A patient receiving an ultrasound.
Beyond the Beat
OneWorld prenatal team builds trusting connections
Connection binds people together in a unique, intangible way. Beyond geography, knowledge and language, connection drives us forward. At OneWorld’s Women’s Health Center in South Omaha, connections form every day. In the summer of 2021, the prenatal team took a course on using ultrasounds to find fetal heartbeats and take images for prenatal patients, so they can hear and see their babies. Normally, OneWorld’s sonographers perform ultrasounds, but the prenatal team wanted to provide non-medical ultrasounds to help patients bond with their babies early on in pregnancy.
Soon after their training, the prenatal team was gifted handheld ultrasound devices to use during prenatal visits. “Patients can’t feel their baby move when they are 2-3 months along, so the new ultrasounds are a way they can connect with their baby before actually feeling them,” said Meredith Rudish, CNM, Midwife. Amidst the medical histories, lab work and tests, hearing the baby’s heartbeat and seeing the images make the experience a reality for prenatal patients.
ISSUE 1 2022 I 4 I OneWorldOmaha.org
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