“Considering Pregnancy?” is the subject of a special event set for June 20 at Central Maine Medical Center.
The program will include presentations by an obstetrician-gynecologist and a certified nurse-midwife. Tours of CMMC’s newly refurbished Special Delivery Family Birthing Center will be offered.
The program will begin at 6 p.m. with a discussion about “Intimacy in Pregnancy” by obstetrician-gynecologist Anne Merrick, D.O. She will talk about one of the questions most frequently posed by expectant parents: Is it safe to have sex during pregnancy?
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| Emilie Garcia |
Certified nurse-midwife Emilie Garcia will follow Merrick’s presentation with a discussion entitled “Midwifery Services: More Than Just Delivering Babies,” an exploration of the wide variety of services offered by nurse-midwives.
Both presentations, slated to last for 15 to 20 minutes, will be followed by a question-and-answer session.
Prior to joining the Lewiston-Auburn medical community last year, Merrick completed residency training at St. James Hospitals and Health Centers-Midwestern University (MWU) in Chicago.
A graduate of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, she earned her doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from MWU-Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in Chicago.
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| Anne Merrick |
Garcia is a graduate of the University of California in Santa Barbara, Calif. She earned her master’s degree in nursing at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. She is certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board.
Central Maine Obstetrics-Gynecology’s midwifery team and members of the obstetrics-gynecology staff will be on hand at the presentations and during the Special Delivery tours.
The program will be presented in the Young Wing Conference Room on the first floor of Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute at 60 High Street in Lewiston. Those interested in attending the program are urged to call Chantel at 753-7652.
