FULL SCOPE MIDWIFERY CARE
Designed to reflect Fort Worth’s unique cowtown meets modern style, this new modern facility offers safe birthing options in a home like setting.The Fort Worth Birthing & Wellness Center is the only free standing birthing center located in the heart of the Fort Worth medical district and just two blocks from Harris Methodist Fort Worth. We are the only birthing center in Fort Worth to offer comprehensive Certified Nurse-Midwifery care. At FWBC we believe that birth, pregnancy and the postpartum experience are natural healthy and significant experiences in the life of a woman.
Women who choose to give birth at FWBC receive a special level of personalized attention and care from our certified nurse-midwives and staff.
The birth center is licensed by the Texas Department of Health, accredited by The Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers, a member of the American Association of Birthing Centers, and accepts most forms of health insurance.
RELAXED ENVIRONMENT
Established in 2013, FWBC created a comfortable relaxing space for prenatal care and birth. Our modern design is inviting and encourages open dialogue. Our unique design also had kids and families in mind. Our waiting room allows children to express their creativity and our prenatal rooms encourages your children to be actively involved in welcoming their new sibling.
YOUR CARE IS VALUED
Truly great care emphasizes high-value and a trusting relationship. At FWBC the midwives focus on getting to know the woman and her family. We listen with our hearts and our ears offering an ample amount of time in appointments allowing for relationship building. Our goal is to individualize care and empower women to make the best health care decisions for themselves.
DIVERSITY
We are committed to providing inclusive and welcoming care for all people. We welcome clients of all colors, religions, creeds, genders, gender expressions, ages, national origins, family structures, sexual orientations, marital status, surrogacies, and military status.
YOUR SAFETY IS IMPORTANT
The safety and care quality of nationally accredited birth centers is well-documented. While research has been conducted on birth center safety and outcomes since the 1970’s, many major breakthroughs in nationwide recognition of birth centers have been more recent. In 2013, the National Birth Center II study published data recognizing that outcomes among low risk women delivering in an accredited birth center are equal to low risk women delivering in the hospital. Most recently in 2015, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) formally integrated birth centers into their Uniform Levels of Care designations. ACOG also recognizes Certified Nurse-Midwives as safe care providers for women.
At FWBC, we ensure your safety by continuously monitoring the health of you and your baby during labor and birth. We are strategically located just two blocks from Harris Methodist Fort Worth and Cooks Childrens Hospital. We have a great working relationship with both hospitals and attend routine collaborative emergency drills with both facilities. Our midwives also have hospital privileges and in most cases will continue to provide care in the case of a hospital transfer. This allows for not only continuity of care but also a seamless transfer to the hospital in the rare case that it is necessary. Our state of the art emergency equipment includes a neopuff infant resuscitation machine. This is the same equipment found in most hospitals, which is used to help a newborn breathe.
Hospital Options
For women that prefer to birth in the hospital or for women who are not ideal candidates for an out of hospital birth, our midwives also attend hospital births. Midwifery in Fort Worth is a steadily growing chosen option for women who desire the midwifery model of care but also desire the safety and options that a hospital provides such as an epidural. Our midwives attend births at both at Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth, Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas & Texas Health Mansfield. To learn more click here.