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|  The Central Texas Birth Network is a valuable resource for families who are looking for services to help them during pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenthood. From childbirth educators to prenatal exercise instructors, our members are knowledgeable in their profession and dedicated to serving you during this special time in your life.
We invite you to browse our site, where you can locate childbirth professionals in our provider directory, read our member profiles, and locate a class or event near you. We look forward to serving you during the childbearing year. We congratulate you and wish you well on this amazing journey into parenthood. We are also on Facebook, so become a fan and you'll get to hear about upcoming events and news about birth in Central Texas.
 
Announcement: May Birth Circle is On for Tuesday, May 19th at 7:00 pm!
Join us at Austin Baby Store for the first Birth Circle. Get support and learn about your options during pregnancy, your birth, and the postpartum period. This month's topic is: Creating Your Support Environment for Birth and Beyond. Visit our Birth Circle page for more information. Meet Our Members
Each month, CTBN will introduce one of our wonderful members. This month we are featuring Ryka George, birth & postpartum doula, lactation specialist, and Founder and Executive Director of The Mothering Way. Who We Are
The CTBN is a member-supported organization of childbirth professionals, healthcare providers, and other businesses that serve expecting mothers and families. Members support a woman’s right to make informed decisions about her pregnancy and birth options and advocate evidence-based, mother-friendly care, as defined by the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative (MFCI) of the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services. The CTBN also advocates for the Six Care Practices that Support Normal Birth, which are endorsed by Lamaze International.
Our goal is to connect families with providers for the childbearing year in the Austin and surrounding Central Texas communities. We offer a provider directory to assist families who are searching for quality care, services and products.
If you are a childbirth professional, healthcare provider, own a business that assists families and women during the childbearing year, or a leader of a birth- or parenting-related support group, visit our membership page to find out how to list your business or organization. Had A Baby In The Last Three Years? It has been easier to get consumer satisfaction information about a camera than about maternity care services – but no longer. The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) has developed www.TheBirthSurvey.com a consumer feedback website where women provide information about the maternity care they received - with specific doctors, midwives, hospitals, and birth centers. Families choosing where and with whom to birth can utilize this consumer feedback, along with data on hospital and birth center intervention rates and practices, to make informed health care choices. If you have given birth in the last three years, CIMS would like to know about your birth experience. According to CIMS, "The survey asks mothers a variety of questions about their satisfaction with their maternity care providers and birth setting, and includes their feedback in the results, allowing other women to benefit from their experiences. In addition to the consumer data, the website will begin to list obstetrical intervention data for each hospital as provided by state Departments of Health. The Birth Survey is designed to help women find quality providers and birth settings that are the best match for their needs and lifestyles. Providers and facilities will also be able to utilize The Birth Survey as a consumer feedback and quality improvement tool." Help us spread the word about the survey,so that women in Central Texas can be informed about their choices in birth. Here is a flyer that you can print and distribute. Share this with all the mothers you know.
Organizations That Support CTBN
Texans for Midwifery Austin - TFM-Austin is a consumer-based group working to inform families, the medical community and decisionmakers about midwives and midwifery care. We promote The Midwives Model of Care as a valuable birth option that should be available wherever women choose to birth, both inside and outside the hospital. Quick Links
Provider Directory - Find doulas, childbirth class instructors, parenting support and
other businesses that provide services to pregnant mothers and families. Community Calendar - Find a class or an event offered by one of our providers.- Support Groups- Find parenting, postpartum depression, or other parenting
support. - Membership Page - Find out how to become a member of the Central Texas Birth
Network. - Submit an Event or Class Listing - CTBN Providers can list classes and events that
they are facilitating or sponsoring. - Professional Training and Conferences - Interested in becoming a birth professional
or expanding your knowledge base? See our calendar of upcoming workshops and
conferences throughout Texas for birthing professionals.
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| Our Mission
The Central Texas Birth Network’s mission is to provide our community with resources to encourage positive pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum experiences through education, empowerment, and advocacy. | | Birth Wisdom
I think one of the best things we could do would be to help women/parents/families discover their own birth power, from within themselves. And to let them know it's always been there, they just needed to tap into it. Karl Menninger | |
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