We have a secret in our culture...

and it's not that birth is painful. It's that women are strong. - Laura Stavoe Harm

 

 

"The truth for women living in a modern world is that they must take increasing responsibility for the skills they bring into birth if they want their birth to be natural. Making choices of where and with whom to birth is not the same as bringing knowledge and skills into your birth regardless of where and with whom you birth."

Common Knowledge Trust

You have options...

                                          Hospitals Options                (updated 10/14/07 Teri Pier)

 

                        Minneapolis         & St. Paul          Area  Hospitals

 

CNM

H2O

Birth

          Port Labor Tubs

 

 

Tubs

 

 

Showers

Water proof telemetry units

No

Nursery

Stay

Doula

 in

OR

Baby   w          Mom in  Recov.

VBACS

allwed

Fairview  Ridges (Burnsville)

           

 

 

 

X

 

X

 

X

X

Fairview Riverside/   University (Minneapolis)

X

 

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X        Dr's  FRWC MW/no

Fairview Southdale (Edina)

 

 

 

Some  2 Lg.

X

 

X

 

X

X

HCMC CNM             (Minneapolis)

X

X

X

X

X

Per case

X

X

Mom can ask

X

HCMC L&D      (Minneapolis)

 

 

 

 

X     Big

X            2 units

Mom's request

X

Mom can ask

X

Mercy      (Coon Rapids)

 

 

 

Large

X

X

X

Per Case

Mom can ask

X

Methodist      (St. Louis Pk)

X

 

X

Large

X

X

X

X

X

X

N Memorial   (Robbinsdale)

X

 

 

Large

X

X

X

Per Case

X

X       Dr's MW/no 

Lakeview    (Stillwater)

X

X

 

X

X

X

X

Per Case

X

X      ob's only

Regions        (St. Paul)

X

 

 

Large

X

 

X     

Per Case

X

X

St. Francis (Shakopee)

X

 

 

X

X

X          2 units  

X

Per Case

X

X

St. John's (Maplewood)

X

 

 

X

X

X

X

Per Case

X

X

St. Josephs      (St. Paul)

X

X

 

X     Large

X

X

X

X

X

 

United         (St. Paul)

 

 

 

Only  on 2300

L&D         1 tub     1 shwr

 

X

X

X

X

Unity  (Fridley)

 

 

 

X

X

 

X

X

Per Case

X

Ridgeview (Waconia)

X

X

X

 

X

 

X

Per Case

X

X

Woodwinds (Woodbury)

X

X

 

Large

X

X

X

X

X

X

Abbot North-western (Minneapolis)

X

 

X   LG

 

X

 

X

Per Case

X

X

 

 

 

 

2008 Cesarean Rates

Hospital

 

Abbott Northwestern

Southdale

United

Northfield

Fairview Lakes (Wyoming)

Fairview Ridges

Fairview University/Riverside

Stillwater

Mercy

Woodwinds

Methodist

St. Francis

Unity

North Memorial

Regions

St. John's

HCMC

St. Joseph's

All Minnesota Hospitals

 

 

2007 Rates

36%

32%

32%

25%

30%

27%

29%

22%

26%

24%

25%

24%

24%

25%

23%

21%

20%

13%

28%

2008 Rates with rate change

 

36%  (0)

34%  (+2)

34%  (+2)

29%  (+4)

29%   (-1)

28%  (+1)

27%  (-2)

25% (+5)

25% (-1)

24%  (0)

24% (-1)

24% (0)

23% (-3)

22% (-3)

22% (-1)

21% (0)

21% (+1)

11%  (-2) WOO HOO!!

27% (-1)