What is the birth center?
The birth center is a medical facility where healthy women with low risk pregnancy can give birth in an atmosphere that is more relaxed than hospitals. Birth centers provide greater safety than home delivery if there are unexpected problems while offering natural home settings. The birth center is often an independent facility associated with a obstetrician or hospital and is sometimes located in the hospital. The birth centers are equipped to master infant resuscitation and some emergencies until the mother and/or the child are moved to the hospital, but are generally not equipped to offer C, epidurals, care for endangered newborns, or do not require high-tech services.
women expecting multiple births or who have health conditions such as diabetes, toxemia or high blood pressure are not considered to be good candidates for birth in the birth center. In addition, if prenatal care determines that the child may be endangered, the birathing centers are not options andA pregnant woman will be informed that she has to give birth in a hospital equipped with technology and expertise needed to achieve the best result. The birth center offers prenatal care and monitors the health of the mother during pregnancy to ensure that the woman and the fetus remain low risk and good candidates for delivery outside the hospital settings.
nurses and/or midwives in the birth center provide pregnancy education, prenatal care and birth process. They provide prenatal care and make a delivery and encourage a woman to have a natural birth. Women who want natural birth and who prefer more control over their birth experience than hospitals can often opt for an alternative of the birth center.
many hospitals prohibit a worker woman in food or drink, while the birth center chooses, it is to eat or drink. The rules in some hospitals insist thatThe woman gives birth in one position, while the midwives allow her to move and some centers offer the possibility of birth of water. Some birth centers also offer DULY services. He is a non -medical person trained to train a woman through pregnancy, work, childbirth and postpartum. The Dula is not a medical provider, but has knowledge of subjects related to pregnancy, work, nursing, infant care and self -care.