About me
Jashia Pinkney, CNM, MS, is a board-certified nurse midwife with Women's and Infants' Services at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. She provides the full scope of care throughout the lifespan, providing annual exams, contraception, helping women through menopause, and guiding birthing people through pregnancy. In her practice, Jashia works to empower her patients to care for their bodies, to believe that they are powerful, and to give them the confidence that they are able to birth beautiful babies. Her clinical interests include teen pregnancy, postpartum care, maternal & racial disparities, centering pregnancy programs, and midwifery advocacy.
As a certified birth coach and life coach, Jashia is passionate about empowering women, helping them grow and develop, and helping them to discover and use their inner power. She is also the CEO of She Births From Within, an organization that provides birth and personal coaching, holistic wellness, and childbirth education. She is co-host of the podcast Birth-ish, a space for African American women to amplify their voice, share their birth stories, and learn from and support one another.
Jashia received her Bachelor of Science in nursing, with a minor in public health, from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She then worked in various women’s health specialties, including postpartum and NICU, for four years before earning a Master of Science in nursing from the Nurse Midwifery and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Program at Georgetown University. She completed her fellowship in certified nurse midwifery with George Washington University Hospital before joining MedStar Washington Hospital Center. She is active in community outreach and is currently the Director of Marketing & Outreach for the DC American College of Nurse Midwives Foundation.
Jashia enjoys working with women in the hospital setting because it allows her to expand her outreach. A multi-disciplinary hospital allows for collaboration between different specialties and opens the possibility of more birthing people working with midwives.
Jashia is a native of Washington, D.C. When she is not advocating for women or catching babies, she enjoys traveling and spending time with friends and family.
Philosophy of Care
“My motto is, ‘Everything you need to win, is already within.’ Life is all about living from the inside out. Every birthing person knows what’s best for their body. My role is to educate my patients and present them with all options, giving them the information they need to feel empowered in making the right decisions for their health and the health of their babies.
“I build a unique relationship with each one of my patients who come to see me. I listen intently to what they tell me, so that I can fully understand how to best support them throughout their journey.
“I’m passionate about working with women to help them increase their confidence, find their voice, and embrace their authentic self. Women’s health is not just a job for me, it’s my life.”
Clinical areas of focus
- Birth Control Counseling
- Breastfeeding Problems
- Breastfeeding Support
- Centering Pregnancy
- Family Planning
- First Trimester Screening
- Labor And Delivery
- Lactation Support
- Natural Birth
- Nausea Of Pregnancy
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases In Pregnancy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Advanced Maternal Age
- Anemia Of Pregnancy
- Arcuate Uterus
- Bicornuate Uterus
- Breastfeeding Problems
- Cervical Incompetence
- Cervical Insufficiency
- Cholestasis Of Pregnancy
- Complications Of Episiotomy
- Delayed Umbilical Cord Separation
- Endometritis
- Gestational Diabetes
- Hellp Syndrome
- History Of Severe Preeclampsia
- HIV In Pregnancy
- Hyperemesis
- Hypertensive Disorders Of Pregnancy
- Intrauterine Growth Restriction Fetus
- Lactation Disorders
- Large For Gestational Age
- Liver Disease In Pregnancy
- Macrosomia
- Mastitis
- Maternal Fibroids
- Maternal Obesity
- Maternal Substance Abuse
- Medical Complications In Pregnancy
- Morning Sickness
- Multiple Gestations
- Nausea Of Pregnancy
- Newborn Feeding Problems
- Nuchal Cord
- Perinatal Mental Health Disorders
- Perinatal Mood Disorders
- Placental Disorders
- Postpartum Depression
- Postpartum Mastitis
- Postpartum Thyroiditis
- Preeclampsia
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Preterm Labor
- Preterm Premature Rupture Of Membranes
- Pruritic Urticarial Papules And Plaques Of Pregancy (PUPP)
- Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
- Severe Preeclampsia
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases In Pregnancy
- True Knot
- Umbilical Cord Compression
- Umbilical Cord Infection
- Umbilical Cord Prolapse
- Uterine Anomaly With Pregnancy
- Vaginal Abscess
- Vasa Previa
Procedures I perform
- Antepartum And Postpartum Care
- Birth Control Counseling
- Breastfeeding Support
- Centering Pregnancy
- Contraction Stress Testing
- Delayed Cord Clamping
- Episiotomy
- Family Planning
- Fetal Non Stress Testing
- Fetal Ultrasound
- First Trimester Screening
- Gestational Diabetes Counseling
- Labor And Delivery
- Lactation Support
- Maternal Anticoagulation
- Natural Birth
- Newborn Screening Tests
- Nitrous Oxide During Labor
- Opioid Addiction Treatment In Pregnancy
- Oral Contraceptive Counseling
- Post Partum Check Up
- Postpartum Care
- Pregnancy Counseling
- Prenatal Care
- Vaginal Birth After Caesarean Section
- Vaginal Delivery
- Water Birth Information
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Cigna HealthSpring Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Better Health of Maryland
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- CFBCBS EPO
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: POS
- Network OA
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Open POS II
- Open EPO Plus
- PPO and PPO Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna HMO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Opoen HMO Option
- Open HMO
- CIGNA EPO
- Innovation Health: PPO
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- FIRST HEALTH
- United Student Resources
- Tricare Prime
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- First Health PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
Education
Board Certification: American Midwifery Certification Board, Midwifery
Fellowship Program: George Washington University Hospital (2020)
Graduate Education: Georgetown University (2018)