Best Maternity Hospital Saint Louis Near Me

Skyla Barlow: Because this birthing center is in a hospital, I don’t feel there is entirely true midwifery & birthing center practices. I can empower myself to know things about pregnancy & birth, of course, but there is a lot of lack from these experts. I recently started listening to a midwifery podcast & I’ve learned so much I feel like this birthing center could have empowered me with. Deploys practices & interventions without full informed consent to me as a patient.

Morgan Land: I have mixed feelings about Mercy Birth Center. There are both pros + cons to this facility + shared care approach. I would give 2 stars for prenatal + 5 stars for birth/delivery. In a nutshell… I felt like my prenatal care did not meet my expectations. I now understand, that “birth center” does not mean as natural as I anticipated + being affiliated with a hospital there are more processes + procedures that trumps patients desires. I met with all but two of the midwife’s, Marsha + Becky were who I felt listened to + valued. They are the best! I will say that the birth, delivery, + postpartum care FAR exceeded my expectations. Becky + the team of nurses were amazing! The front desk was also always accommodating + efficient which contributes to quality care as well. Honestly, undecided at this point what we will choose for future babes. :)

Joss Hay: The center has done nothing but give incredible service to me and my wife during our last two pregnancies. From the front desk to the midwifes everyone is so gentle, tender, and sweet. They really make the whole experience a joy.No question is a bad one, they are always willing to help, and they are always knowledgeable.Such a gift to be able to have this service available for the births. It made it the best experience.

Natalie Mortimer: Couldn’t have asked for a better experience for the birth of our 3rd! Amazing midwives! Marsha was the midwife for our delivery and she was just AMAZING!

Dassy Neppe: I had 2 babies here after a traumatic labor at Missouri Baptist, it was definitely a corrective experience!! I got the space my body desperately needed, I felt that my wills are being respected and what I feel counts. In the last labor (May 2022) Erin was my midwife, she was beyond awesome! So sweet and caring (I love you Erin❤️) And all the staff from the front desk to every nurse and midwife I met were wonderful and respectful. The recovery, the nursing and my mood were effected dramatically by the labor experience each time. Thank you for letting me have a safe place with such great environment to start a new life!

Jessica Barfield: Compassionate, professional and exceptional care

Olivia Persinger: I had the most wonderful birthing experience. My original birth plan was to give birth in the beautiful rooms at the birth center but things didn’t go exactly how I planned it. I ended up being induced at 41 weeks 1 day, and had my baby a day later. I can’t tell you how amazing my experience was because there are no words to describe how amazing the midwives and nurses are. I gave birth in one of the labor and delivery rooms and my experience was still truly amazing. Maria, Laura, and Michelle are the midwives that I met. They are incredible. Thank you so much to Ashleigh, and MJ the nurses that helped with my delivery and made my birthing experience more than I could have imagined. I wish I could go back and relive that day over and over that’s how amazing my experience was. Thank you all so much.

Codi Holtgrave: We just had our second baby with the Birthing Center and have, again, loved our experience! The midwives and all of the supporting team members have always made us feel supported and cared for each visit. Each birthing experience is different and through each pregnancy of ours issues were addressed, questions and concerns were answered. Our midwives and nurses were there with us during delivery and afterwards and we could not have had a better experience. We have felt nothing but gratitude towards our midwives and nurses ♥️ Highly recommend the Birthing Center if you are looking for a more holistic approach to your birthing experience!

Abby Mae: The Birth center has beeen amazing!!! We have loved our time here at the center and we definitely recommend the center to everyone!

Eva Steffel: Didn’t really take the time to explain, just said they could take me because I had a history of “killer cells”. Killer cells are not scientifically proven to cause harm, it’s a fringe theory.

Miranda Thornhill: Absolutely love the staff and care I received here. From the reception ladies to the nurses to the midwives I always felt welcomed and cared for. I can’t thank them enough for making my pregnancy journey so wonderful!

Felicia Ferguson: I've received all care through MBC and I'm 32 weeks pregnant now. I couldn't sing more praises of MBC. They're so well organized and extremely accommodating. They're friendly and personable. I'm so grateful for my care there and look forward to my birth to follow there in the weeks to come. ❤

Kanay Coleman: Currently leaving their pregnancy assessment center after nurse Karin McCune made a comment about seeing someone before me who ACTUALLY has a viable pregnancy that's past 23 weeks. If you care about your pregnancy at any point before 23 weeks, DON'T GO HERE.

