The pivot to birth centers also comes as maternity wards across the nation are closing, with many citing low birth rates and insufficient funds as key reasons for shuttering.. The Centinela ...

Birthing centers must also be within a 30-minute drive of a hospital with obstetricians on staff. About 28 percent of women in Alabama have no birthing hospital within 30 minutes.

Dec. 20—Emily Alley remembers the trip well, a harrowing two hours-plus race to get from Calais to Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital in Ellsworth as her labor contractions got more intense and ...

Birthing Center Pros and Cons. Birthing centers operate on the philosophy that women, designed to give birth, will do so naturally. They minimize interference to allow a natural birth.

Florida was the first state to give the green light to so-called “advanced birthing centers.” Nearly one year later, though, the DeSantis administration hasn’t passed the regulations needed ...

Vermont is one of only eight states that doesn’t have free-standing birth centers. If this bill becomes law, the state will be able to provide licenses so providers can open clinics.

The Monadnock Birth Center, which opened in 2008, closed permanently in December. ... “It was pretty shocking,” said Bradley, who had to quickly adjust and opted for a home birth.

The Connecticut Childbirth & Women’s Center, the only free-standing birthing center in the state since 1997, recently changed hands as national trends show that these types of facilities are ...