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Birth Center’s services: At your prenatal visits...
- Your initial visit is about an hour long and each subsequent visit runs 30 mins to an hour. We allocate plenty of time to address your questions and concerns;
- We recognize the spiritual and cultural significance of birth and your transition to parenthood. During your prenatal care, we will encourage you to explore this aspect of your birth and parenting experience;
- Labs - All routine lab work;
- Referrals to birth-center-friendly obstetric and pediatric care providers (Choosing Mountain Midwifery Center for your birth does not necessarily require a doctor visit);
- Referrals for ultrasounds - We will evaluate the results at MMC.
At your birth... - Freedom of movement - Since our moms are mobile (not bound to bed by monitors or medication), you are free to walk, sit on a ball or birthing stool, kneel on the bed, hang on your partner, or whatever other labor/birthing position feels most comfortable to you at the time;
- Water birth - The opportunity to labor and/or give birth in water. The tubs are available for every client at NO extra charge;
- Newborn care - Initial newborn exams and metabolic screening tests.
- Free WiFi - so you can twitter/blog/email pics and updates to friends and family
Postpartum... - 2-day visit (may be a home visit), 1-week and 6-week visits;
- Newborn care;
- Lactation consulting, breastfeeding support.
For more details and to learn how care at the Mountain Midwifery Center is different than hospital-based care, please visit the FAQs page. Other services: Well woman care - Gynecology with a balanced medical and holistic approach including pap smears, blood work, and other labs. Family Planning - MMC does support family planning, but with a decidedly holistic approach. In particular, we like to help women find options that reduce their cancer risk. Options we prefer include IUDs and natural family planning (can include charting, software, etc.). Fertility Support - Holistic Fertility classes offered, see below. MMC currently provides some holistic guidance for fertility. We're working and training to provide a more comprehensive program...more to come soon. Classes / Education: To schedule a class, call 303.788.0600. Don't see a class that fits in your schedule? Please call or email regarding our upcoming schedule (email:
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). We’ve been told we have one of the best class facilities in the Denver area. We have 500 square feet of class room space to spread out and get comfy on big pillows and pads. There are two plush couches, a big chair and a widescreen TV for films and presentations. Two roomy bathrooms are available as well. Free WiFi is available so you can twitter/blog/email friends and family from the class. All our instructors are highly qualified or directly certified in the classes they teach. Mountain Midwifery Center considers education to a critical component of birth and wellness and we take pride in the strength and value of our class offerings. Here's a list of classes available to both MMC clients and the public at large... - Childbirth preparation with Heather Scott - a 4-week series, $175 - A time to learn and discuss how to ease late pregnancy discomforts, optimal fetal positioning, the progress of labor, navigating the "what-ifs" of birth, relaxation and comfort measures including our birth tubs, how partners can support mom with a variety of techniques. Contact Heather directly at
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if the class is full and you are needing another class date option. Saturdays available at an alternate location.
- March 17 - April 7, Wednesdays 5:30-8:00pm *Full*
- April 21 - May 12, Wednesdays 5:30 - 8:00 pm
- June 2 - 23, Wednesdays 5:30 - 8:00 pm
- Childbirth refresher for birth at MMC with Heather Scott - a 1-time class, $60 - For families planning their first out-of-hospital birth with a review of labor progression, comfort, and coping measures and the use of a birth tub.
Friday March 12, 5:00-8:00pm Friday April 16, 5:00 - 8:00 pm Friday May 7, 5:00 - 8:00 pm
- Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth with Amy Lynch - 10-week series (12 weeks worth of content) - $300 for class and materials - The Bradley Method is a comprehensive class series covering nutrition, exercise, the stages of labor, useful positions for labor & birth, relaxation techniques, coping strategies, birth choices, and post-partum. This class series is unique in that Dads or partners are taught many things they can do to support Mom during labor. This is a longer class series than most in order to give couples plenty of time to practice the techniques taught in class so that they feel confident and well prepared when labor begins. Please see http://www.passion4birth.com/ for more info on the class series or http://www.bradleybirth.com/ for more information on The Bradley Method (R). Call 303.788.0600 or visit MMC in person to register. (This class is great for any couple planning a natural birth, however there may be some review of material that is part of routine pre-natal care at MMC).
- January 18 - March 22, Mondays 6:30-8:45pm *Full*
- February 21- May 2, Sundays 6:30 - 9:00 pm
- April 5 - June 14, Mondays 6:30-8:45pm *No Class on Monday May 31st, Memorial Day*
- "Birthing From Within" Class with Gina Penka and Lynn Flanagan-Till - 4-week series - $200 - We will explore childbirth and its preparation as a profound rite of passage, self-discovery, a continually evolving process, and an active, creative self-expression. We'll learn coping practices that ease suffering; birth-art that delves deep into dreams, fears, hopes, and expectations; how to flow with whatever labor brings; how to cope if unexpected, unwelcome events occur; and how to support your laboring partner.
- February 20 - March 13, Saturdays 9:30am - 12 noon *Full*
- April 3 - 24, Saturdays 9:30am - 12 noon *Full*
- May 15 - June 5, Saturdays 9:30 - 12 noon
- Breasfeeding for Parents-to-Be - 1 class, 2 hours - $50 - With Kate Martinez, Camille Renier, or Becky Potter - Chock full of helpful tips and techniques for latching, positioning and more. Discusses the value of breastfeeding for the health of baby and mom and the economic benefits for the family. Dads or partners are strongly encouraged to attend.
