A facility offering a homelike setting for childbirth. It is designed for women with low-risk pregnancies. Birthing centers often have less restrictive regulations than hospitals — for example, friends and family members may be permitted to visit during the delivery.
Facility that provides a home-like atmosphere for childbirth.
A facility, other than a hospital's maternity facilities or a physician's office, which provides a setting for labor, delivery, and immediate post-partum care as well as immediate care of new born infants.
A birthing center is a facility which encourages natural childbirth, where a woman labors, delivers and recovers all in the same room. Some are located inside hospitals, while others are completely separate facilities.
a free-standing facility that: a. is licensed to provide a setting for parental care, delivery and immediate postpartum care; and b. has an organized staff of physicians; and c. has permanent facilities that are equipped and operated primarily for childbirth; and d. has a contract with at least one nearby hospital for immediate acceptance of patients who require hospital care; and e. does not provide accommodations for patients to stay overnight; and f. provides continuous services of physicians, registered nurses or certified nurse midwife practitioners when a patient is in the facility.
a completely different world from a normal hospital setting," said Robbie Davis-Floyd, a senior research fellow in anthropology at the University of Texas and an expert on midwifery
means an alternative birthing facility licensed under state law, with care primarily provided by a certified nurse midwife.
A medical facility that simulates the homebirth experience. Read Choosing a Birth Center
A place designed and equipped for women giving birth. Some are in hospitals, others are totally separate facilities.
A facility in which you can go into labor and deliver a baby. The birthing center may or may not be part of a hospital and is staffed primarily by midwives.
A special place for women to give birth. They have all the required equipment for birthing, but are specially designed for a woman, her partner, and family. Birthing centers may be free standing (separate from a hospital) or located within a hospital.
A medical facility used as an alternative to a homebirth or a hospital birth. Usually simulates the homebirth experience, but has medical resources.
an alternative non-hospital facility that provides family-oriented maternity care for women judged to be at low risk of experiencing obstetrical complications.
a healthcare facility usually staffed by nurse-midwives, with an obstetrician available in case of emergency. A birthing center provides a more home-like setting than a hospital.
A facility offering a home-like setting for childbirth. Usually a woman labors, delivers, and recovers in the same room. It's designed for women with low-risk pregnancies.
A birthing center or centre is a healthcare facility, staffed by nurse-midwives, midwives and/or obstetricians, for mothers in labor, who may be assisted by doulas and coaches. By attending the laboring mother, the doulas can assist the midwives and make the birth easier. The midwives monitor the labor, and monitor the well-being of the mother and foetus during the birth.
