Lori Meinking, CNM

Lori Meinking, CNM

American Midwifery Certification Board
Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing
Clinical training at Sutter West Women's Health and Sutter Davis Birth in Davis, California

Midwives For generations, midwives have cared for women during pregnancy, childbirth and the early postpartum period. Their holistic focus recognizes the needs of women and those important to them. Certified Nurse Midwives care for clients, educate other health care professionals and work together with physicians as valued members of the health care team.

The philosophy of midwifery is based on the belief that there are natural rhythms within a woman's life, which include sexuality, pregnancy, childbearing and menopause. Each is an important event within the life of a woman and her family. Midwives spend time with women... listening and learning from them in the process of educating and providing care for their health needs and choices.traditionally spend more time with their clients, both prenatally and during labor. Midwives emphasize preventative health care, educating the clients about nutrition, exercise, breastfeeding and labor and delivery. Midwives help women individualize their birth experience. They support clients in choosing a variety of birth options, including natural childbirth, as well as analgesics and epidural anesthesia. Midwifery clients statistically have a lower rate of forceps assisted deliveries, vacuum extractions, episiotomies, and caesarean sections.

We believe

Labor and birth are normal physiological events and unfold best when treated as such. We encourage women to eat and drink and move freely during early labor at home. We try to intervene as little as possible in the birthing process.
Women have the right to make informed decisions regarding their care. Our visits are long enough to make sure all your questions are answered. We provide written and verbal information about all aspects of pregnancy and labor and delivery.
Birth is a social event. The people who comfort and support a woman should be welcome at her birth.
That birth is a welcoming of a new life and should be as gentle as possible. We facilitate the baby staying with his/her parents as much as possible and encourage skin to skin bonding right after delivery.
Women have innate knowledge about the birthing process and should be encouraged to follow their instincts and listen to their bodies.

We offer:

Comprehensive prenatal care
Labor support and births at Fremont Medical Center
Individualized birthing plans.
Gynecological, annual exams and family planning services
Gentle first pelvic exams