Overview
Cleveland Clinic is committed to providing the community with the finest medical services. We offer CenteringPregnancy prenatal care so that your care during pregnancy can happen in a comfortable group setting.
At Cleveland Clinic, we strongly believe in the core goals of CenteringPregnancy: to help promote overall health and well-being, provide important education about the pregnancy process, as well as create a unique experience for you during your pregnancy.
CenteringPregnancy is patient-centered care that follows national guidelines recognized by hospitals around the country. The visit schedule, which consists of 10 group appointments between 90 minutes and 2 hours, provides the flexibility and time to explore health and wellness topics that might not be covered as extensively in a normal one on one prenatal visit. On average CenteringPregancy programs means that you could get ten times longer with a provider. Receiving healthcare in a group setting can also lead to greater engagement, learning, and self-confidence.
Why Is a Group Setting Beneficial?
National data has shown that CenteringPregnancy decreases the rate of preterm and low weight babies, increases breastfeeding rates, and leads to better pregnancy spacing. Black women, who are at higher risk for preterm birth in the US, also experience lower risk of preterm birth when enrolled in CenteringPregnancy than in traditional care, creating an opportunity to design sustainable prenatal services that can reduce racial disparities of pregnancy outcomes in minority communities.
CenteringPregnancy visits also allow more time for interaction which often identifies needs amongst group members. This allows for more timely intervention and referral to appropriate specialists and resources.
What to Expect
Group prenatal care has long been used successfully to provide important health information to those expecting. Developed by the Centering Healthcare Institute, CenteringPregnancy has created standardized guidelines for health centers to follow, including providing you the ability to be engaged in your own care, teaching you how to check your weight, blood pressure and other health levels, as well as the health of your fetus through fetal heart rate checks.
In addition to building important self-care skills, CenteringPregnancy facilitates important group discussions between expecting parents in group sizes of 8 to 12, along with a prenatal provider. These group meetings can be between 90 minutes and 2 hours and discuss a variety of wellness topics. Each session is intended to provide support while allowing for open discussion about pregnancy questions or concerns.
Group prenatal care also permits more time for interaction with a pregnancy specialist, which can help address psychological, social, and behavioral factors that affect your healthy pregnancy.
| Week of Session | Gestational Age | Session Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Session 1 | 12-16 weeks | Prenatal testing, body changes during pregnancy, back health, common discomforts, healthy lifestyle choices |
| Session 2 | 16-20 weeks | Personal goals, nutrition, oral health |
| Session 3 | 20-24 weeks | Relaxation and managing stress, breastfeeding |
| Session 4 | 24-28 weeks | Family planning, sexuality, domestic violence, preterm labor |
| Session 5 | 26-30 weeks | Labor preparation, pain management in labor, signs of labor |
| Session 6 | 28-32 weeks | The birth experience, labor decisions |
| Session 7 | 30-34 weeks | Early newborn care, choosing pediatric care, circumcision, sibling preparation |
| Session 8 | 32-36 weeks | Parenting, kick counts, postpartum depression and anxiety, emotional adjustments |
| Session 9 | 34-38 weeks | Newborn safety, infant massage |
| Session 10 | 36-40 weeks | Newborn care, growth and development, postpartum |
Our Team
Susan Hudson, CMN
Director of Midwifery and CenteringPregnancy
Toni Mcdougald, CNP
Centering Coordinator
Jennifer Savitski, MD
Physician Lead CenteringPregnancy at Akron General
Melissa Solomon
Centering Coordinator at Akron General
Appointments & Locations
For more information about CenteringPregnancy or to find additional information about current Centering groups, please email CenteringPregnancy@ccf.org or leave a voicemail at 216.491.7200.
