Health Foundations Blog

Health Foundations Family Health & Birth Center currently has an opening for a highly motivated, committed and dedicated apprentice midwife for a busy birth center and home birth practice.  A minimum of a one-year commitment required.  Student will be required to be on-call 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.  Must have a working car available.  Must be available for 2-3 clinic days each week, attend all births, and help with midwifery and birth center related tasks.  Must hold current NRP and adult CPR certification.  Minimum of one-year prior training/academic background required.  If a CPM candidate must be attending a MEAC accredited school.   Student will be required to carry a prenatal bag with appropriate equipment to be provided by the student.  If interested, please send a current resume with cover letter outlining:  1) Your interest in midwifery 2) Training/school attending 3) Number of births attended and in what capacity 4) What you hope to gain from a preceptorship/learning, plans/goals.  Applicants will be contacted for an interview.

To apply for current openings please send a resume and cover letter to:
Health Foundations Family Health & Birth Center
Attn: Amy Johnson-Grass ND,LN,LM,CPM
968 Grand Avenue
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105

Health Foundations Family Health & Birth Center is hosting an Open House with the Minnesota Baby Expo this Thursday March 25th from 3-7pm.  Come tour our facility and learn more about the exciting things happening at the Center! Wonderful raffle items provided by the Minnesota Baby Expo.  Hope to see you there!

Pre-sale tickets are available at a reduced “early” registration fee.

• Early Bird: March 15 through April 7 – $50/person $25 for an additional household member
• Regular Registration: April 8 through May 17 – $60/person, $25 for an additional household member
• Registration at the door: $70/person, $30 for an additional household member

Health Foundations Family Health & Birth Center is a sponsor of this event!

A National Institute of Health (NIH) panel is urging doctors to offer more women the chance at VBAC. According to the NIH, the whole idea of “once a cesarean, always a cesarean” should get tossed out the window, though of course doctors need to make decisions on a case-by-case basis. Here’s a highlight from an Associated Press story that ran yesterday:

“Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel…” and “The NIH panel urged that doctors offer mothers-to-be an unbiased look at the pros and cons, so they can decide for themselves.” Read the full story here.

Many factors go into a successful VBAC.  But here’s some great news, according to the NIH: “Rigorous research shows that a trial of labor is successful in nearly 75 percent of cases, and maternal mortality is actually lower for women who have a trial of labor, regardless of whether they end up delivering vaginally or by cesarean.”

I am happy to announce we will be opening Health Foundations Family Health & Birth Center this winter! The birth center will be located on Grand Avenue in St. Paul. We are currently accepting moms who would like to birth at the center for February 2010! We will continue offering home births as well. Look for our new website to be up by the end of September for additional information or call 651.895.2520.