Findings were positive for the safety
of birth center care and potential cost savings for maternity care.
Out - of - hospital birth: Is this practitioner familiar, on board, and / or educated about the option and
safety of birth center or home birth?
Explore Your Options examines the pros and
cons of birth centers, described as a perfect middle ground between home and hospital.
The Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers (CABC) was established in 1985, after the American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) had evaluated the
quality of birth centers, encouraged national guideline development, reviewed state regulations, and explored and evaluated programs of other accrediting agencies.
Michele Giordano and Nan Strauss wrote an op - ed in today's amNY about the push to increase the
number of birth centers in the state of New York.
The most comprehensive and educational DVD in the series, Explore Your Options offers birth - planning guidance around key topics such as the role of doulas (labor support specialists,) the
advantages of birth centers and the alarming escalation of cesarean sections in the United States and Brazil.
When I got pregnant with my son I was open to the
idea of a birth center birth but we were living in Biloxi, MS and there weren't any close to the area.
In this paper we investigated the preferences for a specific
form of birth center care among pregnant women with different ethnic backgrounds living in The Hague, the Netherlands.
I have since learned that the staff at the nearby hospital (which I was NOT transferred to) do not have a high
opinion of the birth center.
It's important to note that the
standards of birth centers vary, so it's best to ask specific questions before deciding on a birth center — like their transfer rate (according to the American Pregnancy Association, 7 to 12 percent is reasonable), their equipment (do they have a birthing tub, for instance?)
Her mother was a
client of a birth center in Brooklyn, NY The midwives on call were so devoted to the concept that babies know how to get born that this otherwise healthy infant died.
Jennifer and Fernando currently own and manage three birth centers in Oregon, as well as serve on the
board of their birth center in Haiti, MamaBaby Haiti, where Haitian midwives provide free prenatal and postpartum care to over 5,000 women a year and attend over 500 births per year.
The
focus of a birth center is natural childbirth, which means that women are moving around freely during labor, eating if they are hungry, availing themselves of comfort as needed (massage, compresses, visualization, and relaxation techniques), and generally allowed to have their babies their way.
Accreditation of birth centers will do nothing to promote the safety of VBAC in birth centers, nor will the presence of a Master's trained nurse - midwife.
Throughout throwing up everything she consumed during labor and pacing the
halls of her birth center, Cheryl reflected that the pain and ridiculousness of the labor experience was an abysmal way to bring a baby into the world.
I took a natural childbirth class at a local birth center, and planned an intervention - free birth at a hospital (we were a bit gun -
shy of the birth center for our very first pregnancy).
The Commission for Accreditation of Birth Centers (CABC) is the only accrediting organization dedicated exclusively to the quality of the operation and
services of all birth centers regardless of ownership, primary care providers or population served.
Baby + Company owns and operates a
network of birth centers that provide personalized, low - intervention care, preconception through parenthood.
What a beautiful relief it was when our sweet little bundle of beauty and joy made her debut at 8:30 pm in the
quiet of the birth center.
I am currently having a discussion on the Lane County
Friends of the Birth Center's Facebook page about this because I have taken issue with a flyer given to expectant mothers quoting Dr. Sears» «belief» about SIDS.
Take a virtual tour
of the birth centers at our Mountain View and Los Gatos campuses to learn more about what you can expect when you choose our hospital for the birth of your baby.
Pregnant women had relatively strong preferences for comprehensive services and facilities to be offered by the new proposed birth center compared to both other
dimensions of birth center care: extensive practical information and comfortable accommodation.
Cara Osborne, CNM, ScD, a certified nurse midwife and the founder and chief clinical officer of Baby + Co, a
chain of birth centers in the United States, believes that becoming completely informed is one of the most important things you can do in preparing for a natural birth.
When more insight into the contribution of different birth centers is available, evidence from policy evaluation research can lead to helpful suggestions concerning the
design of birth centers in urban areas such as The Hague where inhabitants in disadvantaged situations are included.
The data were collected in August 2011, before the
realization of the birth center; however, details of the planned birth center were sufficiently available to present to the respondents and to examine their preferences for characteristics of such a center.
For questions about infant care or any and all pregnancy and natural birth related topics, contact Health Foundations for a free consultation with a midwife and for a
tour of our birth center.
Therefore, future (longitudinal) research should take a closer look at the
advantages of birth centers and should examine to what extent birth centers actually fulfill the personal wishes of specific social groups such as ethnic minorities.