About Us
Mission
Our mission is to improve perinatal outcomes by trusting patients, increasing options for care, and challenging the status quo.
Vision
Our vision is a community where child-bearing families of all kinds have choices in the care they receive and find support and connection during these transformative years.
Values
- Pregnancy is about more than a uterus. Seek to understand the individual as a whole person and family unit dynamics.
- Meet people where they are.
- Offer care to all regardless of ability to pay. Accept Medicaid. Offer sliding scales.
- Focus on equity, inclusion and accessibility in all aspects of Tandem.
- Offer quality perinatal healthcare that is foundationally supported by quality reproductive health care and reproductive justice.
- Understand that care does not end with birth. Postpartum care and loss support are essential.
- Ensure Tandem services are for all and not restricted to those who birth with us.
- Listen when we make mistakes. Learn from them.
- Communicate with clarity.
Our Goal
Tandem seeks to be a perinatal resource hub and to challenge the status quo in medicine by truly focusing on the overall health and wellbeing of our clients from many angles.
We want to be the first place you visit when you find you are expecting: to start building your community, learn about and access resources. We are a place to go when you need a free place to get out of your house with your little one(s), where you can connect with other adults and feel supported.
Our Postpartum House will be the first of its kind in the nation when its vision is fully realized. Our Birth Center will operate on a unique model of care and be the first Community Birth Center in our region.
Tandem already offers many different services in 7 counties in Indiana. We hope you will check them out!
What is this word? Perinatal
No- we don’t mean prenatal. We love the word perinatal because it refers to everything around birth. It can include trying-to-conceive, pregnancy, loss, labor & delivery, mental health concerns (in pregnancy and postpartum), breastfeeding, infant care and more.
Birth Doulas vs Midwives
Birth Doulas
Primary Focus: Emotional, Physical and Educational Support
Midwives
Primary Focus: Medical Care
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Has completed medical training
Provides medical care (fetal heart tones, vaginal exams, etc)
Provides physical comfort measures during labor
Provides emotional support during labor
Provides informational support during labor
Catches babies
Understands physiology of birth, labor, and postpartum period
Provides lactation support
Yes
Primary Focus
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Midwives provide medical care for low risk pregnancies
Doulas focus on supporting you & your family before, during, and after birth
Physicians/OBs are needed for high risk pregnancies pregnancies
Birth Doulas can support you during labor at the hospital, in a birth center, or at home.
Postpartum Doulas help you adjust to parenthood and give you space to heal and bond