Miami Maternity Center

I had the best pregnancy all the midwife are lovely thank you all for my baby!!! every one was so kind and were there anytime I needed I felt likenin my home, it was a great experience

The birthing center is the best place to bring your baby into this world. I’ve had hospital births with my first two children and it does not compare to here. The ladies care about you and your baby, they are willing to help with anything and answer all your questions. The classes they offer are free and the center has a calm feel all around. They are very kid-​friendly which was perfect for a mom like myself that had to have my 18 month tag along to all my appointments. If I had the time I would write a book about all the pros of using Miami maternity center. Defiantly worth a look for any mom-​to-​be hoping for a natural birth.

I wish I could give 100 stars to Miami Maternity center!!!
We started our pregnancy going to one of the best drs in Miami at Mercy, however by the third month realized they were against natural childbirth, recommended over the counter medicines, had a rate of 60% c-​section, and wouldn’t allow midwives or doulas when in labor, also the drs were so impersonal and dedicated little time to our visits, so we decided to look for a better experience.
We were completely new to the midwife scenario, but met a couple of women who delivered this way and they had happy stories not like most women delivering at hospitals, so our research started…
We went to both options we found, one didn’t have delivery rooms but midwifes, however we got the impression that they were more interested in selling stuff at their boutique and get you to take their expensive classes… Very Miami, all about money…
We found another midwife in
Homestead but way too far for us…
And then visited the MMC and we fell in love completely!
The area and the look of the buildings didn’t give us the best impression to be honest… And yes there are cats hanging out outside (but in 8 months going there never saw a cat inside or even close to me. which is good cause I’m not a cat lover)
Ok so our first visit to see the place, Dalia gave us a tour, she was nice and gracious. We felt very welcomed. We met Carol who explained a little bit how their services work and we decided right away we had to have our first baby in here!
We read the reviews on Unilocal and made us double think but We’re so glad we trusted my friend’s friend and our instinct!
We had insurance, delivery and check ups were covered, and my post partum and baby check ups as well. Someone we met there, didn’t have insurance and paid in cash $ 4000 for the whole thing!
Anyway… We did our monthly visits, biweekly and weekly, and it was just so much fun going in there! Tania and Carol make you feel like part of their family! They cared so much about me and my baby, gave us so much information, tips and built that confidence that you need to give birth.
Then Maribel taught us so much in their free classes! Yes they offer free pre labor classes! Teach about breastfeeding, newborn care, labor and emergencies, exercises and nutrition. Free for their clients or whoever wants to join! How awesome is that? They care about the community and all moms out there!!!
Ok and now about labor day:
We wanted a home birth, but Carol adviced that if they had labors on the same day it would have to be in their centre and we were ok with that. So that’s what happened, we got there at 6:30 pm, Carol did the exam and tests and gave us the room at 7 pm she was having another delivery as well and managed to make us feel like we were the only ones! She came by very often helped me through the contractions, helped with positions, breathing techniques and made some jokes! :) we got into the jacuzzi and by 9 pm started to push, she gave me so much confidence and helped me so much through it, my husband was in the water with me and between the three of us we delivered a beautiful baby girl at 9:33 pm!
I was so happy with the way Carol treated us, it was like being at home, very professional, loving, super clean.
I really dont have enough words to thank her and her team! They made of our pregnancy and delivery a beautiful experience, painfull yes! But no their fault: p
So… If you’re brave enough and want to have a natural delivery plus feel like you have people looking out for you and your baby… Go ahead and give them a visit. I wouldn’t change a thing and would do it again without a doubt!!!

