by SCV Birth Center | Jun 9, 2016 | Childbirth
We welcome Alex Santana as our guest blogger this week. Walk with him through his journey of supporting his wife through her natural birth at the SCV Birth Center. Grab your tissues and enjoy. “I’d love to share a brief recap of what turned out to be the most...
by SCV Birth Center | Jun 2, 2016 | Childbirth
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...
by SCV Birth Center | May 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
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,...
by SCV Birth Center | Apr 12, 2016 | Childbirth
How did we get to the point where a third of all babies in the country are born via cesarean section? Most first-time mothers who reach their 40th week of pregnancy are given the option to go to the hospital to induce labor and, because of hospital policies, over 32%...
by SCV Birth Center | Feb 22, 2016 | Childbirth
In May of 2010, I found myself climbing into a birthing tub and – just minutes later, climbing out a mother. The road that took me to our first homebirth was unmarked territory. But I knew what I wanted (candlelight, music, freedom to move at my own pace, my...