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The Birth Center of Gainesville is a full-service facility providing
personable midwifery and women's health care. We strive to create a
supportive, educational experience in a relaxed, friendly, and
professional environment.
What is a birth center?
Birth centers offer a safe alternative to traditional hospital birth
for families who are seeking a more natural, client-centered experience
in a comfortable, private home-like setting. Care is personalized for
each woman throughout her pregnancy, with midwives providing most, if
not all, of the support and attention received. Birth centers typically
allow a laboring woman the following freedoms (which most hospitals
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We had a record-breaking 12lb 8oz baby
born in March - meet the family!
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- to eat and drink during labor
- to walk and move freely
- to use birth props such as a birth ball or music
- to labor and/or birth in water
- to birth naturally, without anesthetics or narcotics
- to include family and friends as desired
- to bond with baby uninterrupted after birth
Healthy women experiencing healthy pregnancies are encouraged to use
our birthing options to enhance their experience. At the Birth Center
of Gainesville, we encourage our clients to enjoy our luxurious bathtub
and to use our private birth room kitchen, as well as inviting family
and friends to take advantage of our spacious and comfortable
multi-room birthing suite. |
Did You Know?
Midwife-attended births in the United States have
doubled in the past ten years.
Midwives have a 19% lower rate of infant deaths and
a 33% lower rate of neonatal mortality (infant death in the first
month) than doctors attending comparable births.
Midwives who attend hospital births have a cesarean
rate that is half the national average.
The Dutch have the lowest percentage of babies and
mothers who die or are injured during childbirth. They also have
the lowest rate of medical intervention at birth. 70% of their
births are with midwives and 1 in 3 births take place at home.*
*From Giving Birth - A Journey Into the World of Mothers and
Midwives, by Catherine Taylor.
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The
Birth Center of Gainesville is the oldest birth center in the
southeastern United States, and has delivered more than 2,200 beautiful
babies since 1979. The Birth Center was founded under the name “Birth
Place” by a group of women involved in women’s health and the emerging
women’s movement at the time.
The Birth Center of Gainesville currently resides in a historic home in
the downtown Gainesville duckpond area that is beautifully nestled
amongst giant oak trees. The building has recently undergone lavish
renovations to add beauty and comfort for our clients. Renovations
included a complete redesign and redecoration of all rooms and birth
suites, new accommodations for waterbirth, iPod docking for
personalized music, flat screen televisions, and gaming stations for
the waiting family and friends. |
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