To all mamas-​to-​be: if you’re looking into birthing in this place PLEASE do your research! Read all the reviews, tour the place, compare to other maternity centers, ASK questions, bring a friend, your significant other or family member and if any red flags come up then don’t ignore them!
I went into labor on a Thursday night and labored for a good 35 hours. Going to try to make a very long story short:
–One midwife + one student were on shift at a time until about Saturday morning, then it was two midwives on shift.
–Two other births happened during my labor period
–My vitals would be checked every hour by either the midwife or the student and then they would leave the room. Okay… good thing I had family with me!
–Trash cans in the room/​restroom were not emptied by anyone other than my mother in law. My family should have been there to help ME, not to clean!
–At one point I was sent outside for a brisk walk… trash containers were overflowing with garbage!
–Cats were walking in and out of the birthing house.
(at one of my pre natal appointments in which blood was drawn from me, there was a cat that walked in the exam room and lingered around the examination table. I felt uncomfortable and should have voiced how much this bothered me)
–While the other two women were in labor, Carol would go from room to room assisting. Not once did she put on a new pair of gloves when she walked in my room to assist me.
After so many hours of labor, pain, and pushing… Carol informs me she is going to contact the «doctor on call». A few minutes later, she tells my family that «the doctor is not available for whatever reason», she recommends that we go to Mt. Sinai hospital on Alton Rd. and that no one’s life is in danger, I might still be able to go with my birthing plan
While she is saying this, I am laboring in the bathroom with the assistance of another midwife who mouths «NO» to my mother. My mother suggests we go to Memorial or Aventura Hospital. She is told it’s our decision to make as there’s nothing they can do for me anymore…
my father is very worried and mentions he wants to call an ambulance so we can get to a hospital quickly. Carol insists this is not necessary. At this point my contractions are coming in 1 minute apart and I couldn’t think straight anymore. I just wanted to be taken to a place where I could be helped out of this agonizing pain
My father drove me from the center to Memorial Hospital all while I continued to labor in his car. My baby was born via c-​section within 15 minutes of my arrival at the hospital. While I was being stitched up, the surgeon tells me I need to have a fibroid tumor removed from my uterus as they are having trouble stitching me up.
A few days later, while in recovery, I learned two things from the ob/​Gyn that took care of me at the hospital:
–the on call doctor Carol called and was supposedly not available for me actually REFUSED to take me in because my situation was too complicated at that point.
–the fibroid tumor I had removed from my uterus should’ve been detected when I had my ultrasound done.
Unfortunately, my experience does not end there but I have shared what I needed to share and learned what I needed to learn.
Birthing your baby (especially the first one) is such a special experience and I feel like mine was not like that at all, it is something I do not wish to remember.
One thing I am thankful for is being sent out of here to a decent place for my baby to be born. A place where even the anesthesiologist came to follow up with me within 24 hours of giving birth! No one from this maternity center bothered to follow up or ask how I was doing after sending me elsewhere

The staff at Miami Maternity Center is amazing. This was my second natural water birth (I had my first baby in a hospital.) This is the way to go! I was surrounded by strong and empowered woman who gave me the confidence to trust my body. I will never forget the day my daughter entered this world and I am forever grateful for my mid-​wife Carol for making it such a beautiful experience.

Let me start by saying, I am so happy I found MMC. I can’t even begin to describe the love my husband and I have for the women of this center. If you’re looking to have a drug/​intervention free birth in a home like setting surrounded by women who are there to encourage/​guide and teach you every step of the way, this is your go to spot. I will admit, the center is a little outdated compared to hospitals and my typical Miami girl snobbishness kicked in the first time we visited, but let me say that if this center was located in a mud pit, I would still come here to give birth.
It was really important for me to find a midwife that had my back and didn’t make me feel insane for wanting a different birthing process than the normal hospital birth. Hospitals terrify me and I truly believe being pregnant is not an illness and if you’re a healthy low risk woman, it should not take place in a hospital.
I also love the fact they make sure you stay on top of your diet and exercises. And by they I mean Dahlia, whom I both love and am completely terrified of. She’s like my scary Jamaican aunt I just want to cuddle. I have crazy anemias I didn’t even know about until I came here and started doing blood work on the reg and instead of sending me to an OBGYN, they kept a close eye on my platelets and hemoglobin levels (don’t know what that is? I promise you will after you’re pregnant *SIGH*) Dahlia basically called me every day to make sure I was doing what I had to do, eating what I had to be eating and not crying about it.
And then there’s Carol, beautiful sweet little carol. I literally teared up saying bye to her my last appointment because of how much I love this woman. I’ve never met anyone that has as much strength and patience as her. I’m so happy I was able to have her as my midwife during my labor and delivery. She made me feel confident and strong about my body and made it easier for me to trust that Mother Nature would do its thing. She helped me bring my beautiful baby boy into world and for that I am forever grateful.
So if you’re looking to be surrounded by amazing strong women, who will help you achieve the birth you’re looking for, make sure you leave having a successful breast feeding relationship with your child, teach you everything from what can go wrong to birth control — I highly recommend MMC.

