• The birth center is a home-like facility existing within a healthcare system with a program of care designed in the wellness model of pregnancy and birth.
  • Birth centers are guided by principles of prevention, sensitivity, safety, appropriate medical intervention, and cost effectiveness.
  • Birth centers provide family-centered care for healthy women before, during, and after normal pregnancy, labor, and birth.

Personal Care Through Birth Centers

"I am certain that no one will get better or more personal care than we got through the birth center. The nurses and midwives have the whole family in mind throughout the process and do everything one could want to make the birth and early days with the baby as wonderful as possible."

-Dave Smith