New midwifery-led birthing center to debut next summer

Families seeking midwifery care outside of the traditional hospital setting will have a new option beginning next summer — an outpatient birth center.

The birthing center is a collaboration between Maternity Centers of America and Vanderbilt University Medical Center to bring the Baby + Co. to Nashville. Vanderbilt will provide the midwives, and Bennett Spetalnick, M.D., associate professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, will serve as medical director.