Prenatal Care & Post Partum Care

Early prenatal visits are critical for the health of both infant and mother. Prior to our prenatal clinic opening, many Archuleta County women would delay seeing a physician due to transportation or financial reasons. At that time, the nearest OB/GYN provider was in Durango – 60 miles away. We sought to address this issue directly by providing an affordable prenatal clinic on Wednesdays.

During the prenatal visits, Dr. Carole Nasralla MD and staff educate mothers on important health issues, such as their diet and nutrition, exercise, immunizations, weight gain, and lifestyle choices. Our compassionate staff also monitors women for health-compromising conditions, informs clients about injury and illness prevention, and helps them prepare for the new emotional challenges of caring for an infant. Our medical provider has extensive experience in offering OB/prenatal care for more than 20 years.  Our clinic assistant, Megan, also speaks Spanish and can answer all questions to our Spanish-speaking clients!

We do not offer delivery services here at Aspire Medical Services and Education. Depending on the chosen delivery provider,  patients either transfer at 28 weeks or 36 weeks to one of the Durango delivery providers.

According to the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, mothers who receive late (defined as beginning in the third trimester of pregnancy) or no prenatal care are more likely to have babies with health problems. In fact, mothers who do not receive prenatal care are three times more likely to give birth to a low-weight baby, and their baby is five times more likely to die.

We serve all patients regardless of ability to pay. Our generous donors help us provide these services so that no one in our community needs to delay prenatal care or postpone pregnancy -related medical services due to financial reasons. We do bill Medicaid and insurance for some of our prenatal care services to help offset costs. However, we ensure that everyone gets the care they need regardless of income. We also offer a sliding scale based on income. DOWNLOAD OUR SLIDING SCALE APPLICATION.