Southern Minnesota Birth Center Interest

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This survey is being used as a tool to check the interest level of opening a free-standing birth center in or around Mankato, MN. Please take the time to answer these 10 questions. This survey will only take a few minutes and is completely confidential.

A free-standing birth center would be a birth center staffed by midwives (either CPMs or CNMs) and would not be affiliated with a hospital. Free-standing birth centers staffed by midwives have been shown to be a safe option for low-risk women. Free-standing birth centers support natural, vaginal births. Often birth centers offer waterbirth and may also support VBAC (vaginal birth after c-section).

Free-standing birth centers are a very affordable option for women with little or no insurance coverage for pregnancy. Usually a birth center costs approximately 1/3 of the cost of a hospital birth. For those who have health insurance, services provided by a midwife are often covered at either in-network or out-of-network rate.