The Motherhood Connection Program

The Motherhood Connection Program

Baptist Health Richmond offers one-on-one support to guide mothers from pregnancy through postpartum. Learn more about the program from a maternity nurse navigator. Check with your healthcare team or health insurance provider about program requirements.

The team approach to Motherhood Connection in Richmond, KY, HealthTalks Transcript:

Casey Jurgensen, RN:
The Motherhood Connection program is a program here at Baptist Health Richmond that we offer to our pregnant and postpartum patients to help them through pregnancy and postpartum. As the maternity nurse navigator, I go over to the clinic to first meet a patient. I wait for them. I meet with them after their appointment, so they don't have to make an extra trip to see me. I meet with patients over in the office several times during their pregnancy. I offer them resources and help answer any questions that they may have that's on the nonmedical side of their pregnancy. I offer labor hall tours and help with lactation as well. The Motherhood Connection program offers resources from as simple as helping them choose a pediatrician to a list of maternal warning signs that they should be watching for.

We can help with car seat safety [and] help the patient get a car seat if they don't have one. I include a list of our childbirth classes that we're offering within the next six months so our patient can go and participate in those childbirth classes.

We also help with referring people to the HOPE program. The HOPE program here at Baptist Health Richmond works with our pregnant mothers and recently postpartum [women] with any substance abuse disorders they have. Through the program, I see patients during their pregnancy, but I also see them while they're here to deliver as well. I see them on labor and delivery and also on postpartum once they've had their child to go over what to expect postpartum.