When you arrive at The
Family Birth Center in
labor...
You will occupy the
private birth suite. The
perfect alternative to
home or hospital
settings, you will have
safety, privacy, and the
option to labor as you
choose. This is your
birth. A completely
personal event, you may
choose to labor with the
support of very few
people and the
monitoring of your
midwife. Or you may see
your birth as a family
experience and any
family, friends, or
support professionals
you want to be with you
are welcomed. We easily
incorporate fathers,
partners, and children
into the process. In
addition to the private
suite, there is a fully
equipped kitchen and a
family room for your
guests.
We take birth plans very
seriously, unobtrusively
monitoring labor with a
minimum of vaginal
examinations.
You will be encouraged
and supported in moving
and laboring in whatever
way is most comfortable
for you and that allows
you the greatest level
of relaxation and
mastery of coping with
your labor. You may
walk, sit, lie in bed,
and relax in our
birthing tub. You may
also choose to give
birth there.
Water birth...
Warm water often helps
muscles relax. Sometimes
referred to the
"midwife's epidural",
the combination of
buoyancy and relaxation
seems to lower stress
and allow the laboring
woman's body to function
very efficiently. Babies
seem to like it too. The
transition from water to
water eases the entry
for many babies and has
a soothing effect on the
whole family. Family
Birth Center midwives
are very comfortable
with and skilled in
water birth and will
offer it as an option
for birth.
Read more...
Partner participation...
We take partners' role
as parents very
seriously and welcome
and encourage their full
participation. When
appropriate, fathers or
partners may "catch"
their baby (after the
midwife has guided the
delivery of the head and
shoulders).
"Fathers who accepted
the opportunity to
'catch' their own babies
(in uncomplicated births
with supervision) were
twice as involved with
their baby three months
after the births as the
dads who had not had
this experience".
Dr. John Gottman, The
Relationship Research
Institute, on a study
conducted by
obstetricians Myron
Levine and Robert Black.
At the moment of your
birth and the precious
moments following it,
our focus is to allow
you the fullness of this
time together
uninterrupted with as
little interference as
possible. Mother and
baby are never separated
and both are monitored
and tended to together.
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