Birth Center Stone Oak is fulfilling the growing desire for natural childbirth in San Antonio. Since opening in 2012, the Center’s licensed midwives have delivered hundreds of babies outside of a hospital. Birth Center Stone Oak, located in North Central San Antonio, is part of a wave of birth centers − freestanding facilities dedicated to [...]
I like the idea of a home birth; I always have. And after reading books like Ina May Gaskin’s Guide To Childbirth and watching documentaries like The Business of Being Born, I was further motivated to seek midwives and a birth environment that encouraged a more natural, trust-in-your-body approach to childbirth. And yet I just [...]
There is a lot of confusion and anxiety regarding the Zika virus and how it affects pregnant women. It’s important to remember that there are still a lot of unknowns at this time. We simply don’t know all of the details. We do know that the virus is spread by the bite of an infected [...]
Birth Centers are Out of Hospital Birth Center Stone Oak is a standalone facility staffed with midwives. We offer prenatal care, birth support and postpartum care for low risk moms all in the same building. Birth Centers Have Low Intervention As a nonmedical facility, Birth Center Stone Oak does not offer pain medications but do offer a [...]
