Out-of-Hospital Birth Centers - Hayley Oakes, LM, CPM




Informed Pregnancy Podcast show

Summary: In addition to hospital birth and home birth, there is the growing option to give birth at out-of-hospital birth centers. Birth center midwife Hayley Oakes shares details about the birth center setting and what its like to be under the care of birth center midwives for pregnancy, labor and delivery, and postpartum. We also discuss pros and cons of birth center in relation to both hospital birth and home birth. Listen through to the end for a sweet surprise!