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About The Birth Place Practice The Birth Place, formerly BirthWise Alternative
Birthing Service, was founded by Gretchen Brauer-Rieke, CNM, in 1996 in order to offer women of the After offering the women of the Janelle has hospital privileges at
both Clients choosing maternity services
through The Birth Place are healthy, low-risk women who anticipate having a normal pregnancy and birth. They are looking for a non-interventive, natural childbirth experience in which they are respected for
their ability to make appropriate decisions for themselves and their babies. Many clients are expecting their first
baby, and even more have had one or more children in a hospital setting and are looking for a less-routinized, more personalized
experience with their current pregnancy. Some women have been medicated during
previous labors against their will, some have been forced to remain on their backs in bed through labor, many have received
unnecessary episiotomies, and most have been separated from their babies after birth for no apparent reason. They come to The Birth Place in
order to have their unique style of childbearing validated and supported, to have the support that they need for an unmedicated,
non-surgical birth, and for the ability to maintain uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact with their babies for as long as they
desire after the birth. Many Birth Place clients choose
to labor and/or birth in water – others choose squatting, birth stool, hands and knees, or side-lying for their births. To learn more about our services or to contact us, click on any of the links at the top of
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