At Boulder Community Health, we offer a range of options to make sure you get the care, comfort and keepsake moments you’ve dreamed about for your prenatal care and baby’s birth. That’s why we give you the choice to have a certified nurse-midwife at your side, from the time you start trying to conceive and until after your baby is born. Whether you choose to have midwifery care with Foothills Community Midwives or at The Birth Center of Boulder, you’ll benefit from a close, personal relationship, comprehensive prenatal care and a natural, empowering birth.
The midwifery model of care is a relationship-based, family-centered care model that respects your personal preferences. Our highly trained midwives take the time to get to know you and will listen to your goals and concerns, ensuring you’re well supported emotionally and physically. During labor, your midwife will assist you in delivering your baby as naturally as possible, offering comfort and support with stress-relieving holistic therapies, hands-on adjustment and minimized medical intervention. They will continue to care for you while adapting to motherhood, offering both postpartum care and support with infant feeding.
Above all else, our midwives share a commitment to helping you have a healthy and safe pregnancy and childbirth, with use of up-to-date and evidence-based information. If you develop a serious medical concern during pregnancy or labor and delivery, they have a close, collaborative relationship with the obstetricians at Boulder Women’s Care, who are available round-the-clock.
BCH’s Foothills Community Midwives help expecting families create empowering birth experiences in the comfort and safety of a hospital setting, with deliveries in the Family Birth Center at Foothills Hospital. Spacious rooms offer inspiring mountain views, queen-size beds and oversized hydrotherapy tubs. When the big moment comes, you will receive very little medical intervention if labor is progressing normally.
Why Choose Foothills Community Midwives?
If you don’t want the clinical atmosphere of a hospital for prenatal care and childbirth but still want midwifery care, consider our accredited freestanding birth center — The Birth Center of Boulder. It has three birthing suites with all the same amenities: full-size bed, birthing tub, toilet and sink. Yet, they're all a little different in their style. During your prenatal care appointments, you can visit the suites and choose one that has special meaning or importance for your childbirth experience.
Why choose care at The Birth Center of Boulder?
Because our certified nurse-midwives have advanced degrees and are highly trained in every aspect of pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum care, you’ll receive comprehensive prenatal care, hands-on assistance through labor and delivery, and expert postpartum and newborn care.
We have achieved the highly prestigious international Baby-Friendly designation, which recognizes our efforts in giving babies a healthy start in life. The designation requires birthing facilities to have policies that enhance mother-baby bonding and, if they choose, provide mothers with the information, confidence and skills needed to successfully initiate and continue breastfeeding their babies.
