Welcome to Mountain Midwifery Center!
Welcome to Colorado’s only birth center - licensed, accredited and freestanding.
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Mountain Midwifery Center provides a full range of midwifery services for clients in the Denver Metro Area, the front range, across Colorado and even further locales. Services offered include:
- Well-woman care for women of all ages,
- For birth, the center provides prenatal care, natural birth, water birth in Aqua Doula tubs, nutritional counseling and more,
- Educational services that complement birth, such as classes on childbirth, newborn care and breastfeeding.
If you're wondering, Mountain Midwifery Center truly is Colorado's only birth center.
Licensing - MMC is the only facility licensed as a birth center. All other licensed facilities calling themselves birth centers are licensed as hospitals.- Accreditation - MMC is the only facility accredited by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers to standards set by the American Association of Birth Centers.
- Freestanding - MMC is the only freestanding, out-of-hospital birth center in Colorado.
If you see the words "birth center" at another birth place, please request proof of proper licensing or accreditation, or request they use another name for their facility.
What is a Freestanding Birth Center?
A Birth Center is designed to be a “Maxi-Home” not a “Mini-Hospital.” We strive to allow women to labor and birth in a true home-like environment while providing one-on-one care that helps ensure superior mom and baby outcomes. The Birth Center is not just pretty birth rooms, it is an education-intensive program of care. From your first visit through the birth of your baby and beyond, the Birth Center is designed to facilitate healthy choices for families.
Why Choose Mountain Midwifery Center?
Mountain Midwifery Center believes that pregnancy and birth for most women is a state of health. We trust that your body can grow, birth and breastfeed your baby. The staff provides individualized care and an education plan that includes nutrition, exercise and stress-reduction recommendations. In addition, you have access to an extensive lending library of birth books and videos. You may also browse through our online Resource section and periodically check our Mountain Blog for birth center news and articles regarding pregnancy and natural childbirth.
Orientations:
Orientations are recommended for prospective / new Maternity clients.
Come see what Mountain Midwifery Center is all about! At the free orientation you will tour the center and learn about our approach to natural birth, water birth and midwifery. You'll have the chance to ask questions and discover if Mountain Midwifery is right for you. It lasts for an hour and begins promptly at the time listed because coming in later disrupts the flow of it.
No RSVP is required, feel free to just show up at the start time to the Education space in Suite 500, also known as The Midwife's Garden. An orientation is the best way to visit us, and we prefer an orienation before new clients schedule a prenatal visit to avoid cancellations. Please keep in mind that when you're scheduling your first appointment with us, our earliest availability is usually 2 to 3 weeks from the day you are calling. We may take a message and return your call to schedule your first appointment as there are many things to cover over the phone. More information about the Initial Visit is on our Forms and FAQs pages.
- Sunday, January 29, 4pm
- Sunday, February 5, 5pm
- Friday, February 10, 5pm
- Wednesday, February 15, 4pm
- Thursday, February 23, 12:30pm
- Saturday, February 25, 2:30pm
We do orientations for maternity clients so that your first visit can be about you, not about how MMC works. We may, schedule permitting, provide personal tours for mothers transferring to us after 24 weeks gestation. If you are earlier in pregnancy, we ask that you please come to an orientation. We are always adding more dates, if you don't see one that works for you please check back often as we update!
Videos of the facility:
Independent video about MMC and our style of care: This video was shot, edited and presented by Colorado Public News, a part of Colorado Public Television. We had no editorial control, but we think it is a balanced and beautiful presentation of why pregnant moms consider MMC and other birth centers like us.
See our video of the facility:
The video is getting fairly dated. Until we get a digital video camera of our own, here's what's NOT in the video... the "tent room" for birthing that is adorned with silks and tapestries, small but warm and intimate. Our new Offices in Suite 300 with 4 exam rooms most describe as "bright and fun" (as exam rooms go) & the Education space in Suite 500 called "The Midwife's Garden" with a large area for groups and classes. And finally, our growing little store of herbal remedies, allopathic cleaning supplies and some other stuff we highly recommend for the wellness of women and newborns. There's also an herb garden we planted in the atrium. If you're curious, please attend an Orientation.