Women’s Independent Press

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Christine Haas, Executive Director
412-321-6884

THE MIDWIFE CENTER PLANS OPEN HOUSE TO SHOWCASE
NEWLY RENOVATED BIRTH SUITES

P I T T S B U R G H –The Midwife Center is pleased to invite the community to come see its newly renovated birth suites at its open house on Tuesday, December 13th from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. at its Strip District location. The event will feature tours of the birth center and refreshments.

“We are excited to welcome our clients, supporters, and the community to see the updates to our birth center and learn about our services,” says Midwife Center Executive Director, Christine Haas. “We are thrilled with the success of our recent fundraising campaign that allowed us to update our center.”

The Midwife Center anticipates more than 300 babies to be born with the practice in 2011 and more than 350 in 2012 (up from 244 in 2010). More than half of the babies born with the practice are born at its state-licensed birth center, which features three nature-themed birth suites: the ocean room, forest room, and desert room. The remaining births occur at the Center’s primary referral hospital, UPMC Mercy.

TMC’s mission is to provide exceptional woman-centered pregnancy, birth, and well-woman care in southwestern Pennsylvania’s only independent birth center. Since its inception in 1982 nearly 4500 babies have been born with The Midwife Center. The facility is licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and is accredited by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers.

The Center accepts most insurance plans and is a member organization of Adagio Health, Inc., which enables it to provide care to women on a sliding fee scale. The Center is a private, non-profit practice supported in part by patient fees, United Way Contributor’s Choice, and tax-deductible contributions from individuals, businesses and foundations.
More information about The Midwife Center can be found on its new website www.midwifecenter.org