Welcome, Francis!
Francis (they/them) is Our Community Birth Center's new birth assistant/lactation provider. Francis will also host our LGBTQIA+ monthly meet ups for families. Francis has been attending births and supporting families and individuals in their reproductive health journeys for almost 9 years! We are so happy to have them on our team!
Job Posting: Full Time, Certified Nurse Midwife, Our Community Birth Center
Job Posting: Full Time, Certified Nurse Midwife, Our Community Birth Center Updated December 2023 Are you committed to building relationships with your clients, providing personalized care, and supporting physiologic birth? Would you like to put your skills and expertise to use in an organization committed to equity, inclusion, and social justice? Are you excited by the chance to help grow a nonprofit community-based midwifery birth center and health clinic? If you said “Yes” to any of these questions, we may have the perfect job for you! Our Community Birth Center is a community-focused organization in Springfield/Eugene, Oregon. We provide full
Congratulations, Vivianne
Congratulations to our newest midwife Vivianne on passing her board exam last month to officially become a Certified Nurse Midwife! Vivianne had to obtain a bachelor's degree in nursing, a doctoral degree in nurse midwifery, and then pass a comprehensive midwifery certification exam to reach this point. Now we are just waiting on her license to practice as a Certified Nurse Midwife/Nurse Practitioner in Oregon and then she will get to start catching babies and offering clinic appointments at Our Community Birth Center in November. More about Vivianne: Vivianne has been serving as a birth worker since 2011 after becoming
NRP Certification Renewed!
This month our midwives and nurses at Our Community Birth Center renewed their Neonatal Resuscitation Program Certification with a special all-day birth center focused training through the American Association of Birth Centers. Our team spent the day practicing skills and techniques to provide fast and effective emergency care to babies with respiratory or cardiac distress. Our Community Birth Center staff participate in a wide range of emergency practice drills throughout the year and maintain Neonatal Resuscitation Program Certification to ensure we are always ready to provide the best care possible if a baby needs extra support after birth.
Baby Clinic
Baby Clinic is every Monday at Our Community Birth Center. Parents and babies are welcome to drop in anytime between 1 pm - 2 pm. This is an opportunity to meet other parents and receive support from your peers and birth center nurses and midwives. You can check your baby's weight, socialize, and ask questions. Baby Clinic is facilitated by our wonderful and very experienced lactation consultant and nurse, Annie Hoag RN IBCLC. You do not have to be a birth center client to participate, anyone is welcome. Join us in person at 188 West B Street, Building O, Springfield,
Postpartum Bonding Session
It was a beautiful day at the birth center. We had the pleasure of facilitating two postpartum bonding sessions in our pool and birth room. Big thank you to @whenabellyblooms and @desirea_still for taking photos of the sessions today. We can't wait to share some of the actual photos when they're ready! Anyone is welcome to book a mini retreat in our pool and birth room. We offer pregnancy and postpartum sessions with options for flowers, herbs, milk, snacks, and more so you can treat yourself. Cost is on a sliding scale so you can pick what works for your
Baby Clinic is Back!
Many of our followers will remember the beloved free weekly drop in Baby Clinic at the former Nurse Midwifery Birth Center. We're excited to share that Our Community Birth Center's new Baby Clinic is here! Pregnant and postpartum parents are invited to join us on Mondays between 1 pm - 2 pm starting 2/28/22 at Our Community Birth Center. This is an opportunity to meet other parents and receive support from your peers and birth center nurses and midwives. You can check your baby's weight, socialize, and ask questions. This is open to all pregnant people and parents of babies.
Registration for our next Childbirth Prep Plus Course is open
Registration for our next Childbirth Prep Plus Course is open! This cohort will be great for people with due dates between May - July 2022. We welcome participants planning birth centers, hospitals, and homebirth. In-person and zoom options are available. Thank you to Emily Little PhD Executive Director of Nurturely for facilitating a Babywearing session when we cover newborn and postpartum topics! We also enjoy partnering with Parenting Now to facilitate a session focused on parenting. Our sessions on pregnancy, labor, and birth are all guided by our own Certified Nurse Midwife and Executive Director AlexAnn Westlake Cnm and we
New Special Offerings
Our special new offering - Postpartum Bonding & Healing Pool Session This session is all about you and your baby or child. We create a loving and healing space where you can relax, heal, and bond. If your birth or postpartum experience didn’t go as you had hoped, this is an opportunity for deepening your connection and creating loving memories. Any parent-child (or parents and children) can benefit from one of these sessions and all are welcome to sign up. Also, we have put special intention into making this a healing space and time for those who experienced birth trauma,
Ready for the first babies!
Sweet gift bags ready for the first babies at Our Community Birth Center and we're expecting those first babies any day now ! Our clinic services are also in full swing. Did you know our nurse midwifery service also provides annual check ups, gynecology, fertility, birth control, lab testing, and more? We have long appointment times and take the time to listen to you and work with you toward your health goals. Text, call, or request an appointment on our website. Phone number 458-234-6800. Insurance Updates: Your care with us is covered (in-network) by the following insurance plans: - Regence
Press Release: Grand Opening
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GRAND OPENING BRINGS FREESTANDING BIRTH CENTER TO LANE COUNTY Our Community Birth Center Grand Opening Event October 24 Eugene/Springfield, OR – October 2021 – The public is invited to the Grand Opening of Our Community Birth Center, a new community-based nonprofit midwifery birth center that expands options for pregnant people in Lane County. Join us Sunday October 24th between 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm for an in-person open house style event or for our live online event from 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm. In-person location: 188 West B Street, Building O, Springfield, Oregon. Live online access details
Operations Coordinator Position Opening
Update: This position has been filled. Job Posting: Operations Coordinator, Our Community Birth Center Do you have experience in midwifery birth center operations and management? Would you like to put your skills and expertise to use in an organization committed to equity, social justice, and anti-racism? Are you excited by the chance to help grow a new nonprofit community-based midwifery birth center and health clinic? If you said “Yes” to any of these questions, we may have the perfect job for you! Our Community Birth Center is a community-focused organization in Springfield/Eugene, Oregon that is growing and evolving even as