NEW NANTUCKET NATIVES!
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Temur Jumabaev 5/4/2008, 6:54 am, 8lb 7oz		Mya Victoria Whelden 5/2/2008, 8:30 am, 7lb 7oz
Terrence Scarlett 5/5/2008, 7:39 pm, 7lb 9oz		Pierce Doyle Curtin 5/2/2008, 11:44 pm, 7lb 6oz
Elissa Holdgate 5/6/2008, 8:32 am, 5lb 15oz		Henry Paul Loughman 5/4/2008, 4:43 am, 8lb 10oz

HAVING A BABY ON NANTUCKET
The idea of delivering on Nantucket seems to cause mixed feelings. There is a romantic notion to the idea of delivering here, having a true Nantucket Native. On the other hand, many people rightfully worry about delivering 30 miles out to sea, without Obstetric or Pediatric specialists immediately available. Nantucket Cottage Hospital has solved this dilemma with a new, up-to-date maternity unit that is unequalled on the mainland for its ability to make someone feel at home and comfortable while in labor. Also, the hospital has close relationships with the leading hospitals and specialists in New England and a long history of arranging safe, urgent transfers via MedFlight. Hospital personnel are very good at knowing when a patient needs to be off-island because of unexpected risks. The hospital's Director of Obstetrics is Dr. Bruce Cohen, a Maternal and Fetal Medicine specialist out of Boston. He comes here monthly to evaluate everyone intending to deliver on-island. With such monitoring and risk surveillance, new topnotch facilities and equipment, plus one-on-one nursing with an experienced, encouraging and confident staff of nurses, I believe that having a new little restless native, is safer then it has ever been.

OUR PHILOSOPHY OF MATERNITY CARE

"The one thing the four countries of the world with the lowest infant mortality have in common is that the majority of women are attended to in birth by a midwife" (Marsden Wagner, M.D., World Health Organization).

We are not midwives, but short of putting on Birkenstocks and long, flowery skirts, we try to practice like a midwife would when it comes to maternity care. Midwifery care centers around birth being a natural process, not a medical problem. It focuses on educating couples about childbirth options, a partnership between the midwife and the parents-to-be with the goal being a safe, bouncy newborn. We will try and make your hospital birth as comfortable and rewarding as possible.