FULL SCOPE MIDWIFERY CARE
Designed with Fort Worth unique style in mind, Fort Worth Birthing & Wellness Center offers a modern, welcoming setting for families seeking an out-of-hospital birth experience. Located in the heart of Fort Worth’s medical district and just two blocks from Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth, our birth center combines the comfort and freedom of a home-like environment with experienced, comprehensive midwifery care.
As the only accredited birth center in the DFW metroplex, FWBC is proud to meet rigorous national standards for birth center care while offering families a deeply personalized experience. Our midwifery team work alongside our birth assistants and support staff to provide individualized care throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
We believe birth is a normal, meaningful life experience and that families deserve to feel informed, respected, and actively involved in their care. From longer appointments and relationship-centered prenatal care to spacious birth suites designed for movement, hydrotherapy, and physiologic birth, your care is centered around you, your baby, and your preferences.
Fort Worth Birthing & Wellness 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 creates a comfortable relaxing space for prenatal care and birth. Our modern design is inviting and encourages open dialogue. Our unique design was created with kids and families in mind. Our waiting room allows children to express their creativity and our prenatal rooms encourage 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 to allow for authentic 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 Cook Children’s Medical Center. 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. To learn more click here.