There are many wonderful family-centered maternity care programs throughout the country. The following are a few examples of best practice sites. Please contact us for more information about best practice sites.

• Southest Alabama Medical Center, Dothan, Alabama
  www.samc.org

  Southeast Alabama Medical Center operates a state of the art womens center.

• Memorial Herman, The Woodlands Hospital, The Woodlands, Texas
  www.memorialhermann.org

  The Family Birth Center offers a contemporary program of care in private LDRP suites.

• WellStar Cobb Hospital, Austell, Georgia
  www.wellstar.org
  

  WellStar Cobb Hospital designed a developmentally sensitive program and nursery shortly after developmentally sensitive care was introduced to North America.

• St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Edgewood, Kentucky
  www.stelizabeth.com
  

  "The Family Birth Place is a hospital-based unit that provides family-centered care in a labor-delivery-recovery and postpartum (LDRP) environment."

• Family Birth Services, The Women's Center at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, Pomona Valley, California
  www.pvhmc.com
  

  "The Women's Center at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center is a place where new parents can share a private celebration of family during the first moments of life."

• Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia, North Carolina
  www.caromont.org
  

  Expectant mothers are given maternal and newborn clinical pathways during prenatal classes. The woman knows what to expect for herself and her infant and works with the nurse toward mutually planned goals.

• Mercy Hospital of Fairfield, Fairfield, Ohio
  www.mercy.health-partners.org
  

  "We believe that the birth of a baby is a family experience. Our goal is to provide quality and compassionate care to families experiencing the birth of a baby. Informed choice and decision making are strongly emphasized."

• Deaconess Billings Clinic Family Birth Center, Billings, Montana
  www.billingsclinic.com
  

  The Family Birth Center's attention to education promotes a healthy pregnancy and positive parenting, and women work together with their providers to define their own birth experience.