accessMidwifery · Ancillary Services
The best of both worlds: clinical depth and true empathy.
Midwives bring a level of caring that is hard to match anywhere else in maternity, paired with deep expertise in normal pregnancy. As Ouma has grown, we have invested in midwives, because they meet a patient with both knowledge and heart. And at Ouma, the midwife who meets your patient is the one who stays with them.
Our philosophy
Why we bet on midwives
Someone who can manage the medicine and sit with the fear, the questions, and the hope.
As Ouma grew, we made a deliberate choice to build around midwives. The reason is simple: the level of empathy a great midwife brings to a pregnancy is unmatched by anyone else in maternity care.
Empathy is only half of a rare combination. Midwives carry the clinical knowledge that physicians hold about normal pregnancy, plus the caring that nurses bring to the bedside.
That's the best of both worlds. In a system that too often makes patients feel like a chart number, that combination matters, it's why midwives are central to how Ouma delivers care.
How our midwives work
The Swiss Army knife of our care team
Midwives are the most versatile clinicians we have. They go where the patient needs them, moving fluidly across service lines that usually sit in separate silos.
High-risk pregnancy support
Working alongside our MFM specialists to help manage complex, high-risk pregnancies.
teleMFM →
Low-risk pregnancy care
Leading healthy, low-risk pregnancies from preconception through postpartum, the care midwives are built for.
Wherever the gap is
When a patient needs someone who can cross the usual boundaries, the midwife is who we send.
Behavioral health support
Stepping into our behavioral health line, meeting patients with the empathy that mental health care demands.
Behavioral Health →
The difference
A relationship, not a rotating queue
The common model
"Uber-style" care
- Hire 100 to 150 midwives into one large pool
- Whoever is free catches the next incoming call
- The patient gets a midwife, rarely the same one twice
- Care becomes a series of one-off visits with strangers
The Ouma way
Relationship medicine
- One midwife meets the patient and follows up, as much as possible
- Continuity is the design goal, not a happy accident
- Every visit builds on the last, so trust grows over time
- A return to the relationship at the heart of maternity care
We believe pregnancy is too important, and too personal, to hand off to whoever happens to be free. So we don't.
The evidence
The evidence backs the model
Continuity is more than intuition. Reviews of midwife-led continuity of care, where the same midwife or small team supports a patient across their pregnancy, have been associated with fewer preterm births, fewer interventions, and higher satisfaction, compared with fragmented models.1
Midwife-led continuity of care: associated with fewer preterm births, fewer interventions, and higher reported satisfaction.1
Midwife-led continuity models versus other models of care for childbearing women
Frequently asked
Common questions about telemidwifery
Our team can restore midwife-led maternity access without rebuilding a department.
What is telemidwifery?
How does virtual midwifery work?
Can telemidwifery help hospitals that have lost obstetric services?
How does midwife-led care affect outcomes?
Do patients see the same midwife each time?
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