The Birth Center is a state-licensed, freestanding, nurse-midwife owned and operated birth center in Sacramento, CA, serving the greater Sacramento Valley area since 2000. Ruth Cummings, owner, director and primary midwife, is a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM), Nurse Practitioner (NP), and International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). She and her support team (Doulas and RNs) have attended the births of about 890 babies over the years. The Birth Center provides a soothing environment with expert care throughout your pregnancy, starting with your unrushed, informative prenatal visits, continuing with your labor and birth, postpartum care for you and your newborn, including breastfeeding support, even with complex issues that can interfere with successful breastfeeding. They discount significantly for those either with high deductible plans or no coverage. The Birth Center also offers a monthly payment option.
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THE BIRTH CENTER REVIEWS
My wife has had two births at The Birth Center and I wouldn't trust anyone else to deliver our babies. Ruth is the epitome of competent, professional care. Her background as a registered nurse - in addition to her certification/accreditation as a nurse midwife - inspires confidence which is reinforced every time we go to her with prenatal/birth/lactation questions. On top of everything else, Ruth is one of the most inexpensive birth centers in the area. If you're looking for an alternative to a hospital birth, I can't recommend The Birth Center enough.
After two hospital births, we wanted something different for the birth of our third. It was so wonderful giving birth in such a calm environment - no glaring lights or beeping machines or random people rushing in and out. Ruth is very knowledgeable and professional, and I felt very confident about my birth while in her care. If we happen to have a fourth, we will certainly be back.
I've delivered 3 of my 4 babies at The Birth center with Ruth and her staff and could not ask for a better experience. Ruth is exceptional at her job, very knowledgeable and precise. She takes no risks and has professional bed side manner. The Birth Center allows for a comfortable, at home natural atmosphere there for making birthing as easy as possible. The water birth I experienced was gentle and as pleasant as birth can be. Hats off to Ruth and her staff.
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Midtown Birth Center is a Nationally Accredited Freestanding Birth Center in Sacramento, CA. The center is staffed with certified and highly skilled midwives. Midtown Birth Center has advanced technologies to provide baby-friendly care. The center offers a full spectrum of services that includes prenatal care, Natural childbirth, and many more. They are available 24/7 to satisfy their client's needs. The center also provides a spacious tub for your labor & birth and lactation consultant. Midtown Birth Center is a home-like setting with an up-to-date birthing facility.
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We had an incredible experience giving birth at MNM. Bethany was extremely professional and confident, she coached me telling me exactly what I needed to hear to get my daughter safely delivered. We had the birth experience we were hoping for here. Every midwife, nurse, and lactation consultant we saw were so kind and truly helpful. All of the staff offer above and beyond prenatal and postpartum support and care for both mom and baby. I don't know how we would have survived that first week without the support of MNM, they answered every call and email we sent. We can't recommend MNM enough, you and your baby will be well taken care of here.
We cannot say enough good things about Midtown Nurse Midwives. We felt so prepared and educated for our birth because of their incredible team. We cannot say thank you enough to their team. It is because of them we had an incredible birth and continue to feel so supported during these first couple of weeks! Thank you all so much! I highly recommend their services.
We had an amazing experience with MNM. We started care at 8 weeks, and continued on through the birth, to lactation consulting. The staff were warm yet extremely knowledgeable and competent. They also made us feel very normal as a LGBTQ+ couple, even down to the wording on the forms. Would highly recommend for anyone looking to get more out of their birth experience.
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Taproot Midwifery has a defined name for its midwifery care in Sacramento, CA. Tel Viehmann Cunningfolk is a Licensed and Certified Professional Midwife. Taproot Midwifery provides a unique hands-on holistic, evidence-based model of care that blends the ancient art of midwifery with current research. The center offers one on one individualized care in a comfortable setting. They also provide fertility consultations, inseminations, and the Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy. Taproot Midwifery offers a free initial consultation to the clients.
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I can't imagine you could possibly ever ever find a more attentive, kind, knowledgable, available, warm, hilarious, amazing midwife than Tel. She helped us understand the possible roads ahead of us in a very neutral, informed way, ultimately leaving us to make decisions but in a way where we felt completely supported and like we FINALLY had the correct information to make choices of what to do next on the road to building a family. She is truly in this profession to support and help and it really really shows.
My wife and I had been trying for three years receiving services through our insurance carrier. We decided to try a different route and called Tel. Our first month doing an IUI with Tel and it worked! Call it what you will, fate, magic or luck. But we are 5 months pregnant and absolutely believe our experience with Taproot Midwifery made a difference. Thank you, Tel.
Tel is one of the nicest and kindest people I've ever met. My husband and I are so thankful we found her. Having her as my midwife for my third birth (first home water birth) was the best decision ever! She made the whole experience so comfortable - from the initial consultation, prenatal appointments, the birth, to the postnatal appointments. I couldn't be happier with how everything went. My birth was just as I imagined it - relaxed and unhurried and Tel's calm demeanor had a lot to do with that. She is so knowledgeable. I knew I was in great hands even from the very beginning. She is a great listener. I felt like I had full control over how I wanted to birth. She is also so good with my newborn baby boy. It was just a wonderful experience all around. Thanks, Tel, for making this such an unforgettable experience. You have a friend in us forever.
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