FREESTANDING BIRTH CENTER LOOKING FOR NEW SPACE IN LANE COUNTY Our Community Birth Center makes strides toward opening Lane County, OR – August 12, 2020 – Pregnant people in Lane County are looking for care and finding their birth options limited. Currently, there are no birth centers in our area. Fortunately, Our Community Birth Center, a new local 501(c)(3) organization, is making progress toward opening a new birth center to restore access to this crucial service. The United States and our local community are currently facing two crises which highlight the importance of access to birth center care:  People are

We surpassed 500 donors to our fundraising campaign on July 31, 2020. We are so honored and inspired to have such widespread support for reinstating birth center services in Lane County. Thank you to all of our donors. Your support is making the message loud and clear: Every pregnant person deserves the option of supportive, empowering, and client-centered midwifery birth center care! Lane County needs a birth center! People in Lane County support the birth center! Want to get more involved and learn how you can make an even bigger impact? Contact us at OurCommunityBirthCenter@gmail.com. All donations are going toward

Lane County Friends of the Birth Center and local birth center families created these beautiful stepping stones at the farewell open house for the Nurse Midwifery Birth Center last year. We can't wait to display these in the new birth center! Check out the latest blog post from the Friends of the Birth Center about Our Community Birth Center and how you can help get the new birth center open in Lane County! Stepping Into the Future with Our Community Birth Center

The pandemic has made returning cans and bottles a little challenging so we're helping with that problem by hosting an on-going can and bottle drive for the Birth Center! Send us an email at OurCommunityBirthCenter@gmail.com or contact us via Facebook messenger if you would like to do a one-time or on-going donation of cans and bottles. This fundraiser for the birth center accepts all aluminum, glass and plastic cans and bottles that say "OR 10 cents" deposit. It's super easy to participate, just send us a message and we'll share all the details you need to know. Anyone living in

How can we best support your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journey? You are invited to help determine the future of midwifery birth center services in Lane County, Oregon by participating in a focus group! We are seeking participants who have given birth within the past 5 years or who would like to become pregnant within the next 5 years. To express interest, please complete this survey: https://forms.gle/hV6zFrxArvRzxfGM6 If you are selected to join a focus group, you will receive a $20 gift card. Our goal is to learn about what people want and need from pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care.

People are outraged and sad, as they should be, and we have seen many white people say they want to help but don't know how. Read on for ways you can take action. Our Community Birth Center is committed to a forever-long journey of diversity, equity and inclusion work. It started when we were founded last fall and it won't stop ever because #BlackLivesMatter and #BlackMamasMatter and we need #RacialJustice! Black people are killed by police at twice the rate of the general population and black women die around the time of childbirth at four times the rate of white

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We are excited to announce that Our Community Birth Center received official 501(c)(3) nonprofit status from the IRS on April 27, 2020.

Community Support Circle: Join us on Monday afternoons at 4 PM to come together and talk all things infant feeding, sleeping, or just new parent stuff! New parents need connection and time to share. Though we cannot meet up in person at this time, we still want to offer support to our community. Email us for the online video chat group login information at annie.hoag.rn@gmail.com. Group facilitated by Annie Hoag RN IBCLC and Sarah Imig RN IBCLC. Group meets in English.

Watch and listen to the recording of our live music show by singer-songwriter and birth center dad, Shaun Daniel, on May 7, 2020 at the Common Bond Yoga Studio: YouTube Video of Our Evening of Music. This event also included an Online Auction with great items and gift cards from local businesses and organizations. Thank you to everyone who donated to the auction and who participated in the auction. Our Evening of Music and Online Auction together raised just over $6,000 to go toward starting a new birth center! Thank you Common Bond Yoga for hosting our event. Thank you

We are launching LACTATION CLASSES starting today! Check out our first class, "Lactation Essentials" which is FREE. View the class video on Facebook or YouTube: Facebook: Lactation Essentials Class with Sarah Imig RN IBCLC YouTube: Lactation Essentials Class with Sarah Imig RN IBCLC Email OurCommunityBirthCenter@gmail.com or send us a Facebook message to request details on how to sign up for an in-depth online interactive class with one of our International Board Certified Lactation Consultants. All class fees support Our Community Birth Center's plan to restore birth center services to Lane County!

Download the full Press Release For Immediate Release - March 23, 2020 PANDEMIC HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR LOCAL FREESTANDING BIRTH CENTER Our Community Birth Center continues planning and fundraising Eugene, OR – March 23, 2020 – Pregnant people in Lane County are looking for options and finding their choices limited. Amid an urgent need to limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), and conserve hospital resources for those in critical condition, freestanding birth center options in Lane County are non-existent. In order to improve health outcomes in our community and support and empower families from preconception through parenting, Our Community Birth