About Us
Heart of Houston Birth and Wellness Center is a midwife led free standing birth center serving the greater Houston Metro area. In addition to pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care, our midwives provide a full range of services from menarche through menopause. We offer clients personalized, evidence based, and truly collaborative care no matter their life phase. We also partner with physicians, lactation consultants, physical therapists, dietitians and other professionals to provide collaborative care and support to families regardless of location of birth.
Heart of Houston provides a comfortable, inviting, and safe space for you, and your family. We are here to listen and learn from you while offering recommendations based on evidence and clinical experience. When you leave our doors we want you to feel strong, proud, satisfied and safe in the knowledge there is a whole community standing behind you.
The Birth Center
Our birth center is designed to offer all the comforts of home while also providing a safe and functional birthing environment. We offer two private birthing suites, each equipped with on-suite bathrooms and generous soaking tubs. While in labor, you and your guests will have also access to the family lounge and kitchen. To increase your privacy, our birth suites are located on the second floor separate from other clinical areas.
Your birth team is there to provide comfort and support normal labor to progress. You will be encouraged to eat, drink, and move about freely. We have years of experience supporting laboring persons and all sorts of techniques to support and ease the journey including hydrotherapy, tens units, birth pools, spinning babies techniques and so much more. We encourage you in giving birth in whatever position feels best for you and offer the option of water birth. We will also assist you or your support person in receiving the baby if desired. After giving birth, you will be given all the time you need to initiate breastfeeding and bond with your new baby. We will also be there to support for a full year postpartum!
In addition to the required TX state licensing, our center is pursuing national CABC accreditation (Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers). We are located about 4 miles West of the Texas Medical Center.
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What we Stand For
mission
To strengthen individuals, families, and communities one birth at a time.
vision
To provide healthcare in a way that treats people like people not patients.
values
We believe in:
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The midwifery model of care
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Treating all people with dignity and respect
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Fostering safe spaces that allow for open communication
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Respecting autonomy by practicing informed consent and collaborative decision-making
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Building mutual accountability and trust
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The power and necessity of community
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Valuing and supporting the well-being of employees and their families
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Integration and collaboration with all healthcare professions
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The importance of education, continuous learning, and endless quality improvement
Kind Words From Our Clients
Midwife Client
*****
The most phenomenal prenatal, birth and postpartum care. I wouldn’t go anywhere else in Houston!
The midwives here have a wealth of experience to support you through every stage, and their classes equipped me with so much knowledge but more importantly confidence. Every appointment I had from check ups and ultrasounds to glucose tests and IBCLC consults gave me the time and space to ask questions and feel completely at ease.
During my labour I used their bath and laughing gas and have no regrets avoiding an epidural in the hospital.
My health insurance considered them out-of-network but Napier Midwifery Billing were a great support and even if it was fully out of pocket it would still be incredible value.
I also love the Whole Heart Collective events like free clothing swaps and postpartum circles.
"Even if you plan on delivering in a hospital: this group of providers still has so much they can offer you...
I look forward to the weekly postpartum group now. I'm grateful to be growing in motherhood with other women, in a space where we are comfortable to discuss our worries, frustrations, and successes!"
Midwife Client
*****
I cannot say enough wonderful things about The Heart of Houston Birth & Wellness Center! From the start, the midwives and staff made me feel welcomed, supported, and empowered throughout my entire pregnancy and birth journey. Their level of care, knowledge, and dedication is unmatched. They took the time to make sure I felt confident every step of the way.
The prenatal classes were incredibly helpful in preparing me for birth and beyond, and the postpartum group has been a wonderful resource for ongoing support after delivery.
When it came time for the birth, they were incredibly skilled, guiding me through the entire process with care and professionalism. I felt completely supported, and their guidance gave me the strength I needed to bring my baby into the world.
I am so grateful for my positive birth experience, and I highly recommend this amazing birth center to any expecting parent!