i directed it to the heads of administration and marketing for the
hospital at HCA headquarters- the email that the womens center
director gave me bounced but i sent it to the HCA healthcare contact
us part of their website with the names of the two administrative
people that sarah- the head of the womens center told me to send it
to- after i told her how i felt about the decision. sad that they
don't consult the very women who are using their facility regarding
what they want!

there is no birth center per se in atlanta- but north fulton regional
and north pointe obgyn midwives offer the best care that atlanta has
to offer in hospital births. visit them at www.npobgyn.com to read
about the midwives and the hospital supports laboring and birthing in
water!

--- In alaboroflove_webgroup@yahoogroups.com, Katrina Kepf
<katrina_kepf@...> wrote:
>
> Teresa,
> I just got your letter and was wondering exactly who this was
directed to.
> I am new to the area, a Doula and RN and just found out that Atlanta
does not even have a birthing center. In fact, I was declined a
nursing position at Cobb because of my passionate views on natural
childbirth.
> I would love to speak with you.
> Katrina
> 770-944-9391
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> Teresa Howard <georgiadoula@...> wrote:
> My name is Teresa Howard. I am a certified labor
> doula, lactation educator, Happiest Baby on the Block
> instructor, certified postpartum doula and certified
> childbirth educator. I support an average of 40 women
> in labor annually and teach over 70 couples. I was
> excited to hear we were getting a new hosital in my
> area.
>
> Currently I do about 80% of my labor support at North
> Fulton Regional, a local Roswell hospital. The reason
> my clients drive from quite a few distances- from
> Gainesville, Powder Springs, Kennesaw, East Point,
> Jonesboro and beyond to go there is due to their
> wonderful midwives who support women in their choice
> to labor and even birth in a birthing tub.
>
> I was so disappointed that in the design for the new
> facility of John's Creek they somehow did not take
> into consideration the idea of hydrotherapy for pain
> relief. This is hard to believe since the statistics
> show how wonderful water and especially a tub can
> provide great relief in labor to a mom.
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> So, while facilities around you- Gwinnett with their
> jacuzzi tubs, and North Fulton with their wonderful
> labor and birth tubs, you guys somehow did not take
> into consideration that women want these things in
> labor. Everyone is not looking for narcotics and
> epidurals for pain relief. The fact that you failed to
> put tubs into the labor rooms makes me wonder what
> your epidural rates will be, and then what your
> cesarean rates will be.
>
> Shame on you for your lack of considering what women
> want. The birthing suites should have more input from
> those who will actually be using them. I don't think
> that happened here. I will look forward to you
> incorporating and retrofitting the rooms with tubs- if
> you build it they will come.
>
> Teresa Howard, CLD, CLE, CPD, CCCE (CAPPA), CD (DONA), CHBE
> Labor of Love Doula and Childbirth Services, Inc.
> www.alaboroflove.org
> www.laborofloveshack.com
> 770-923-6914
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