If you’re here, chances are you’ve recently found out you’re pregnant, or are starting to think about planning for a family. Congratulations! What a joy new life is! It can be overwhelming to figure out where to go for prenatal care and delivery. There are a few options for natural birthing and birthing centers in Harrisonburg, VA and beyond for you to consider. “Natural birthing” can be done in a birth center, in your home, or depending on the provider, even in a traditional hospital. We’ve compiled a list of providers that offer natural care during pregnancy, labor/delivery, and postpartum in Harrisonburg, VA and the surrounding areas.
Natural Birthing Center in Harrisonburg, VA
Brookhaven Natural Birth Center (Harrisonburg, VA)
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- Location: Harrisonburg, VA
- Birth Center Birth: Yes
- Home Birth: Yes
- Information: Brookhaven Natural Birth Center in Harrisonburg, VA offers complete prenatal, labor/delivery, and postpartum care with licensed midwives. You may birth in their “luxurious” birthing suite or opt to give birth in your home (within a 60-mile radius of Brookhaven).They have three certified professional midwives on staff along with several midwife apprentices and a licensed massage therapist who is certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. They have a freestanding birthing center in Harrisonburg VA and are conveniently located one stoplight away from Sentara RMH should hospital services be needed in the event of an emergency.
- Also offers: Childbirth classes are offered at Brookhaven through Bright Beginnings Childbirth Education with Elizabeth Schwartz, and are open to the general public. They also offer their space to the popular “Birth Circle” which is a twice-a-month gathering for women to discuss anything birth related.They also offer belly casting and placenta services! “From preconception to postpartum, we offer a variety of holistic and dynamic services to families during the childbearing year. Our team of midwives and midwifery students is dedicated to getting each family off to the best start, providing you with individualized care and informed choices.”
Natural Birthing Center in Augusta County
Queen City Birth Services
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- Location: Fishersville, VA
- Birth Center Birth: Yes
- Home Birth: Yes
- Information: Queen City Birth Services offers a birth center and home birth midwifery services in Staunton, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Lynchburg, and Charlottesville. All of your prenatal care takes place at the birth center clinic in Fishersville, and the first couple of postpartum visits are in your home. After that, you will visit the clinic for additional postpartum visits on weeks 2, 4, and 6. Call or email to set up a free tour of their birth center along with a 1-hour consultation to see if this option is right for you. They offer childbirth education classes in Downtown Staunton which are open to the general public.
Natural Birthing Options and Birthing Centers in Charlottesville, VA
Charlottesville Midwifery
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- Location: Charlottesville, VA
- Birth Center Birth: No
- Home Birth: Yes
- Information: “Charlottesville Midwifery is a Certified Nurse Midwife practice providing comprehensive, personalized, and holistic home birth and wellness care to birthing families of Charlottesville, Crozet, Albemarle County, and the surrounding areas of Central Virginia. Kelly Sicoli, CNM is an experienced midwife with expertise attending home births. Receiving care from Kelly as a solo practitioner allows clients to develop a close relationship and build trust with the provider who will attend their birth.”
The Birth Center of Charlottesville
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- Location: Charlottesville, VA
- Birth Center Birth: Yes
- Home Birth: Yes
- Information: The Birth Center of Charlottesville offers home birth services as well as access to their birth center on Pantops Mountain. It is a “full-service, free-standing birth center. Our midwives offer personalized, evidence-based maternity care during the childbearing year (preconception, prenatal, and postpartum).”
Natural Birthing Options and Birthing Centers in the Winchester, VA Area
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- Location: Winchester, VA and Chantilly, VA
- Birth Center Birth: Yes
- Home Birth: Yes
- Information: Premier Birth Center offers their services at home births and at their birthing centers in Winchester and Chantilly. Their birthing suites are luxurious, complete with deep soaking tubs. Premier Birth Center is the only accredited birth center in Virginia to offer VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean). “A freestanding birth center is a home-like setting with resources for low-risk women to give birth naturally. When you come to Premier Birth Center, we want you to feel safe, we want you to feel loved, we want you to feel like you’ve come home. After birth, mothers and babies are never separated and all initial baby assessments are done with baby still in the mother’s arms.”
The Linden Tree Midwifery
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- Location: Winchester, VA
- Birth Center Birth: No
- Home Birth: Yes
- Information: Linden Tree Midwifery, LLC provides home birth midwifery services (within one hour of Winchester) to low-risk families in the Northern Shenandoah Valley. “We offer comprehensive prenatal, birth and postpartum care. Your birth is the celebration of all that you’ve accomplished in the months before, attending prenatal visits, making choices with your baby’s well-being in mind, and learning to trust your body and the childbirth journey. However, your pregnancy and birth are just the beginning. By choosing home birth midwifery care that respects and honors your choices, you’ve empowered yourself as a parent and can carry that strength into you and your baby’s future.”
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- Location: Stephens City, VA
- Birth Center Birth: Yes
- Home Birth: Yes
- Information: Grace Midwifery has one Certified Professional Midwife and a Registered Nurse Birth Assistant. In an effort to provide the best care, they maintain a small client load. They are not accepting new clients June 2022 – August 2022 so their staff can take a break. They offer their services for home births as well as in their birthing center. Christian childbirth classes are offered through Grace Midwifery, and are open to the general public.
We are fortunate to have so many wonderful natural birthing options in the Valley! Even though there is only one birthing center in Harrisonburg, VA there are many in the surrounding areas. Most of the centers above service clients well beyond their zip codes, so don’t necessarily eliminate one that seems great based on location. I hope this post helps you narrow down the list to those that may be the best fit for you and your family. Definitely call the birthing centers in Harrisonburg, VA and beyond that you are considering to help make an informed decision. And, congratulations!
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