What a Difference!

The "Lab".

• My mentor wanted me to tour the Natural Birth Center and Women's Wellness in Whittier, to compare and write a comparative analysis on the Birth Center to a normal hospital setting like Kaiser Permanente. Let me tell you right now, there is such a huge difference between the two! 
• The Birthing Center was nothing like how I expected it to be. It consists of only one waiting room, a front desk, two restrooms, lunch and food area, a small room that is suppose to be their "Lab", and two birthing rooms. I didn't even know I was in the "Lab" until one of the front desk ladies told me otherwise. The birthing rooms completely caught me by surprise. The rooms had actual beds, chairs, and one tub to give birth in. 
• One major difference between the Birthing Center and Kaiser Permanente, is the services that they both provide and offer. For instance, the Birthing Center focuses more on "letting birth take its course and time" while the hospital tends to "speed things up" and provide medication to the mother when needed.  

A Birthing Room.