https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 01:23:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/natural-birth-in-nashville#post-802289 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:59:07 +0000 Torchwood 802289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>And one last note before bed, since the homebirth issue is my fear, not any actual risk, a birth center doesn't have to actually *be* any safer, as long as I feel safer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/natural-birth-in-nashville#post-802281 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:47:21 +0000 Torchwood 802281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mamamoose- Thanks, I may be in touch once things settle. </p> <p>Also, I would be unlikely to be high risk for the abruption issue. My doctor said it's not hereditary, but it's extremely rare so for both my mother and my (maternal) grandmother to have had them is unexpected and worth watching. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/natural-birth-in-nashville#post-802249 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:16:47 +0000 MamaMoose 802249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LizSmith: Vandy midwives will definitely be your best bet in Nashville. If you decide to go the hospital route let me know and I can give you some info. I loved my OB from TN Women's Care and had a fabulous experience delivering at Centennial. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/natural-birth-in-nashville#post-802241 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:11:48 +0000 Torchwood 802241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@arden, the birth center I wanted in Denver is literally across the street from the hospital, so that's what I really wanted. I was hoping there'd be a similarly close center in Nashville, though I didn't expect it. </p> <p>@daniellemybelle, thanks for the information. I'll look into it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/natural-birth-in-nashville#post-802237 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:07:08 +0000 daniellemybelle 802237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LizSmith: The Vanderbilt Midwives are awesome! I would definitely recommend looking around their FB group: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/367051987303/" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/groups/367051987303/</a></p> <p>They have birthing suites with deep laboring tubs, though you unfortunately have to get out to deliver the baby. But they are extremely supportive of natural birth and low intervention overall. While it's a hospital setting, I think its a great option in Nashville. Personally I am really happy we will have access to everything a hospital offers, with a midwifery model. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/natural-birth-in-nashville#post-802119 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:42:53 +0000 Arden 802119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Unless you were planning on a in-hospital birth center, how is a home birth any different than a freestanding birth center when it comes to complications? Midwives bring the same equipment to the home that birth centers have.<br /> I would interview a couple of midwives and talk about whether or not your family history classifies you as high risk, and go from there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/natural-birth-in-nashville#post-802102 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:35:51 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 802102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My only experience has been at Vanderbilt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/natural-birth-in-nashville#post-802092 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:33:18 +0000 Torchwood 802092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's at least a couple hours away. I just don't want to be that far, for the same reason I wouldn't do a homebirth. I'd like to though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/natural-birth-in-nashville#post-802049 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:05:29 +0000 tlcbaby 802049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not from Nashville, but my first thought was how far will you be far from The Farm Midwifery Center in Summertown, TN? </p> <p><a href="http://www.thefarmmidwives.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thefarmmidwives.org/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/natural-birth-in-nashville#post-802040 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:02:41 +0000 Torchwood 802040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are any bees from the Nashville, TN area? We just found out we're moving there in a month or so. This is overall good news (great moving bonus, and it's where all of our family lives), but Denver has a great birthing center that I was really hoping to give birth at. From what I can tell, Nashville has no birthing centers, and no hospitals that offer water birth as an option. </p> <p>A home birth is not an option for me. I respect those who make that choice, but my grandmother and mother both had placental abruptions, and I would be far more scared to be at home. A birth center would have been the next best thing, but without that available I'm now concerned about being stuck in a hospital and winding up with more interventions, etc. </p> <p>So anyone from around Nashville have any thoughts? </p>