A midwife is a licensed health care professional who specializes in caring for women throughout all stages of life, including pregnancy, birth and postpartum.

Jimi Aucoin, a certified nurse midwife, has assisted in the births of 1,156 babies in the Baton Rouge area over the past decade.

Most midwives today are certified nurse-midwives, like Aucoin. They provide comprehensive care that includes prenatal visits, labor/birth support, newborn care and family-planning services.

In the Ochsner Medical Complex – O’Neal midwifery group, nine certified midwives support births from natural, low-intervention births to epidural-supported deliveries to water-based births in tubs.

The program serves people with low-risk pregnancies, with seamless transfer options to OB/GYN physicians or additional h

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