I am so happy with my decision to give birth to my first baby here! I received excellent care throughout my pregnancy and postpartum. I always looked forward to my prenatal appointments and consistently felt listened to, respected, and genuinely cared for. I especially want to give a shoutout to midwives Jillian and Lindsay for their wonderful bedside manner and the way they made each appointment feel personal and reassuring. Giving birth is such a vulnerable and intense experience, but the birth center did an amazing job preparing me as a first-time mom. When I arrived in labor, my room was already prepared and ready for me, which immediately helped me to feel calm and welcomed. I absolutely loved my birth team. Midwife Lauren and Nurse Luci were incredible. I felt completely comfortable with Lauren and Luci because they were professional, knowledgeable, and deeply compassionate. Lauren gave me the encouragement I needed to keep going, even in moments when I felt like I couldn’t do it anymore. Luci was such a steady emotional support, and her warm, funny personality brought so much comfort to the room. After delivery, they both took exceptional care of my baby and me, making sure we were healthy and supported. I am so grateful for the experience and the team who helped bring my baby into the world.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I wish I could give 6 stars. My wife and I literally just got home from our baby boy being born here and as she showers and he naps on my chest I had to write this. From start to finish the experience here was amazing. This was our second baby, the first was born in the typical setting at Memorial hospital and it was a NIGHTMARE. Enough to call it traumatic. Granted it was in 2020 during Covid, however out of the 8 folk we interacted with 0 of them knew what they were doing or had an ounce of professional hospitality between them. The founder Jolene and the nurse Allie were absolutely AMAZING. Responsive over the phone, and an amazing safe presence from arrival to departure. They were great with my son, they were even better with my wife. And I am literally going to preach praise about them to everyone and anyone who will listen to me. Only way we would be considering a third kiddo is if this place is where we are having them. I could write a 100 good reviews for this place, but for real. Absolutely amazing experience. Will be telling the world about it for the rest of my life, changed my view on childbirth and solidified why hospitals are nowhere near as good. Thank you so much Jolene and Allie, we will always remember you❤️
Our experience felt tailor made to fit our family desires, never forced into any decisions we didn't want to make. Beginnings offered detailed information in an educational way that we felt very informed and taken care of. We were grateful for that. By the time we ended we felt as if we birthed our sweet child amongst friends. Facility was great, everyone treated us with kindness and respect and seemed genuinely joyful throughout the process any especially when our baby arrived. Hope we get to return for round 2 someday
When I was pregnant in 2022/23, I went here for my prenatal care. They were very accommodating with me being out of state the first few months of my pregnancy and setup virtual visits with Lizzy - she was wonderful and very knowledgeable! Our prenatal care at the birth center for the rest of the pregnancy was good, but I do feel that with so many different midwives and nurse practitioners on rotation, we maybe met each person 1-2 times. I felt cared for by most of the staff and was hopeful for a great birth experience here too. They do see quite a lot of clients in a day, which does make it feel a bit more office-visit like just by the nature of it being a busy place. The birth rooms are lovely and beautiful, and the pools are great! It’s a lovely facility and has a homey feel. My labor experience here, however was not as great as I had hoped for having had based enjoyed my prenatal care here. For one, I felt that because my doula was not on their “approved list,” they treated me (and my doula) differently in labor. The midwife on call seemed to be annoyed that I was there when we arrived and I was only 3 cm dilated, and her communication with us made us feel like we were a burden to her that we were there. I had been in labor for 12 hours and as a first time mom I just didn’t know that I was still in very early labor with very slow progression. It felt very discouraging to be asked to leave, although I understand that they ask you to come in established active labor. It would’ve been nice to be treated more kindly in such a vulnerable time. After my husband talked with them, they finally allowed us to stay for a few hours and we were thankful. To be honest, the interactions with her just caused a lot of stress to me at that point of my labor. The rest of the staff - I specifically remember Lindsey and Tara (midwife on call when we came back later) were incredible, super kind, and empathetic. Madeline, the birth assistant on call was an absolute God send to help flip my daughter who was posterior. She was gracious and understanding even as this was the hardest part of my labor, doing spinning babies exercises to flip an OP baby. I eventually had to be transferred to the hospital, and Tara was very helpful and caring in that whole process. Maybe we just had the first midwife on an off day, but that part of my labor experience was challenging and wish that she was kinder to us.
I just had my baby at Beginnings Birth Center last week and wanted to write a quick positive review! It was our second birth there, the first being a little over 2 years ago, and each time the experience has been amazing. Our midwife was Shana and she was a very calming presence in the room during birth while clearly being deliberate in her thought processes and maintaining open communication with my husband and I. Our entire experience at Beginnings, from our first birth there to our most recent, has been nothing but amazing.
