immediately hand the baby to the mother or her

even if the unexpected occurs during pregnancy.

partner so they are able to be with the baby. The idea is to

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