i am forever thankful to Carol and her team. If I lived on mars, I would fly back to earth just to give birth at the Miami Maternity Center.
For anyone who wants to experience an all-​natural birth and be treated with tender, love and care, I recommend Miami Maternity Center. I would give a trillion stars but Unilocal only allows 5.
Back in 2011, I gave birth to my daughter at the Miami Maternity Center. The service I received was beyond my expectations. The staff is very friendly and knowledgable. The prenatal visits were standard routine like any other place, but what makes Miami Maternity stand out is the birthing experience. One day, I was leaking a small amount of fluid, but did not experience areas of pain or contractions. I called their emergency line and told them I’m in labor. I assumed I was in labor at that moment based on my previous experience in Canada. After answering a few questions and paying them a visit, they determined I was not ready to give birth yet. 3 days later, when the pain and contractions kicked in, I called again, they determined I was in true labor. We got to the birthing center and 2 hours and 49 minutes later, I gave birth to our daughter.
This is exactly how natural birth is supposed to happen. Miami Maternity Center literally allows mother nature to take its course, unlike my experience in Canada. In Canada, back in 2008, I was not in true labor. As mentioned earlier, I thought I was in labor because I had a little bit of a leak come down, but no pain, so I rushed to the hospital. The doctor in Canada took his fist and shoved it right up my vagina in order to force induce my labor. After a few hours, since my labor was moving extremely slowly, the doctor gave me pitocin to speed up the labor process. After 25 hours of agony, I finally gave birth to my son. Imagine, what its like to go from 25 hours to 2 hours and 49 mins, simply by allowing birth to happen 100% naturally. I felt the doctor in Canada took advantage of me since it was my first time giving birth and I was completely oblivious to birthing. On the bright side, Miami Maternity Center has made me more knowledgable and aware of birthing.
Last year, I was residing in Northbrook, IL. At the time, I wished I could have given birth at the Miami Maternity Center, but IL was too far from FL. I initially had the plan to give birth in Illinois. I visited a team of IL midwives throughout my pregnancy. I went as far as driving 1 hour each way just so I can give natural birth. I went to the standard routined prenatal visits as usual. One day, when I was 35 weeks pregnant, I got the most disturbing news a pregnant woman could ever imagine. Without even confirming on an ultrasound, the midwife told me my son was in a breach position and that I would have to get a c-​section. She even went as far as saying if I experience even the slightest cramping that I must rush in and get the c-​section done sooner. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. She even went as far as saying if the baby is in the right position, but decides to go into a breach position during birth that I would still be stuck with a c-​section. After I left that appointment, I told my husband about the disturbing news. We decided to give Miami Maternity Center a call. I begged Miami Maternity Center to take me in even though I was 35 weeks pregnant. I told them I will do anything to avoid a c-​section. They told me to come on down. After 20 hours of driving, the following morning, I went to see Carol and her team. Carol confirmed on an ultrasound that my son was not in a breach position. A few weeks later, I gave natural birth to my son.
During both my birthing experiences at the Miami Maternity Center, I was treated with the utmost respect. The staff treats you like family. They make all efforts to ease labor and are very supportive. It’s nice to know during this lifetime I am able to get the same kind of birthing experience that my foremothers got to experience: An all natural birth served with love and care. The same goes for the pre-​natal and post-​natal visits.
Thank you once again.

I had the worst experience giving birth to my 2^nd son here. I had my first son naturally at a birthing center on the west coast of Florida and it was a wonderful experience. The owner of the Miami Maternity Center delivered my 2^nd son. It was so unbelievably insane but she kept yelling at me. She even said, «I bet the way you are acting is exactly how you acted towards your mother when you were young.» She said this while I was honestly just silently having a contraction and was 15 minutes away from giving birth to my son. I really, at the time, couldn’t tell if I was doing something wrong or if it was her just being very very psychotic. She stormed out of the room after saying that. Then her assistant came over to me and she said to me «you are doing great. It’s not you it’s her, she didn’t sleep for 48 hours straight.» I was still so disturbed by it until I was able to reflect on it with a rational mind. She knew that she ruined my birth experience badly but she still requested payment. In hindsight I should have refused to pay as this experience was literally the worst experience I have ever had. It certainly isn’t a way you want to bring a baby into the world. She never apologized to me but tried acting friendly after when I saw her for the follow up appointments. I clearly don’t recommend this place.

