Our family planning services support your choices – whether that’s preventing pregnancy or determining the number of children you desire and their appropriate spacing. Through Mary’s Center, you can expect:
- Access to condoms and other forms of contraception
- Comprehensive family planning, health education, and resources
- Pregnancy testing and counseling
- Resources for preventing pregnancy and managing unintended pregnancies
The knowledgeable and caring Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs) at Mary’s Center are here to take the best care of your pregnancy and gynecological needs and ensure you and your baby are safe. Mary’s Center CNMs actively consult with our OB/GYN doctors if a high-risk situation develops so you can rest assured that you and your baby are in good hands. Midwifery services can be found at every location in DC and Maryland.
Mary’s Center provides compassionate, quality reproductive care for all women, and our doctors and physician assistants are dedicated to providing you with the best care possible. In addition to caring for you during pregnancy and birth, we also provide care for your gynecological and reproductive health outside of pregnancy, including:
- Breast health
- Care and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STI)
- Care for HIV-positive or STI-positive pregnancies to ensure that you and your baby stay safe and healthy
We provide compassionate care to ensure your and your baby’s overall wellness. Couples are encouraged to come to visit together and provide mutual support. Mothers-to-be and their support person(s) can expect:
- Regular check-ups, evaluations, and screenings to monitor your health and your baby’s health and development
- Resources and information about:
- Each stage of pregnancy
- Labor and delivery
- Lactation
- Postpartum care and follow-up
- Proper nutrition and exercise
- Access to our Centering Pregnancy program, a very successful group-care model for pregnant women
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- Families, strengthen provider-participant relationships, and build community through facilitated discussions, engaging activities, and individual time with a provider. At this time Mary’s Center is offering CenteringPregnancy virtually.
- CenteringPregnancy brings together expecting parents due within the same month for their prenatal care. CenteringPregnancy decreases the rate of preterm and low-weight babies, increases breastfeeding rates, and leads to better pregnancy spacing.
- Ask your midwife if you can participate in CenteringPregnancy or call 202-545-2035 for more information.
- Access to our Facilitated telemedicine program, aka the modern “house call.”
- You will have a combination of individual in-person, virtual, and facilitated telemedicine visits that provide an enhanced ability to create a personal connection with your provider through face-to-face communication.
- A medical assistant will visit your home or another setting and link you to your provider through video. The medical assistant comes with laboratory and other diagnostic equipment to give you the flexibility to complete prenatal care from the comfort of your home.
- Avoid many challenges of coming into the clinic often, such as transportation, childcare, and work schedules.
- Access to our state-of-the-art Sonography Clinics in Adams Morgan and Silver Spring for:
- Early pregnancy ultrasounds
- Anatomy ultrasounds
- Fetal well-being check-ups
- Help develop a personalized birth plan, so you feel calm and confident about your labor and delivery
