Minnesota Birth Center

Minnesota Birth Center offers comprehensive prenatal care by Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs). Our CNMs are Registered Nurses licensed by the Minnesota Board of Nursing and accredited by the American Midwifery Certification Board. CNMs have advanced training and graduate education in midwifery and are experts in normal pregnancy and birth. The CNM scope of practice includes all prenatal, labor and delivery cares as well as life-long gynecological care. During labor and delivery, midwives are aided by Birth Assistants who are Registered Nurses (RN). Registered Nurses are licensed through the Minnesota Board of Nursing. Is care at Minnesota Birth Center covered by insurance? Minnesota Birth Center is in-network with all major insurers in Minnesota. Who can give birth at Minnesota Birth Center? Minnesota Birth Center specializes in normal physiologic birth. While this list is not exhaustive, these conditions are incompatible with care at Minnesota Birth Center: Heart disease History of embolus or clotting disorders with pregnancy Symptomatic congenital heart defects Kidney disease Current or untreated drug or alcohol addiction Diabetes Mellitus Gestational Diabetes requiring medication Hyperthyroidism Essential hypertension (BP greater than 140/90) Bleeding disorder Sickle cell anemia