WOMEN’S HEALTH

Promise Community Health Center Midwives offer preventative care including complete physicals, breast exams and pap smears. Our team of Women’s Health providers offer woman to woman care and expertise for your physical exam.

To schedule an appointment for an exam, email Promise Community Health Center at care@promisechc.org or call Promise at 712-722-1700 today!

Think you might be pregnant? Promise offers free and confidential pregnancy testing. 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 the 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.

Call 712-722-1700 today to schedule!

Promise Community Health Center Midwife Care is centered on pregnancy and birth as normal life processes. The Promise Certified Nurse Midwives offer holistic care by identifying and respecting a woman’s physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs. Midwives provide skilled care that is individualized to you and your pregnancy. Our practices are evidence-based, meaning we follow the most recent research to keep women and babies safe. Technological interventions are minimized and are evidence-based when used.

Our Midwives educate each woman to empower her during labor and delivery. Research indicates the woman-centered model of care offered by Midwives can reduce the incidence of birth trauma/injury and cesarean section. Midwives are trained to identify if obstetrical attention is needed and can make appropriate referrals.

Do you like the idea of midwife care, but prefer to deliver at a hospital? We will help manage your care from early pregnancy until approximately 35 weeks, at which time we will coordinate continued care with a provider at the facility where you desire to deliver your baby.

Promise CHC provides affordable women’s health care through the opportunity to apply for sliding-fee discounts. For more information on the sliding-fee discount click here.

Call 712-722-1700 to make an appointment with a Promise Community Health Center Certified Nurse Midwife today!

Having a baby? At Promise Community Health Center you can learn ways to prevent a surgical birth. Our team of midwives and nurses are experts in the normal birth process. We offer education to help you plan for a normal birth. Have questions, please contact OB Coordinator Jenna Wynia at jwynia@promisechc.org or call 712-722-1700 to make an appointment with a Promise Community Health Center Midwife today!

Taking care of yourself after a baby is born is important! The emotional and physical care you receive during the postpartum period can affect you for the rest of your life. Part of taking care of yourself is scheduling a postpartum visit with a provider. At Promise Community Health Center, a postpartum appointment helps ensure your body is healing appropriately after vaginal or cesarean delivery. It also allows you to discuss birth control options, breastfeeding, emotional concerns, and any other concerns you have. Our Women’s Health team provides compassionate and comprehensive postpartum care, regardless of where you had your baby.

For more information, please contact Jenna Wynia at jwynia@promisechc.org or call 712-722-1700 to make an appointment with a Promise Community Health Center Midwife today!

Promise Community Health Center is excited to add Billing Ovulation Method Education to our Family Planning program. Fertility Awareness Methods of family planning can be very effective with quality education and follow-up by a trained instructor. The Billings Ovulation Method is an effective way to achieve or postpone pregnancy as well as have a better understanding of a couple’s reproductive health without the use of barriers or hormones. Typically the fees included in the Billings Ovulation Method are covered by insurance!

WHAT IS THE BILLINGS OVULATION METHOD?

• A highly effective, yet simple, way to postpone or achieve pregnancy without drugs or devices
• Helps couples understand their combined fertility
• Solid scientific research supports this natural method
• Four simple rules and training in the Billings Ovulation Method enhance a woman’s understanding of her natural fertility
• Empowers women to become familiar with their unique signs and symptoms, they can quickly detect changes that signal the need for medical attention

CONTINUED COUNSELING AND EDUCATION:

• Two-part education session with one-on-one counseling and charting review. Each visit is approximately one hour at Promise
• Charting review and counseling by phone or email every two weeks until approximately 3 months, or until proficient charting demonstrated
• Affordable and accessible natural family planning education with our midwife, Kari Ney, at Promise Community Health Center.

For more information please contact, Jenna Wynia, at jwynia@promisechc.org or call 712-722-1700 to make an appointment with a Promise Community Health Center Midwife today!

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