New Online Tool Helps Expectant Parents Choose Their Health Care Provider
It’s a common scenario. A pregnant woman, who has carefully examined her options for birth—capturing all her wishes and preferences in a birth plan—realizes that her healthcare provider is not accustomed to providing the kind of care she wants. Her birth plan does not match her provider's practice style.
To help women avoid this frustrating scenario, the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), with funding from the A.C.N.M. Foundation, Inc., has developed an interactive, online quiz, www.DeliverMyBaby.org, to help mothers-to-be take the first step toward choosing the best care provider to match their needs.
DeliverMyBaby.org asks women general questions about their health status, and helps them explore their preferences in maternity care. Each woman's answers are then calculated to generate recommended types of care providers to consider. Answers are not recorded and the quiz is anonymous, so women can explore their options in privacy.
