Family Birth Centers

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Birthing center visitation restrictions

To help contain coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Ballad Health hospitals have implemented new labor and delivery visitation restrictions, including:

Allowing just 1 visitor per room*
Engaging all visitors in screening protocols
Limiting public entry points

*Visitors are not currently allowed in non-pediatric hospital departments. Please read more about these visitation restrictions.

Deciding where to have your baby is important. Choose top-quality, hands-on maternity care from the skilled professionals at our Family Birth Centers in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.

Family Birth Center Services & Amenities

Depend on our one-on-one maternity services, special programs and amenities including:

Private, homelike, soothing birthing suites with advanced fetal monitoring equipment where you can welcome your new little one in comfort

Dedicated pediatric hospitalists available 24/7 at Niswonger Children’s Hospital to help care for you and your newborn during delivery and afterward

Access to advanced facilities if you need a C-section or have other complications

Highly skilled, caring nurses to help you bond with your baby right after birth and alleviate any anxiety you may have about being a new mother

Breastfeeding services, including supplies available through Ballad Health pharmacies, as well as breastfeeding classes and certified lactation consultants to support you and your baby in adjusting to breastfeeding

Prenatal classes to help you understand how to breastfeed, perform infant CPR, give your newborn a bath, teach siblings about baby and more

Postpartum care for mother and baby to make sure you’re doing well after delivery

Nurse midwife services available at Indian Path Medical Center and Franklin Woods Community Hospital.

High-risk maternity care at Johnson City Medical Center, with perinatalogists available 24/7, and High Risk Obstetrical Consultants (HiROC) in Kingsport.

24/7 anesthesia coverage

Family Birth Center Locations

Expect quality, family-centered maternity care at one of our ten Family Birth Centers throughout Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia including:

Abingdon, VA

Family Birth Center at Johnston Memorial Hospital

Big Stone Gap, VA

The Birthing Inn at Lonesome Pine Hospital, Big Stone Gap, VA

Bristol, TN / VA

Deborah H. Quillen Birthing Center at Bristol Regional Medical Center, which has been recognized by Cribs for Kids as a Gold-Certified Safe Sleep Champion, the highest infant sleep designation available

Greeneville, TN

Birthing Center at Takoma Regional Hospital
Laughlin Memorial Hospital

Johnson City, TN

Family Birth Center at Franklin Woods Community Hospital, which has earned perinatal care certification from The Joint Commission, is certified as a Gold Safe Sleep Champion by Cribs for Kids
Shirley Palmer Family Birth Center at Johnson City Medical Center, which includes the Northeast Tennessee Reginal Perinatal Center (one of only five state-designated perinatal centers in Tennessee) – Johnson City Medical Center is certified by The Joint Commission for perinatal care and is a Gold Safe Sleep Champion by Cribs for Kids.