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Our birth center is a safe, homelike place where you can give birth with your loved ones in private and intimate surroundings with more control and freedom to choose how you want to birth.

Our birth center may be the place for you if you want to:

• control your birth experience
• avoid medical interventions such as IV's and episiotomies
• walk, choose different positions, or use water during labor
• have the option of waterbirth
• choose alternative positions for birthing your baby
• spend lots of time with your prenatal care giver, asking questions and receiving support
• not be separated from your baby

At our birth center or in their home women receive loving care from highly qualified women professionals in a warm and safe environment.

We offer you more time, choices, education, support and services. Our services include:

• a 30 minute consultation with a midwife at no charge
• childbirth education classes and prenatal exercises
• prenatal testing and laboratory work (lab fees separate)
• prenatal care every four weeks until the 32nd week, then every two weeks until 36 weeks when we will meet every week until delivery
• 24-hour on-call services for labor and other emergency needs
• labor and delivery care in one of our birthing suites or in your home
• newborn exam at delivery
• six to 48 hour postpartum care at the birthing center
• postpartum visits and well baby checkups at one week, three weeks, and again at six weeks after birth
• birth control counseling and pap smear at six week postpartum