Birth Centers are one of the other main options women have location wise for their birth experiences. Birth centers tend to be thought of as the middle ground between home births and hospital births.
Some advantages to birth center births are:
- Rooms are most commonly modeled to look like a home, so rooms feel cozy, and comforting.
- You are still in an environment where you could get help immediately if complications arise.
- You are free to move around, and choose your birthing position just like if you were at home.
- If needed you have the option to transport to a hospital in the face of complications or if you need an epidural.
Some disadvantages to birth centers are:
-if complications do arise, transportation would be necessary BUT, birth centers are sometimes located within a hospital, or very near one so transportation is possible.
At birth centers, a mid-wife assists in the laboring process, and usually you can have whoever you want to be there with you.
Resources:
-http://www.houstonnaturalbirth.com/adv_homebirth.shtml
-http://www.babycenter.com/0_birth-centers-alternatives-to-hospitals_2007.bc
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