We offer complete maternity care, lab work and ultrasounds.

At our birth center you will:

• Receive routine prenatal care by our Licensed Midwife

• Risk assessments

• Routine lab work done in our facility (including genetic and carrier screenings, as desired)

• Referral for ultrasounds with local perinatologist or radiology facility

• Referral for consultations with local perinatologist

• Nutritional counseling

• Discussions on comfort measures for pregnancy

• Childbirth education classes, breastfeeding classes, birth rehearsals and Labor & Postpartum FAQ class

Admission to birth center will occur upon active labor and will will be attended by the Midwife and support staff.

• Family involvement throughout the labor and birth process

• Doula support available and provided

• Labor support and comfort techniques including positional guidance, hydrotherapy, use of essential oils, birth ball, birth stools and rebozo techniques

• Use of Nitrous Oxide, as desired

• Full clinical assessment of maternal and fetal health throughout the labor and birthing process

• Water-birth option

• Techniques for avoiding perineal lacerations

• All birth attendants are current with CPR and Neonatal Resuscitation certifications and have immediate access to resuscitation equipment including oxygen

• IV fluids, IV antibiotics and anti-emetics available if indicated

Attentive but non-invasive care will be offered to you and your baby immediately after and in the weeks following your birth

• Immediate and continuous skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby

• Delayed cord clamping/cutting to assist with transition of baby

• Perineal evaluation and if necessary, use of numbing agents and advanced suturing or other repair techniques

• Comprehensive newborn examination

• Immediate/long-term breastfeeding support

• Access to anti-hemorrhage medications after birth

• Erythromycin and Vitamin K injection available for the newborn, as requested

• Follow-up care appointments: postpartum visit within the first 48 hours, and again at 2 weeks and 6 weeks postpartum

• Referral for lactation services and/or tongue tie revisions

• Newborn physical exams, weight checks and evaluation for congenital heart defects at each postpartum visit

• Metabolic newborn screening tests done at initial postpartum visit

• Continued assessments of the physiological and emotional well-being of the new mother

• Family planning counseling

• Documentation of birth certificate and social security filed with the state

• Referrals to local pediatricians