The Emily Center at Phoenix Children’s Hospital presents Our Way and the high-risk pregnancy for families to prepare for the birth of the child during a high-risk pregnancy.

During preparation in a high-risk pregnancy, parents may feel overwhelmed when doctors and nurses speak with difficult medical words. Sometimes, health professionals believe they speak clearly, but they don't see if patients understand their indications. If you can repeat the information they teach you in your own words, then you will be sure that you understood.

The Our Way and high-risk pregnancy application is designed to:
- Facilitate communication between families and the health care team.
- Help parents understand what they need to know to prepare well for the birth of the baby.
- Give parents a space to admit that they do not know or do not understand what they are told, and to ask questions.
- Guide families about what information they need to say or show to the nurse or doctor. In this way, the health professional can confirm that the family received the correct information, that they can provide the necessary care, and correct misunderstandings.
- Help families feel confident that they can prepare well for the birth of their baby, know the signs of possible problems and know how to respond.

The Emily Center, Phoenix Children's Hospital
Founded in 1990, the center honors Emily Anderson with her name. Emily fought a rare form of leukemia for four years and died a few days before her 17th birthday.

Frustrated by the lack of easy to understand information about Emily's disease, parents founded The Emily Center so that families of sick children could always receive accurate, easy to understand and free pediatric health information for Arizona families. http://www.emilycenter.org and on Twitter @emilycenter.

The Our Way application and high-risk pregnancy received a Cox subsidy.