Journey to Motherhood at Bozeman Health

At Bozeman Health Family Birth Center (FBC), our approach to your care is family-centered and includes comprehensive services such as prenatal education, labor and delivery care and postpartum care. The FBC framework includes support from the following care teams: Labor and Delivery, Mother Baby and southwest Montana’s first neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Medicated and Natural Birth Options

Bozeman Health’s Family Birth Center has the resources and expertise to accommodate a full spectrum of birth plans, from unmedicated labor and delivery to cesarean delivery. The FBC offers alternative pain management options such as whirlpool tubs, “peanut” balls, birthing stools, theragun massage equipment and cordless monitoring to allow for mobility during labor. If patients are interested in midwifery care, the FBC has four licensed and certified nurse midwives on staff in addition to our OBGYN physicians. Doulas are also welcome.

“The amazing thing about modern labor and delivery is the ability to have a variety of options during labor. Every birth is a special and deeply personal event, and it is an honor and privilege to assist families in welcoming their children into the world,” says Kirsti Hahn, RNC ~OB labor and delivery nurse leader.

Postpartum Journey

Our care team prioritizes skin-to-skin contact after birth and 24hour rooming in, where mother and baby stay together. Lactation consultants offer daily feeding support as well as outpatient lactation appointments if needed.

Whole Person Care

Bozeman Health Women’s Specialists Clinic and the Family Birth Center work together to provide you with a medical home for your pregnancy and birth journey. An integrated hospital care setting allows for comprehensive, whole-self care in one convienent location.

Women’s Specialists Clinic features maternal fetal medicine physicians who specialize in high-risk pregnancy care and OB nurse navigators who enhance your pregnancy journey by providing educational resources and guidance along the way.

“As the OB nurse navigators, we have extra time to listen and make sure everything is taken care of. Our goal is to empower you to feel confident in your prenatal care and prepared to care for your baby,” says Jessica Williamson and Shaina Bilyeu, nurse navigators.

Additionally, behavioral health specialists are integrated within the clinic as a routine part of prenatal and postpartum care. Hospitalist pediatricians, who specialize in the care of newborns, will care for your baby after delivery. As your baby grows from tot to teen, their care continues with the Bozeman Health Pediatrics team.