Frequently Asked Questions: Pregnancy
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Nurse-midwives at Mass General provide family planning and contraception services, and prenatal, labor and delivery and postpartum care for those patients who are considered to have low- or moderate-risk pregnancies. To make an appointment with the Midwifery Service, contact the Obstetrics Program and request an appointment with a midwife.
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55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA
02114
Obstetrics appointments in BostonPhone: 617-724-2229
Amelia Henning, CNM, MSN, IBCLC is the Director of the Mass General Lactation Program, a staff nurse-midwife in the Midwifery Division in the Department of OB/GYN at Mass General and a teaching associate with Harvard Medical School. She has a clinical interest promoting breastfeeding and lactation sees patients in a Lactation Clinic on Fridays on Yawkey 4. She is a leader on the Mass General's Baby Friendly Hospital initiative. She additionally she has an interest in natural childbirth and advocating for midwifery. She sees patients in the Mass General Yawkey Obstetrics Program site. Amelia completed her midwifery education at the University of Pennsylvania and holds a BA from Wheaton College.
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55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114
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