Kayla Gilcrease: I delivered my first child in the birthing center back in 2015 and was very excited to return to deliver my second child, however, since switching back to Mercy in October '21 for prenatal services, I've only had two visits that made me feel comfortable and excited.Michelle mentioned my blood pressure being abnormal as she was opening the exam room door and that made me very uncomfortable and a violation of HIPPA considering there were patients right next door. I did not receive a proper introduction, and this was my first time having an appointment with her so immediately her first impression told me everything I needed to know. Michelle made me uncomfortable the entire visit. I understand that stress levels are higher due to Covid-19 and the lack of staff, but that is no excuse for confidential information to be poorly mishandled by someone with such experience. To make matters worse, at the end of our visit, she proceeds to question my glucose tests after looking through my chart and having to enter the data retrieved during our current visit. It was patronizing and at that point I was disgusted. Some might say that she was taking extra precaution, but again, for someone with her experience, she should know to look at my charts versus asking those questions that raises concern and stress unnecessarily for a pregnant woman in her last trimester. I do not need an apology, but I hope that my request is granted.Ultimately, my experience with Michelle Gragg was very poor and I'd hate for any other patient to experience what I felt today.

Kristy Barnes: This is a public service review. I do think it is really important for those interested in Mercy Birthing Center (MBC) to know about the rule around BMI. In order to be served by MBC, you must have a BMI of 35 or less, no exceptions. I believe that places are entitled to their policies - but I do think it is MBC's responsibility to communicate this to potential patients PRIOR to them spending any amount of time considering them for their birth. I do not see it on the website; my Mercy-affiliated OBGYN did not know to inform me of the policy, and when I called to set up a tour, I was not informed at that time either.A beloved friend of mine made it several steps down the path of considering MBC all to be told in person that she could not be served there. This was a very painful experience for her. Thankfully I remembered this & called MBC to clarify about the policy. If I had not called and asked that question directly, I would have came out for a tour, gone down all those steps all to be told I would not be allowed to use these services due to my body size based on the BMI, which includes no assessment of my overall health - excellent BP, heartrate, exercise 3x/week, etc.If the Birthing Center is not going to be more transparent about this, I do take it on myself to leave a review in hopes to save other expectant women the heartache and wasted time. I know we don't have time and energy to be wasted like that...not to mention the emotional energy of being denied services solely on account of an outdated and unsupported health measure (the BMI)! ❤

Tiesha Gaten: I have reached out to this clinic for months with no response. When I finally got ahold of someone in September they told me that they will start transferring my case from my OB to them. They told me it can take a couple of weeks. About three weeks went by and nothing so I started reaching out again. When I went up there to talk to someone face to face they told me I was too far along to be serviced. I’m so disappointed in the level of service I received. Maybe it’s for the best if this is how they treat potential patients

Slade Luna: We recently moved to the area from Fort Bragg, NC and my wife was looking to the opportunity to give birth here! We had everything set up medical records sent multiple times due to not enough information (literally sent hundreds of pages of medical records) and after going back and forth with the OB coordinator and waiting to hear back for weeks we called and to see if they had everything we needed. Finally after two weeks They told us we missed the window after we have been trying to change over for almost a month with no appointments the entire time. It is sad to say that this organization does not support veteran transition in any way and I am very disappointed that we’ve had this experience. It is more of a business than a birthing center and I hope they change the way of understanding active duty to civilian transition.V/RSlade Luna

Garrett Flint: You could not pay me to put my wife through this place again. We have experienced miscarriages in several scenarios and the way this birthing center handled it was by far the worst, most traumatic experience for me and my wife. We honestly didn't realize how poorly it was handled until we were with a different OB for our next miscarriage. There was no compassion, no sympathy, no time to answer our questions and almost annoyed that we even tried asking questions. Beyond that, they gave us the pill despite being close to the second trimester, instead of a D&C. When our next OB heard that, he was mortified. I cannot express enough the stark difference between the experiences. Never again. Not in a million years.Update:I tried reaching out directly to share my feedback and no one got back to me and the email they shared below isn't even a real one.

Laura A.: I truly believe the intentions are good, but I also believe my experience was not rare here. I was seen a total of three times and was hopeful to have a third and final natural delivery experience at the birth center. Sometimes I get nervous going into hospitals and my blood pressure will elevate temporarily. On visit two, it was elevated. I was told to monitor it at home with no warnings that there would be a “two strikes and you’re out” policy. I showed numbers at home being normal on my third appointment, but was told my wrist cuff was most likely faulty. I have no history of blood pressure problems but was not believed. Labs were ordered to also prove this, which later did confirm what I was saying.My warning is to be prepared to get booted for the smallest of issues because of their fear of liability and to take the lowest of risk patients, (I’m still that). They pride themselves on believing and empowering women, but my experience did not match.

JENAItheMUA ChandraB: I gave birth at St. Anthony’s with my Son and that experience was Horrible. I just have birth to my second child here at Mercy and the experience has been soooo much better. The delivery team was awesome so informative and nice and the postpartum team has been great and patient so far. I’m so happy I choose Mercy!!!