Stuart Fischbein, MD

Dr. Fischbein recently stopped practicing community based birthing and now travels around the world sharing his knowledge with and teaching skills to birth workers. He is an outspoken advocate of informed decision making, the midwifery model of care and human rights in childbirth, receiving the 2016 “Most Audacious” award from HRIC and the Association for Wholistic & Newborn Health. You can hear more of his thoughts and advocacy for evidenced-based, reasonable choices on the Birthing Instincts Podcast with co-host Midwife Blyss Young. Most recently he is creating content for his private community on Patreon. He is vailable for virtual consultations, speaking engagements, and teaching twin/breech workshops.

HOME BIRTH OBSTETRICIAN: It is important for you to recognize the inherent lack of guarantees in life and in birthing. Any birthing environment, whether at home, birth center or hospital presents a distinct set of risk factors. Nothing can guarantee a perfect birth outcome regardless of where it takes place. Despite all the best planning, preparation, good health and your strong desire for an out of hospital birth experience, not all births can occur safely there. Having said that, my staff and I want you to have a joyous outcome and are totally invested in helping you achieve a safe and nurturing birth. You can be assured that if you are chosen as a client of our practice that you are in a category of low risk clients we feel will do well at attempting a home birth. I bring special skills, individualized care, support and guidance for a safe home birth. Over the years of my practice, I have managed a variety of challenges and complications well beyond the scope of the low risk midwife. However, due to the location of an out of hospital birth I cannot provide all of the same services as a physician who is hospital based. I can provide you with some options that are outside the scope of practice for my midwife colleagues. These include the option of breech vaginal birth, home vaginal birth after c/section (HBAC) and twin deliveries when certain criteria are met. My primary concern is to assist you and your baby with a SAFE birth. Location is a secondary concern. Our philosophy contains the tenet that you should consider out of hospital birthing only as long as your pregnancy and labor progresses within the parameters of my experience, judgment and skill.

Host of the Birthing Instincts Podcast, where I explore physiologic birth through honest conversations grounded in instincts, evidence, and lived clinical experience. Each episode challenges fear-based narratives, examines birth beyond rigid protocols, and advocates for informed consent, maternal autonomy, and the preservation of physiological birth.

Since 2006, it has been our mission to empower and educate families as they grow through the transitions of pregnancy, birth and parenting. Our full service birth center strives to provide the most comprehensive maternity care available and is renowned for providing safe and serene natural water birth. Whether or not you birth with our midwives or Obstetrician, we help you learn all you need to know about labor and birth with our various options of evidence-based childbirth education classes. We also offer a full range of wellness services, a doula and postpartum doula registry, 24/7 breastfeeding support, and an expertly curated shop filled with eco-friendly essentials for mother and baby. Our company was created to serve the needs of pregnant families, and we look forward to meeting you wherever you are on your journey. It is truly our deepest joy to share the wisdom of our practitioners and be an advocate for you through this most profound life experience