November 2013:
My little boy is here! He was born 6 days past his due date in October and it was a fabulous birth experience.
I went into labor at 3am and after laboring at home for a while we decided to head to the center. DellaReece checked me… only 2 cm dilated at 10:30am! Seriously?
She suggested heading home to take a bath, hang out and relax. I did — got in the tub and labored in there for a while.
Got out, was really uncomfortable and got back in the tub.
Hubby called Dahlia around 1:30 and told her I was grunting in the tub. «Get her here!» So we made the trip down. Contractions coming every 3 minutes, lasting about 45 – 55 seconds.
When we got to the center Carol checked me and I was a full 10 cm at 2:00 — about 3 and a half hours to go from 2 to 10 cm… crazy!
My water broke and Carol barely got me in the tub lol. Pushed for 25 minutes and Reilly came tumbling out!
It was quite amazing… labor was not as bad as I thought and he was here before I knew it!
Carol was awesome and I was so glad to be able to have a drug free birth in a nice warm tub with my husband, friend and Carol by my side.
I have one more newborn checkup with them — which makes me sad cause I’ve been seeing them for almost a year!
I told Carol I have to get pregnant again so I can come back :)

I am so happy I found this place. It’s a gem in a hay stack. I spent 36 weeks of my pregnancy with a horrible OB/​GYN that would never want to spend more than 5 minutes with me during visits, didn’t want to discuss my birth plan, and scheduled me for a C-​Section because my baby was «too big» (My baby is dropped and probably weighs around 8.5 lbs) I’ve had an extremely healthy pregnancy so I knew something was wrong.
MIAMI MATERNITY CENTER: They advised me, I took the 4 week FREE birthing classes, and finally at 37 weeks, I switched to this place and they gladly took me. They accepted Medicaid. I did a lot of research before making my choice, they made sure I was a good candidate to deliver here, and they don’t treat you like just another number. I felt respected and cared for.
I am turning 38 weeks now and so far so good. I will keep updating as my pregnancy progresses.
They post polaroids of all the babies they deliver on bulletin boards and all the moms look so happy. I am very excited for the day to come.
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On September 17^th, my baby boy was born in the MIA Maternity Center at 6:26 pm. He was 22.5 cm and 9lbs 6oz. BIG BOY!
It was a 26 hour natural labor but my partner and I kept repeating «Pain with a purpose!!» through every contraction.
Needless to say it was a beautiful experience and I am so happy to have found the center. Carol and her staff are so professional, diligent and most of all caring!
It doesn’t stop there, they are only a call away for any questions/​concerns you might have for them. In my case, breastfeeding. They genuinely care for you. So happy I chose them.

I just gave birth to beautiful baby girl # 2 on July 16. (6 ½ hours of labor and 20 minutes of pushing.)
This one was 9 POUNDS!
Delivered naturally, in the tub with my husband, family surrounding me, just as I wanted and did with my first daughter.
You want what is best for your children. A non invasive, natural birth is what is best.
I can’t praise the Miami Maternity Center, and Carol, enough. Not just for my birth experience, but for all the prenatal care for the past 9 months as well.
They care for you, and you are not just another number.

I had my first child at the Maternity Center in June 2008 with Shari and had a great birth. We had a water birth and pushed for 21 minutes =) On April 2010 we became repeat patients of the center having our second child also a water birth pushed 7 minutes with Carol. I cant say but great things of having natural birth in an environment that allows the body to do what it was born to do. They offer birthing classes to everyone even for non patients of the center. They also have an emergency cell line for any reason, even if just a question of concern answered for you ²⁴⁄₇. I don’t like hospitals nor their environment this truly always bothered me until one day i watched the TV Show House of Babies on the Discovery Channel and fell in love with the center, their people, and the idea of it. TRULY RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE though this may not be for everyone, there has to be a lot of determination from the mommy to be to have a baby meds free.