September 02, 2025

Midwife Services in Richmond, KY

My role as a certified midwife is to go and assess patients. I can see patients in the clinic for problems including menopause care, contraception counseling, and care pregnancy throughout the labor process, and postpartum. One of the most common misconceptions that I see is that midwives do not deliver patients who want an epidural. We support whatever decision that you want.

So if you would like an epidural, we can get you an epidural. If you want to go natural, we can discuss other pain relief options before labor. Medpipes do not only see patients who are desiring pregnancy or who are pregnant. We can also see women who have any kind of women's health concern.

We can see them for their annual women's exams, such as pap smear and cancer risk identification. We can see them for birth control counseling or any issues with menopause that they might be having. It is very important for midwives to collaborate with their OBGYN.

It allows us to talk to them about any kind of risk factors or issues that our patients may be having so that we can get a fresh set of eyes on it, and they can help us address the problem. As a certified nurse midwife here at Baptist Health in Richmond, my goal is to provide the highest quality care for the patients in this area to provide the best experience possible. I chose to stay in a small community in Eastern Kentucky because I like how the personable feel it is when you take care of your own people in your own community. I wanted to give back to the community.

Services a Midwife Provides Healthtalk Transcript

Brittany Pierson, CNM, Midwifery
Baptist Health Richmond

Brittany Pierson, CNM:

My role as a certified midwife is to assess patients. I can see patients in the clinic for problems, including menopause care, contraception counseling and care, pregnancy through the labor process and postpartum.

One of the most common misconceptions I see is that midwives do not deliver patients who want an epidural. We support whatever decision that you want. If you would like an epidural, we can get you an epidural. If you want to go natural, we can discuss other pain relief options before labor.

Midwives not only see patients who are desiring pregnancy or who are pregnant, we can also see women who have any kind of women's health concern. We can see them for their annual women’s exams, such as pap smear and cancer risk identification. We can see them for birth control counseling or any issues with menopause they might be having.

It's very important for midwives to collaborate with their OB/GYN. It allows us to talk to them about any kind of risk factors or issues our patients may be having so we can get a fresh set of eyes on it and they can help us address the problem.

As a certified nurse midwife here at Baptist Health in Richmond, my goal is to provide the highest quality care for the patients in this area [and] to provide the best experience possible. I chose to stay in a small community in eastern Kentucky because I liked the personable feel when you take care of your own people in your own community. I wanted to give back to the community.