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Your Birth Center Birth One of the safest alternatives to hospital birth is to give birth in a free-standing birth center. A birth center provides a comfortable, home-like setting paired with midwives and doctors who are committed to a midwifery-model of care offering gentle, non-invasive, consistent care tailored to each individual woman’s needs. The National Birth Center Study produced in 1985-1987 results demonstrated that for basically healthy women with no prenatal complications birthing centers are a safe and economical alternative for childbirth. Birthing Center’s use few invasive, uncomfortable or restrictive procedures. Most offer measures to provide comfort and support for women in labor. The midwives who attended the women in labor and birth also provided prenatal care throughout their pregnancies. Reasons to choose a birth center:
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For More information about Birth Centers in Oregon: Natural Childbirth and Family (Naturopathic Doctors’s and Midwives) 10360 NE Wasco St. Portland, OR 97220 503-252-8125 Andaluz Waterbirth Center 19255 SW 65th Ave Suite 220 Tualatin, OR 97062 503-885-0228 phone info@waterbirth.net www.waterbirth.net National Association of Childbearing Centers www.nacc.org Recommended Reading: Gentle Birth Choices by Barbara Harper, R.N.
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