Audra DeGroot, CNM, ARNP is HERE FOR EVERY STEP!
Audra DeGroot, one of Promise Community Health Center’s certified nurse midwives began working at Promise in 2021. While going to nursing school, Audra was able to shadow two certified nurse midwives (CNMs). She was amazed by the incredible relationship built between them and the women they cared for. After having a CNM for the birth of her 1st baby, she was sure she wanted to continue her career partnering with women in all stages of their healthcare journeys. When she heard about an opening on the Women’s Health and OB Team at Promise Community Health Center, she knew she had found the place she wanted to be. Audra felt that the Midwifery practices at Promise CHC aligned with her values and the care she wanted women and their families to experience. “I feel so blessed that women let me be a partner in their healthcare journey, especially during some incredibly life-changing events. It is a privilege to be able to spend such important moments with patients and their families who invite me to participate in their care,” Audra DeGroot shares.
Some of the women’s health services Audra DeGroot offers are:
• Well-woman exams and physicals
• Breast exams
• Pap smears
• Cycle counseling
• birth control options
• Natural Family Planning education
• Billing Ovulation Education
• Home birth
• Prenatal and postpartum care
As someone who was able to receive care personally from a CNM for all her pregnancies and birth, Audra can’t recommend midwifery care enough. Midwifery care is all about advocating for women and making them active participants in their own unique individualized care. Midwifery care involves thorough screenings and educational visits throughout the pregnancy. If a family decides to do a home birth, the experience is personalized for each patient. The process is a partnership when discussing what labor, delivery, and postpartum support will look like at home.
I feel blessed to be at Promise and able to provide the midwifery model of care to women. Providing an individualized approach to women as they journey through the different stages of life!– Audra DeGroot, CNM, ARNP
Midwifery care is all about advocating for women and making them active participants in their care. Audra is excited to spread awareness of the midwifery care model by being part of Promise’s new women’s health team campaign, HERE FOR EVERY STEP.
Want to have a consultation? Please call to schedule an appointment with Audra at 712.722.1700.
Promise Community Health Center Midwives in Iowa
Promise Community Health Center is the only facility in the northwest Iowa area that offers the opportunity to have an assisted birth in your home with a Certified Nurse Midwife. Our Iowa Midwives are highly trained and have over 40+ years of combined birthing experience. What do you want your birth experience to look like? Our providers take the time to respectfully explore that question. Patients must be located within 60 miles of Sioux Center, have a low-risk pregnancy, no history of cesarean section and no major medical history. If you would like to read more about the Promise Homebirth Team head to Women’s Health page or check out Promise CHC Homebirth on Facebook.
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Make an appointment to meet with one of our midwives, Kari Ney, Iowa Midwife, Audra De Groot, Iowa Midwife or Jeannette Hasley, Midwife in Iowa.
Kari Ney – Midwife in Iowa
Audra De Groot – Midwife in Iowa
Jeannette Hasley – Midwife in Iowa
Our Promise Certified Nurse Midwives have delivered babies and assisted with home births in Northwest Iowa, Southeast South Dakota, and Southern Minnesota. The cities and towns are:
- Akron, IA
- Alta, IA
- Alton, IA
- Beresford, SD
- Boyden, IA
- Brandon, SD
- Canton, SD
- Centerville, SD
- Cherokee, IA
- Doon, IA
- George, IA
- Granville, IA
- Harrisburg, SD
- Hawarden, IA
- Hudson, SD
- Hull, IA
- Ida Grove, IA
- Inwood, IA
- Ireton, IA
- Kingsley, IA
- Lake Park, IA
- Le Mars, IA
- Marcus, IA
- Ocheyedan, IA
- Orange City, IA
- Paullina, IA
- Primghar, IA
- Rock Rapids, IA
- Rock Valley, IA
- Sanborn, IA
- Sergeant Bluff, IA
- Sheldon, IA
- Sioux Center, IA
- Sioux City, IA
- Sioux Falls, SD
- Spencer, IA
- Spirit Lake, IA
- Storm Lake, IA
- Struble, IA
- Tea, SD
- Vermillion, SD
- Worthing, SD
- Yankton, SD
Promise Free Pregnancy Testing
Think you might be pregnant? Promise offers free and confidential pregnancy testing. We want to help you start your pregnancy care in the healthiest way for you and your baby. Results are available immediately and we can help you from there.
Call Promise to schedule an appointment for free pregnancy testing and meet with a Promise Nurse for next steps. Your plan may include scheduling an appointment with our Promise midwife providers for prenatal care or fertility counseling. If you don’t wish to become pregnant right now, your plan can include scheduling an appointment with our providers for birth control options.
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