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! 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

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,

Congratulations on your soon to arrive little one!  Click Here for Childbirth Preparation Plus Course Registration The childbirth preparation plus course at Our Community Birth Center offers a wonderful opportunity for pregnant people and their support person(s) to gain more knowledge and confidence about the birth process and more! We recognize that the journey from pregnancy through parenthood and beyond is so much more than just labor and birth. This is why we have developed a comprehensive course to accompany you on this exciting journey! Our course includes preparation for childbirth, lactation/baby feeding, newborn care, and parenting. Specific topics include

Thank you to our awesome volunteers today! The remodel prep work party was a success. Bye bye carpet and fluorescent lights. We are ready for Essex General Construction, Inc. to take the stage soon.  

Did you know that Our Community Birth Center is led by birth center parents and midwives collaboratively? Our Board of Directors and many of our volunteers are birth center parents. Also, we are excited that even our architect, Kira Malone from 2fORM Architecture, who designed the remodel for our building is a birth center parent! It made the work of designing the birth center floor plan flow very smoothly since she has personal knowledge of the purpose and services of the birth center. Kira shared this photo and message about the project: "This birth center project is particularly meaningful for

The welcoming community room. The open kitchen located at the heart of the building for families and staff. The natural views of the park from the birth room windows. There are so many special aspects of this birth center that fill us with joy! We are looking for a few more volunteers to help with our remodel prep work party on Saturday June 26th. Let us know if you're available to help! We will be removing carpets and trim plus a couple other tasks.

We placed the order for our beautiful large birth pool! #waterbirth It's a FP3 Birth Pool by Edel Immersys. This tub was designed specifically for labor and waterbirth and we are so thrilled! Special thank you to Christine Heritage and her friends and family who donated to fund the purchase of this tub. Chris has been advocating for access to water immersion for labor and birth in Lane County since the 1980s. Thank you Chris . Photo from Edel Immersys.

The sun will be back soon and we've got new Our Community Birth Center clothing styles ready when it does! Order now and you can pick up in Eugene or we can ship to you anywhere in the US! Shop at https://ourcommunitybirthcenter.square.site

Today we received approval from Oregon Health Authority for our remodel plans! Remodeling is on track to start this summer. We have raised a little over $260,000 toward our Startup Campaign goal of $300,000! Donate at ourcommunitybirthcenter.org to help get the doors open and launch midwifery birth center services.