Locations
CenteringPregnancy group appointments are currently offered at these locations:
Akron General Akron Health Center
676 South Broadway St.
Akron, OH 44311
330.344.7666
Cleveland Clinic Lakewood Medical Office Building
1450 Belle Ave.
Lakewood, OH 44107
216.237.6300
Cleveland Clinic Lorain Family Health Center - CenteringPregnancy and CenteringPediatrics Group Location
5700 Cooper Foster Park Rd.
Lorain, OH 44053
Schedule from Amherst Family Health Center
440.282.7420
Cleveland Clinic South Pointe Medical Office Building A
4200 Warrensville Center Rd. Suite 215
Warrensville Heights, Oh, 44122
216.491.0141
Cleveland Clinic Stephanie Tubbs Jones Health Center
13944 Euclid Ave., East
Cleveland, OH 44112
216.767.4242
Cleveland Clinic Westlake Medical Campus
850 Columbia Rd.
Westlake, OH 44145
440.835.3883
Cleveland Clinic Willoughby Hills Family Health Center
2570 Som Center Rd.
Willoughby Hills, OH 44094
440.943.2500
Fairview Westown Physician Center
10654 Lorain Ave.
Cleveland, Ohio 44111
216.941.8888
Groups
Dates are subject to change. For more information about CenteringPregnancy or to find additional information about current Centering groups, please email CenteringPregnancy@ccf.org.
Lakewood Medical Building
216.237.6300
Lakewood CenteringPregnancy Group #49 with Susan Hudson, CNM and Tamara Noy, CNM on these Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.
Due dates through June/Early July 2025
- December 21 - Session 1
- January 4 - Session 2
- February 1 - Session 3
- March 1 - Session 4
- March 15 - Session 5
- April 5 - Session 6
- April 19 - Session 7
- May 3 - Session 8
- May 17 - Session 9
- June 7 - Session 10
- June 21- tentative
Lakewood CenteringPregnancy Group #50 with Tamara Noy, CNM on these Saturdays at 8:30 a.m.
Due dates through Mid November 2025
- March 15 - Session 1 (10:30 a.m. this day only)
- April 19 - Session 2
- May 17 - Session 3
- June 21 - Session 4
- July 19 - Session 5
- August 2 - Session 6
- August 16 - Session 7 (Molly Carrigg, CNM)
- September 6 - Session 8 (Candice Boddy, CNM)
- September 20 - Session 9 (Susan Klein, CNM)
- October 4 - Session 10 (Angelita Nixon, CNM)
- October 18 - tentative
Lakewood CenteringPregnancy # 51 with Tamara Noy, CNM and the Cleveland Clinic midwife team on these Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.
Due dates through December 2025
Tentative Group
- June 21 - Session 1 (Tamara Noy, CNM)
- July 19 - Session 2 (Tamara Noy, CNM)
- August 16 - Session 3 (Molly Carrigg, CNM)
- September 20 - Session 4 (Susan Klein, CNM)
- October 4 - Session 5 (Angelita Nixon, CNM)
- October 18 - Session 6
- November 1 - Session 7
- November 15 - Session 8
- December 6 - Session 9
- December 20- Session 10
Westlake Medical Campus Building A
440.835.3883
Columbia Rd. CenteringPregnancy group #45 with Dawn Dulin, CNM on these Saturdays at 10:15 a.m.
Due Dates through May 2025
New Dates and Times
- December 14- Session 1
- January 11 - Session 2
- February 8 - Session 3
- March 8 - Session 4
- March 22 - Session 5
- April 12 - Session 6
- April 26 - Session 7
- May 10 - Session 8
- TBD - Session 9
- June 14 - Session 10
Columbia Rd. CenteringPregnancy group #46 with Renae Shire, CNM on these Thursdays at 9:30 a.m.
Due Dates through July 2025
New Dates
- January 16 - Session 1
- February 13- Session 2
- March 13- Session 3
- April 17- Session 4
- May 15- Session 5
- May 29- Session 6
- June 19 - Session 7
- July 3- Session 8
- July 17 - Session 9
- July 31 - Session 10
- August 14- tentative
Columbia Rd. CenteringPregnancy group #48 with Dr. Collins on these Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Due Dates through Mid October 2025
- April 1 - Session 1
- April 29 - Session 2
- May 27- Session 3
- June 24 - Session 4
- July 8 - Session 5
- July 22 - Session 6
- August 5 - Session 7
- August 19 - Session 8
- September 2 - Session 9
- September 16 - Session 10
Columbia Rd. CenteringPregnancy group #49 with Renae Shire, CNM on these Thursdays at 9:30 a.m.
Due Dates through Mid November 2025
- May 1 - Session 1
- June 5 - Session 2
- June 26 - Session 3
- July 24 - Session 4
- August 7 - Session 5
- August 21 - Session 6
- September 4 - Session 7
- September 18 - Session 8
- October 2 - Session 9
- October 16 - Session 10
Columbia Rd. CenteringPregnancy group #50 with Dawn Dulin, CNM on these Saturdays at 8:15 a.m.
