Welcome to the Maternity Care rotation!

The Maternity Care Rotation will be a challenging, yet very exciting and rewarding opportunity to acquire the essential knowledge and skills to care for women and their families during some of the most important times of their lives. The primary focus during this rotation will be the care of the woman during the intrapartum period, including labor and birth, along with the immediate postpartum period while in the hospital. This rotation will take place at The Christ Hospital Birth Center located on the 9th floor of the hospital. While on your maternity care rotation, you will continue to also be actively working in the FMC as well as the Prenatal Clinic, seeing some patients individually as well as others in a Centering Group. This will allow for continuity of care for our patients during their pregnancies.

As part of your training, you will work closely with the maternity faculty listed below. Your physician and midwife faculty are Board Certified and provide unique individual maternity care with a family centered approach to parenthood. We believe that all women deserve personal attention during prenatal visits, as well as labor/birth, and the postpartum period. They are encouraged to be an active participant and partner in the maternity care they receive.

Along with your maternity faculty, you will also work in collaboration with several local Ob-Gyn Physicians in the area. They assist in the care of our patients when or if they become high risk or if they desire permanent sterilization post partum. Additionally, there may be times that consultation and collaboration occurs with The University of Cincinnati's Maternal Fetal Medicine Department.

Meet your OB Faculty:

Dr. Bain

Dr. Montiel Rosenthal was born and raised in Cincinnati. She graduated from Seton High School, Thomas More College, and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She did her FM residency, based at UC, and a subsequent fellowship in obstetrics at Saint Elizabeth Medical Center in Edgewood, Kentucky. She has worked in rural SE Indiana, in the mountains of North Eastern Kentucky, and as a medical missionaary in the Republic of Armenia before returning to the States. She is a member of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, does individual and group spiritual direction, scuba dives, plays celtic harp, and loves to garden and prepare tasty meals for friends. She is also board-certified in Medical Acupuncture. "I believe that all women and their families should be able to experience competent, compassionate, patient focused, and evidence-based prenatal care."
Michelle Zamudio, CNM
Jessie Bertsch, CNM is a Certified Nurse Midwife who has been in practice in the Cincinnati area for 8 years. She began her nursing career in labor and delivery over 15 years ago and has had a passion for labor and birth for as long as she can remember. She lives in Northern Kentucky where she grew up, and is a wife and mother to 7 young children. Jessie has a heart for women's health and counts it an honor to care for moms and babies as well as provide excellent gynecological care to women of all ages. She thoroughly enjoys teaching and has experience precepting many midwifery and family nurse practitioners over the years, as well as most recently working alongside Family Medicine residents as they complete there Women's Health electives. She hopes to make a positive impact and looks forward to sharing all of her knowledge and experience with you as you are introduced to the wonder of women's health!

Collaborating Ob-Gyn Doctors & office numbers: UC Maternal Fetal Medicine Doctors: Christ Hospital Medical Office Building-(513)585-1980

Dr. David Barrere-(513)784-1201 Dr. Arthur Evans

Dr. Bruce Allen-(513)871-0920 Dr. Emily DeFranco

Dr. Israel Washington-(513)861-3161 Dr. Candice Snyder

Dr. Anita Weisberger-(513)564-6644 Dr. Dr. Sammy Tabbah

Dr. Melissa Heidi-(513)564-6644 Dr. Carri Warshak

Resources

Maternity Care Phone: 585-0022

OB Survival Guide 2019 (Prefer in Evernote Form: OB Survival Guide Notebook)

Maternity Care and Inpatient Admission Policy

Newborn Admission List: List of Providers we cover the Infants

Once on OB service, make sure to contact Lisa Schloemer, RN or Tonia Edam, RN, Assistant Nurse Managers, on the labor and delivery unit and they will assist you in obtaining Watch Child remote access. This access will allow for you to have visibility of fetal heart rate tracings and contraction patterns from home or other remote locations with internet access. This is not a requirement but is available if you are interested. Along with providing you sign on access, they will also give you a brief tutorial on use and navigation while at a remote location.

OB Rotation Orientation: You will be given this at the beginning of your OB rotation to use as a reference along with a verbal orientation by one of your ob faculty members.

CANVAS: Completing the online Canvas OB course is a requirement of all residents in our program.

OB Fellowships and Outside Rotation List

Centering Gifts (To be given during each session. Patients may only take one of each category.)