Centering Pregnancy

What is Centering Pregnancy?

Centering Pregnancy is prenatal care that includes your regular health checkup with additional time for learning and sharing.

Groups start after the first trimester. You’ll meet with a health care provider and other women who are due near the same time for 10 sessions throughout your pregnancy. Centering Pregnancy is the way for you to learn and experience your pregnancy with other pregnant women. Each session includes interactive learning that will let you experience your pregnancy in a new and rewarding way.

In each session you will talk about health, development and safety. From colic to communicating, from sleeping to staying healthy – you’ll enjoy learning with your group as everyone experiences the first year with a new baby together.

You do some of your own care (weight, blood pressure, charting), and you and your baby will have private time with the care provider. There will be group discussion and activities. Snacks are provided, and there is time for sharing with other group members in a relaxed and fun setting.

You participate in some of your own care (weight, blood pressure, etc) and have private time with your care provider. There will be some group discussion and activities. Snacks are provided and there is time for sharing with other group members in a relaxed and fun setting.

As the months go by, you will get to know other mothers who are due near the same time. Often partners and support people also join the groups. It’s a bond of friendship that can last a lifetime.

Centering respects your time – groups start and end on time. Each group visit lasts about 2 hours with your healthcare provider guiding the session. Scheduling in advance makes planning for work and childcare easier.

Women in Centering groups are less likely to have a preterm baby.
Women feel more confident to make healthy decisions for themselves and their families.
Centering moms have higher breastfeeding rates – healthier for Mom and baby.
Women say Centering is fun!

To enroll or lean more, talk to your CommUnityCare health care team, or contact the Centering Pregnancy Coordinators at 512-978-9435.