Due Dates through November 2025
- May 10 - Session 1
- June 14 - Session 2
- July 12 - Session 3
- August 9 - Session 4 (Renae Shire, CNM)
- August 23- Session 5
- September 13 - Session 6
- September 27 - Session 7 (Renae Shire, CNM)
- October 11 - Session 8
- October 25- Session 9 (Renae Shire, CNM)
- November 8 - Session 10
Columbia Rd. CenteringPregnancy group #51 with Dawn Dulin, CNM and Renae Shire, CNM on these Saturdays at 10:15 a.m.
Due Dates through March 2026
Tentative Group - Subject to change
- August 23 - Session 1
- September 27 - Session 2 (Renae Shire, CNM)
- October 25 - Session 3 (Renae Shire, CNM)
- November 22 - Session 4 (Renae Shire, CNM)
- December 13 - Session 5
- December 27 - Session 6 (Renae Shire, CNM)
- January 10 - Session 7
- January 24 - Session 8 (Renae Shire, CNM)
- February 14 - Session 9
- February 28 - Session 10 (Renae Shire, CNM)
Columbia Rd. CenteringPregnancy group #52 with Renae Shire, CNM on these Thursdays at 9:30 a.m.
Due Dates through Mid March 2026
Tentative Group - Subject to change
- August 28 - Session 1
- September 25 - Session 2
- October 23 - Session 3
- November 20 - Session 4
- December 4 - Session 5
- December 18 - Session 6
- January 8 - Session 7
- January 22 - Session 8
- February 5 - Session 9
- February 19 - Session 10
Lorain Family Health Center - No Current CenteringPregnancy Groups
440.282.7420
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Health Center (2nd floor conference room)
216.767.4242
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Health Center CenteringPregnancy Group #30 with Najma Ibrahim, CNM on these Tuesdays at 1 p.m.
Due dates through December 2025
- June 24 - Session 1
- July 22 - Session 2
- August 19- Session 3
- September 16 - Session 4
- September 30 -Session 5
- October 14 - Session 6
- October 28 - Session 7
- November 11- Session 8
- November 25 - Session 9
- December 9 - Session 10
South Pointe Medical Office Building A (Entrance #2)
216.491.0141
South Pointe CenteringPregnancy Group #33 with Fran Jackson, CNM on these Wednesdays at 10 a.m.
Due dates through June 2025
- December 18 - Session 1 (9a.m. This day only!)
- January 12 - Session 2
- February 12 -Session 3
- March 12- Session 4
- March 26- Session 5
- April 9 - Session 6
- April 23 - Session 7
- May 7 - Session 8
- May 21 - Session 9
- June 4 - Session 10
South Pointe CenteringPregnancy Group #34 with Shatoya McQueen, CNM on these Fridays at 10 a.m.
Due dates through Mid September 2025
- March 7 - Session 1
- April 4 - Session 2
- May 2 -Session 3
- May 30- Session 4
- June 13 - Session 5
- June 27 - Session 6
- July 11 - Session 7
- July 25- Session 8
- August 8 - Session 9
- August 22 - Session 10
South Pointe CenteringPregnancy Group #35 with Susan Klein, CNM on these Thursdays at 1 p.m.
Due dates through December 2025
- June 19 - Session 1
- July 17 - Session 2
- August 14 - Session 3
- September 11 - Session 4
- September 25 -Session 5
- October 9 - Session 6
- October 23 - Session 7
- November 6 - Session 8
- November 20 - Session 9
- December 4 - Session 10
Wooster Family Health Center
330.287.4500
Wooster CenteringPregnancy group #6 with Jessica Costa, CNM and Courtney Plotts, CNM at 2:30 p.m. on these Wednesdays
Due dates through Mid October 2025
- April 9 - Session 1
- May 7 - Session 2
- June 4 - Session 3
- July 1 - Session 4
- July 23 - Session 5
- August 6 - Session 6
- August 13 - Session 7
- August 27- Session 8
- September 10 - Session 9
- September 24 - Session 10
Willoughby Hills Family Health Center (Lower-level conference room) - No Current CenteringPregnancy Groups
440.943.2500
Brunswick Family Health Center - No Current CenteringPregnancy Groups
330.225.8886
