Baby Friendly Hospital
Jefferson Healthcare is designated as a Baby Friendly Hospital, the fifth in the State of Washington to achieve this certification. The World Health Organization confirms that Jefferson Healthcare’s Family Birth Center staff of registered nurses and physicians will provide a unique and critical link between the breast feeding support for the mother prior to and after delivery. Only 5% of hospitals in the United States have been able to successfully achieve this designation.
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.
Comfort
Our family birthing suites feature soaking tubs for hydrotherapy; telemetric fetal monitoring, so you can walk and have a high level of mobility during fetal monitoring; and nurse anesthetists fully trained in pain management approaches. The suites include refrigerators, televisions, and large private showers.
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.
Childbirth classes
Free childbirth classes cover early and active labor, comfort measures, pain management, newborn care, early parenthood, breastfeeding, and baby safety. Learn more or register for classes today.
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.
Birthing Suites
The Family Birth Center at Jefferson Healthcare offers a four-room birthing center (two with labor tubs). Skilled OB providers are on-call 24 hours a day.
Providers can offer a range of pain management options and labor tools, including squat bars, birthing balls, and birth stools.
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
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