The Natural Birthing Center LLC Information

Our Clinical Director, Sandra Tallbear, is a Certified Nurse Midwife and Advanced Registered Nurse Practicioner who has a long career in midwifery. She has attended over 750 homebirths and several hundred water births since 1996. She has a 33-year nursing career. Sandra has learned to blend trust in the birth process, with a safe birth for mother and baby. We have experience . Due to her experience there is less liklihood of transferring out of care for some late term non life threatening complications. That includes 24 years' direct midwifery experience and over 3000 births in all settings: home, birthcenter, and hospital, including home birth after cesarean. Our transport rate is low. If you are serious about a homebirth, we are serious! We pour our hearts and soul into your birth. We will do our best to keep you at home safely. We are on your team to safely support you. Each year our transport rate has stood at 10-12%. Most transports occur for non emergent reasons and are client directed. In 2018 our cesarean rate was 8%, well under the national average of 30%. In 2017 our cesarean rate was 2.5 % and in 2016 it was 0%. In 2015 our Cesarean rate was 3.5%, and in 2014, it was 5%. You can see we have a consistently low cesarean rate. We work very hard to keep you out of the hospital ( 33% cesarean rate on average) and to have a safe homebirth. That said--we also will not compromise you or your baby's well being. We do our very best to strike a healthy balance. We also owe a debt of thanks to the hospital(s) in which we transferred for allowing our mama's to the opportunity to rest and have a vaginal delivery. We have a balanced view of pregnancy and birth . We are experts in low-risk, natural birth and how to stay healthy during pregnancy, labor, postpartum and beyond. We discuss healthy dietary modifications and exercises, as well as healthy supplements to meet your baby and your body's needs. Each birth is customized to fit your needs. We keep customizing as you grow, learn and decide what is the best for you. In fact we are the Mercedes Benz of birth. Onsite childbirth classes - Stephanie Nicholson teaches Husband Coached Childbirth. 254-913-6939 in the Salado office.