Do you want to open a birth center? Congratulations! You have come to the right place. As the nation’s most comprehensive resource on birth centers, AABC works on multiple levels to provide you with a solid foundation on which to build your birth center.
The actions listed below are important steps to opening a birth center. Prepare for your success!
- Attend a How to Start a Birth Center Workshop.
- Become an AABC Developing Birth Center Member.
- Network.
- Know your community.
- Know the national Standards for Birth Centers.
- Know the birth center regulations in your state.
- Develop your business plan.
- Plan for CABC accreditation from the start.
- Continue educating yourself.
A Home Away from Home
"Birth centers came to be part of my practice because to me a birth center is the ideal place there is to practice. It's a home away from home. It’s a place where you can keep the atmosphere in the totality that it needs to be, where birth can be the central focus."
-Sr Angela Murdaugh, CNM, MS