- March 16, Tuesday, 6 - 8pm with Kate *Full*
- March 25, Thursday, 6 - 8pm with Camille
- April 6, Tuesday, 6 - 8pm with Kate
- April 17, Saturday, 4 - 6pm with Becky
- April 20, Tuesday, 6 - 8pm with Kate
- May 4 Tuesday, 6-8pm with Kate
- May 18 Tuesday, 6-8 pm with Kate
- may 27 Tuesday, 6-8pm with
- Newborn care for Parents-to-Be - 1 class, 2 hours - $50 - With Heather Thompson or Becky Potter - A big help to new parents, this class covers bathing, dressing and diaper changing and then goes beyond regarding what to expect with the newborn. Includes how to recognize normaly and healthy and differentiating it from warning signs in multiple areas of health, including skin tone, cord care, urination, bowel movements and more.
- March 4, Thursday, 6 - 8pm with Heather T.
- March 13, Saturday, 1 - 3pm with Becky
- March 23, Tuesday, 6 - 8pm with Heather T.
- April 1, Thursday 6 - 8pm with Heather T.
- April 17, Saturday 1 - 3pm with Becky
- April 27, Tuesday 6 - 8 pm with Heather T.
- May 6, Thursday 6-8pm with Heather T.
- May 25, Tuesday 6-8pm with Heather T.
- Baby wearing with Heather Thompson - 1 class, $20 for 1 participant, $25 for a couple (can include support nework, like grandma or ???) - Learn how to wear your baby! Helps you choose a baby carrier that fits your lifestyle and personality as well as improve the use of carriers you may already own.
- Tuesdays, March 2 & 16 & 30, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
- Tuesdays, April 6 & 20, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
- Infant Massage with Camille Renier - 2-class series - $60 - Infant massage connects you deeply with your baby. It helps you to understand your baby's unique nonverbal language and to respond with love and respectful listening. Benefits of infant massage include decreased fussiness/stress in babies, relief of gas, constipation, and colic, improved sleep, assistance in normalizing muscle tone and improved circulation, increased stimulation for brain development and sensory awareness, and it promotes bonding and attachment. Infant massage is a way of communicating love through touch, and these nurturing techniques build a foundation that will last a lifetime.
- Thursday May 13 & 20, 6-7 pm
Botanical Bellies & Babies with Lynn Flanagan-Till & Gina Penka - In this fun and informative class we will go over safe and effective herbal treatments for pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and infants. You will walk away with confidence, recipes, resources, and a bag of herbal goodies that we made during class including tea, salve, and baby bath!
- Holistic Fertility with Lynn Flanagan-Till & Colleen Flowers - 1 class, $50/person or $60/couple - Lynn, Herbalist and Women's Health Educator, will offer nutritional and herbal suggestions for enhancing fertility. Colleen, training to be a Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner, will offer the basics of charting your cycle with the Fertility Awareness Method when trying to get pregnant. Prepare your body for pregnancy on the first day of Spring!
- March 20, Saturday, 9:30am - 12noon
Resources: Xylem Family Resources www.xylemfamily.org - Doula Services
- Age-Specific Parenting (beginning with newborns)
- Parent/Child Bonding
- In-Home Family Coaching
- Playgroups …and more!
Cocoon Enterprises Inc www.cocoonenterprise.com - Doula Services - full range: antepartum, labor and birth, and postpartum
- Education - childbirth preparation, nurturing pregnancy, breastfeeding, infant massage, babywearing, baby sign, and infant and child CPR classes
- Family Enrichment - play time, story time, art, music and movement, Spanish together
A Parent Connection http://www.aparentconnection.com/ - For new mothers
- Overcome prenatal, postpartum or post-adoption depression & anxiety
- Adjust to changes in marriage or partnership
- Strengthen confidence in parenting skills and instincts
- Process grief
- Recover from birth trauma
- For women in all phases of motherhood
- Strengthening relationship to self
- Mending or improving their marriage or partnership
- Increasing parenting effectiveness
- Seeking satisfaction in career choices
- Healing past relationships
Emily Althaus, PsyD - Licensed Clinical Psychologist - For individuals, couples and group therapy -
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Mountain Midwifery Mamas - A Postpartum Social Group - For clients of Mountain Midwifery Center, Mountain Midwifery Mamas is a group where clients can meet other mamas who share the common birth center experience. We plan playdates, informative presentations, and mom's-night-out dates around town. It's a great place to network and meet like-minded women! If you have had your prenatal care and/or birth at the birth center and would like to join the group, please contact the organizer, Amy Swagman, at
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to receive an invitation to the yahoo group.
Places We Love: Recommended Reading List: Pregnancy Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth by Sheila Kitzinger Mothering Magazine’s Having a Baby, Naturally: The Mothering Magazine Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth by Peggy O’Mara, Wendy Ponte, and Jackie Facciolo The Natural Pregnancy Book: Herbs, Nutrition and Other Holistic Choices by Aviva Jill Romm The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer and Rhonda Wheeler Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities: A Guide to the Medical Literature by Henci Goer Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation by CNM, MA, Pam England and PhD, Rob Horowitz
Pediatrics The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child by Robert Sears The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two by William Sears, Martha Sears, Robert Sears, and James Sears Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child by Janet Zand
Gynecology / Well Woman Care Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom - Northrup FertileView software, · http://www.novuscor.com/gpage2.html
Websites: Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing - www.Midwives.org Waterbirth International American Association of Birth Centers Coalition for Improving Maternity Services Childbirth Connection The Birth Survey WishGarden Herbal Remedies Motherlove Herbal Company Colorado Public News - Links to find Health Insurance Colorado Community Health Network The Business of Being Born Citizens for Midwifery Pregnant in America, A Nation’s Miscarriage
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