Your Birth, Your Birth Team

Assembling your birth team is one of the most important steps in your journey toward birth and parenting. If you’ve chosen the midwives at Babymoon Inn birth center, congratulations! You’ve already made a choice that research has shown leads to better outcomes for both mom and baby.   You’ve increased your chances for a spontaneous vaginal delivery.  You’ve decreased your chances for preterm birth, instrument-assisted delivery, episiotomy, and Cesarean birth. You’ve also surrounded yourself by care providers who are there to love and support you if these things do occur.

So who is on your Babymoon birth team?

Babymoon Inn Midwives and Monitrices. This probably goes without saying, but labor and birth at a birth center is different than it is at a hospital. At Babymoon, you will have a midwife and a monitrice present throughout your entire labor. The midwife does not arrive at the last 20 minutes to catch your baby, and your monitrice is not dividing her time between several mommies, performing myriad clinical tasks. Your support team is there from start to finish. Our monitrices are present to provide physical and emotional labor support from the moment you arrive at the birth center. Their clinical skills as nurses add an extra layer of comfort and safety to the birth center experience, as there is always one clinical member of staff available for mommy and one for baby. This is not the industry standard, and Babymoon prides itself on providing the best in both labor support and in clinical skills and knowledge.

Your Birth Partner.   Gone are the days of anxious fathers pacing the hallway while mom mysteriously gives birth in a room down the hall. While you have to do what is right for your family, most couples who choose a birth center plan to have both partners involved in the process. We welcome and encourage partners to participate in every part of your Babymoon experience: appointments, groups, classes, and of course the birth itself!  Ready, Set, Birth™ – our original childbirth preparation class – will prepare you AND your partner for what to expect and how you can work together labor and birth.

Your birth team may be very well be complete at this point. A loving and skilled midwife to provide top-notch, evidence-based care. An experienced monitrice to give you physical and emotional labor support. And your birth partner, whose love and emotional connection are unmatched by any other member of your birth team. For most families, this is the perfect combination of people to provide the loving support needed for a beautiful, natural, unhindered birth at Babymoon Inn. Additional members of your birth team may include:

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Family and Friends. When you invite family and friends to attend your birth at Babymoon, they become a part of your experience. Our Ready, Set, Team™ class is designed for expecting couples to sit down with their friends and family and determine how each member can be an asset to the birth team. We encourage families to be thoughtful about who they choose to be a part of their birth, as the Babymoon experience is an intimate one, and the people you invite to attend your birth will have a direct impact on its outcome.  Visit our calendar to see when our next Ready, Set, Team class will be held.

Older Siblings.  Big brothers and sisters-to-be are welcome at the birth center. When younger children are present, it is best to have a friend or family member in attendance specifically to tend to your other children’s needs. Talk to your midwife ahead of time about how to include your children in the birth experience and what conversations to have at home to prepare older siblings for the big day!

Doulas.  We welcome doulas from the community with open arms. Your Babymoon midwife and montrice will be present at your birth and are passionate about providing personalized, hands-on support, but our doors are open to doulas should you choose additional labor support. If you have built a relationship with a doula and would like her to attend your Babymoon birth, she is welcome! We encourage you to bring your doula to your 37-week appointment at the birth center so that she may familiarize herself with the environment.

Birth Photographers. Basic birth photography is included in our services. Should you choose to bring a professional photographer to your birth, they are welcome at Babymoon. Please email inquiries@babymooninn.com or ask in the office if you would like a referral to one of Babymoon’s preferred birth photographers.

For questions about services or classes offered at Babymoon Inn or The Nest at Babymoon Inn, please contact inquiries@babymooninn.com or call 602-314-7755.