Austin Area Birthing Center

I just had my second birthing experience at Austin Area Birthing Center and I just can't say enough about this amazing place. Not only is the physical place beautiful, warm, comfortable and inviting, but the midwives provide top-notch personal prenatal, perinatal and postnatal care. If you desire to have a natural childbirth in a warm, cozy, homey environment surrounded by loving women who encourage you to embrace the natural process of childbirth as something that we as women are created for, I encourage you to check out this wonderful place. The first time that my husband and I visited (he was a total skeptic about the whole natural childbirth process), Jean Stokes (the owner) spent over an hour and 1/2 with us answering all of our questions free of charge. My husband was sold (as was I) and we have gone on to have two amazing birth experiences at both the old and the new birthing center facility. If you are even considering having a natural, unmedicated birth, you should definitely consider checking out this amazing place

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I really wanted to like the birthing center and so I gave them a shot. What I found out is similar to what others have stated. The owner, Jean, is crazy. She talks down to you and acts like you don't know anything. She even acted fake with the staff, with a fake smile. We could tell all she wanted from us was our money. It seems that the staff is over worked. I saw a different midwife at almost every visit. My husband and I are very intelligent people and didn't appreciate any of this. I decided to do a homebirth, which was awesome!

There was one thing we really liked about the birthing center. Joan Smith, one of the midwives, was really awesome. She always made me feel comfortable. If she would have been willing to do a homebirth, we would have been extremely happy.

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