In southeast Minnesota, women can choose from family medicine physicians and advanced care providers, nurse midwives and OB-GYNs for their maternity care. Beyond your primary provider, an entire team of experts and specialized staff in Ellsworth, Wisconsin, work together to serve you. Brief videos are available to help you select a health care provider whose approach to labor, delivery and pain management aligns with yours.
Nurse midwives
Nurse midwives are advanced-practice providers with specialized training, education and certification in women's gynecological health issues. Nurse midwives provide preconception counseling, prenatal care, and labor and delivery care for low-risk pregnancies. They only provide women’s health care. Typically, the nurse-midwife who cares for you in clinic will deliver your newborn. They provide additional services beyond maternity care.