Passion for Compassion

Passion for Compassion

The relationship between a midwife and an expectant mother can make your birthing process a peaceful and empowering experience. This is why the licensed midwives at the SCV Birth Center strive to personally connect with each and every mother and family. You want the...
Postpartum Changes

Postpartum Changes

Throughout your pregnancy, your body experiences so many unexpected changes, and you’ll experience even more changes post-pregnancy. While each mommy has her own whirlwind of changes, there are some that are fairly common. Many of our birthing classes at the birth...
Beat the heat

Beat the heat

Summer has arrived, and with its arrival comes 110º plus weather and direct sun that feels even hotter. Pregnancy will naturally make your body temperature a little higher than normal, so this heat may become unbearable. With the SCV Birth Center serving both San...
Midwives and Doulas and OBGYNs – oh my!

Midwives and Doulas and OBGYNs – oh my!

So, you’ve decided to have a natural childbirth – that’s great! Now in order to start your care, you have to decide who you want to provide your prenatal care, and also where you would like to bring your baby into this world. You have the options of hospital...
Natural Birth: Benefits for Baby

Natural Birth: Benefits for Baby

While the experience of natural birth at the SCV Birth Center is not only comforting and altogether safer for mommy than a hospital birth, there are plenty of benefits that directly affect the baby. Many different factors will contribute to the decision to give birth...
A Birth Center… Is My Necessity

A Birth Center… Is My Necessity

This week’s guest blogger is a friend of the SCV Birth Center and mommy to the precious, Cataleya. Rai recollects on her emotional experience here at the Birth Center, and her continued friendship with our midwives. I kind of understood what a birth center was,...
A sweet letter from a sweet family

A sweet letter from a sweet family

Dearest Renee, Where do we begin? How about clear back to this particular time last year?! Yes, this is long over-due as we have desired to show our appreciation for quite a while. Words cannot express our gratitude to God for you and all that He did through you, to...
Delayed Cord Clamping

Delayed Cord Clamping

In February we wrote a short blog about cord clamping. We thought we might explain in further detail what cord clamping is and when to cut the cord. When you are creating your birth plan, there are so many decisions you need to make: home birth or hospital birth?...