Maureen Berning LM CPM
The Midwife Model of Care
Midwives address pregnancy and birth in a much different manner than Obstetricians. They seek to help empower and support the mother through her journey and offer emotional support as well as routine medical care throughout care. This model of care has greatly helped to reduce the incidence of birth trauma, injury, and cesarean section.
Monitor
Provide
Minimize
Identify
Midwives monitor the physical, psychological and social well being of the mother throughout the childbearing cycle
Midwives provide education, counseling, and care during the prenatal phase, hands on care during your birth, and postpartum care.
Midwives can help to greatly reduce the use of medical intervention and technology.
Midwives will identify complications and refer patients who require obstetrical attention as needed.
Meet the Midwife
Maureen Berning is a Licensed Midwife and Certified Professional Midwife who graduated from Florida School of Traditional Midwifery in 2020. In October of 2023 Maureen relocated to Cape Coral, Florida to be closer to family. She started Cape Coral Midwifery as a solo practitioner, in the hopes to help provide much needed midwifery care to an area lacking options for birthing mothers.
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Maureen was drawn into midwifery to help offer mothers a safe alternative to birthing in a hospital. She enjoys empowering women through the transformative time of birth, and modifies her care to best fit the needs of the client. She also strives to offer the most competent care to the women of her community.
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Experience
2023 - Present
Cape Coral Midwifery LLC
Owner, Director, Licensed Midwife
2017 - 2023
Sweet Child O' Mine Birth Center
Clinical Operations Manager
Licensed Midwife
Student Midwife
Birth Assistant
Lab Assistant
2018 - 2020
Florida School of Traditional Midwifery
Gainesville, FL
Maureen opens her own home birth midwifery solo practice in Cape Coral, Florida, serving Lee county.
Maureen trained mainly under midwife Kimberly Verbarg, LM and owner of the birth center. She work for 1 year as a lab and birth assistant, then did her 3 years of clinically as a student midwife once she was accepted into the school. She was hired as a staff midwife once licensed and then was promoted to clinical operations manager. In her 6 years of birth work she has attended over 300 births, 100 required during school and over 100 since being licensed. The high volume of patients at the birth center allowed her to gain extensive experience and knowledge as well as working with many seasoned midwives, being exposed to many different practice styles.
Maureen attended a 3 year direct entry midwifery program where she became a LM(Licensed Midwife) in the state of Florida and also holds a CPM(Certified Professional Midwife) credential. She carries CRP and NRP certifications as well.
Midwife Yearly Stats 2023-2024
4 labor transfers, all for failure to progress, 2 during labor, 2 during pushing
21 babies born with Maureen ​
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Largest baby 11lb 3oz
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Smallest baby 6lb 2.5oz
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23% or 5/21 Moms Required Sutures
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80% or 17/21 Waterbirths
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4% or 1 baby was born en caul (still in the amniotic sac)
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19% or 4/21 had waters rupture prior to labor starting
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47% or 10/21 had Artificial Rupture of Membranes (4 were for induction of labor - all successful)
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4% or 1/21 Moms had a shoulder dystocia
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28% or 6/21 Moms had a Hemorrhage
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28% or 6/21 were First Time Moms
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1 Postpartum Transfer of mom for a 3rd degree tear
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1 Newborn Transfer for poor oxygenation
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0 Stillbirths
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0 Maternal or Neonatal Deaths