Mercy Birthing Center

I wanted to have a drug free natural childbirth because I was terrified at the thought of having an epidural. Mercy Birthing Center opened in September 2014 — just in time for my due date in December! I was immediately impressed with the quality of care I received, and have not stopped being impressed after my daughters birth. The midwives, Diana and Elizabeth, took great interest in both myself and my partner. The office staff is wonderful and knows us by name and face. The birthing center offers classes on natural childbirth, which we took, and it allowed us to become comfortable in the space before our birth, learn strategies to ease labor, and we even made some friends!
Now, to the experience of giving birth. There are four birthing suites that have a large bed, a shower, and a tub. I spent most of my labor alternating between the shower and the tub, which was very soothing during painful contractions. Both Elizabeth and Diana helped me immensely in managing my anxiety over the pain, and after 10 hours of labor I had my beautiful, healthy baby girl!
I could go on, but suffice it to say the birthing center is an asset to Mercy and the staff and midwives are extremely professional and caring. I should note however, since they are such a new facility at this time they are only accepting low risk births — you should check their website for how that is defined.
A wonderful experience! I recommend mercy birthing center to any mom who wants a drug free, natural birthing experience.