Vanderbilt University hopes to enroll about 400 women in a national study to evaluate the effectiveness of a new model of group prenatal care designed to improve the health and well-being of mothers and babies during pregnancy, birth and infancy.
The program, called Expect With Me, offers prenatal care in the group setting based on clinical guidelines from the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American College of Nurse Midwives. The program provides valuable social and emotional support in addition to standard prenatal care, education and skills.
