From prenatal care to labor, delivery and post-partum care, we are dedicated to providing a compassionate, intimate, warm and family-centered approach to your birth experience. Together Family Medicine & Obstetric providers and the Family Birth Center (FBC) team make every effort to focus on your birth plan throughout your journey, while providing flexibility in choices, exceptional care, protecting your safety and ensuring the well-being of your baby.
About Us
The Family Birth Center at Jefferson Healthcare offers family-centered birthing suites that provide modern technology in a caring, supportive environment. Families appreciate the individualized attention, private rooms, and experienced labor, delivery, and post-partum nurses.
Services to support all birthing plans:
Low-intervention birth service
We are dedicated to offering exceptional support for low-intervention births. At Jefferson, your birth plan preferences are fully supported by our experienced providers and specially trained nurses. Our rooms are thoughtfully designed and equipped to assist those seeking a birth experience with minimal intervention. Our family birthing suites feature soaking tubs for hydrotherapy and telemetric fetal monitoring, so you can walk and have a high level of mobility during fetal monitoring. We have a wide variety of birthing balls, peanutballs, and birthing bars. The suites include refrigerators, televisions, and large private showers. We offer nitrous oxide, more commonly known as laughing gas. When used in labor, the concentration is much lower than in other settings. If you decide to use nitrous oxide, you will be in control of how often you use the gas and will hold your mask.
Support
Your partner or spouse is encouraged to stay with you throughout labor and delivery. Your baby will room in with you, and siblings are always welcome when accompanied by an adult. A midwife or trained doula may be present during labor and for initial transitional support. We offer 24-hour on call obstetric trained providers and 24-hour on call anesthesia support for epidural placement and management.
Planned and unplanned C-section births
There are various reasons why birthing individuals may choose a scheduled C-section. We recommend discussing this option with your provider before your due date, though the decision can also be made at any point during your pregnancy or even during active labor. Once your baby is delivered via C-section, our team will perform a quick vital check. If both you and your baby are stable and you give your consent, we will place your baby directly on your chest for skin-to-skin contact. If you are not stable enough for this or if medical considerations make it difficult, your baby will be placed in a bassinet next to your head so you can see and interact with your newborn.
Childbirth Classes
Free childbirth classes cover early and active labor, comfort measures, pain management, newborn care, early parenthood, and breast/chest feeding.
Register for classes or email: childbirth.education@jeffersonhealthcare.org.
From Prenatal Care to Delivery and Recovery
From prenatal care to labor, delivery and post-partum care, we are dedicated to providing a compassionate and family-centered approach to your birth experience. Family medicine and obstetric providers, together with the birth center team, make every effort to focus on your birth plan throughout your journey while providing flexibility in choices, exceptional care, and ensuring the wellbeing of your baby. Follow-up visits for recovery, newborn care, and lactation support ensure the best outcomes for family bonding, breastfeeding, and baby and birth parent care in the first weeks.
Your Team
Asif Luqman, MD, FACOG
Accepting New Patients
Jefferson Healthcare Clinic
Jefferson Healthcare Clinic
Christine F. Skorberg, MD, FACOG
Accepting New Patients
Jefferson Healthcare Clinic
Jefferson Healthcare Clinic
Learn more about our services
Call 360.385.2200, ext. 3600 to set up your personal Birth Center tour.
Please have the following information ready:
- Name and phone number
- Idea for your birth plan
- Insurance information