AABC Webinar - So, You Want to Open a Birth Center?
Learn key considerations needed to open your own birth center!
A practical live webinar to help you understand where to start in developing your own birth center!
There are myriad nuances to consider when trying to open a birth center, and it can be hard to know where to begin! Many of us come into this work wanting to serve our communities and welcome new life into the world. It turns out, there's an entire business side that we've got to understand to make that happen!
That's what we're here for. This webinar will help you find your footing with practical steps to begin making your dreams of opening a birth center in your community come true.
Presenters
Amy Johnson-Grass, ND, LN, LM, CPM
Amy is the owner and director of Twin Cities Birth Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is a midwife, naturopathic doctor and licensed nutritionist. She opened the first birth center in the Twin Cities and built the idea of birth centers in Minnesota starting with being instrumental in passing legislation to license birth centers in 2010. She is a past president of AABC.
Emily Hayes, MHA, BSN, RNC-OB/EFM
Emily has been working in women’s services for 23 years at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. She has recently transitioned into a Director of Nursing with responsibilities for maternity services including the Level III Labor and Delivery unit and NICU, Alongside Midwifery Unit (Family Beginnings Birth Center), Postpartum unit, Antepartum/Perinatal Intensive Care unit, Lactation, and Maternal Fetal Medicine. Prior to this transition she held the Nurse Manager role for Labor and Delivery as well as the AMU for 8 years. She also holds the Vice Chair position on the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers board and has been a member since 2018. It is her passion to help advocate for options in maternity services by sharing the history of Family Beginnings, which has been open for 28 years, and supporting others through their process of starting a similar program.
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