We had connected with a midwife for my prenatal care and with the onset of labor, we planned to meet her at an out
of hospital birthing center.
Ummm...
most hospital birthing centers my sisters have used had options such as birthing tubs, keeping the baby with you (although... honestly, I can't imagine not wanting to just get a few more hours of uninterrupted rest), etc..
Susan Melnikow: Well, there are birthing centers that are inside hospitals and then there are other birthing centers that are stand - alone, out
of hospital birthing centers, which is what's Best Start is here in San Diego.
The hospital birthing center where I had my baby offers it... My midwife was actually excited that I wanted to do water labor but no water birth... I was the only one of her patients who DID N'T intend to birth in the water and she needed people birthing out of the tub for a control group in a waterbirth infection study she was contributing to.
As for her own births, Lindsey has experienced many different types: the first in
a hospital birthing center, the twin girls vaginally in a hospital operating room, and the twin boys and newborn Olympia at home with a certified nurse midwife.