Midwifery Care for

Pregnancy & Birth 

Roots Community Birth Center offers skilled and holistic midwifery care for pregnant, birthing, and postpartum Twin Cities families at our Minneapolis birth center.

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A woman has her blood pressure taken by a Roots' medical assistant during her prenatal visit.

Prenatal Care

The expert community midwives at Roots provide compassionate and skilled prenatal care. Each visit is unique, including education and plenty of time to answer all of your questions.

Regular prenatal care has been shown in improve health outcomes for both birthing people and their babies.

    • Regular, monthly visits with your midwife.

    • Visit frequency increases after 36 weeks gestation until your baby is born.

    • Private care in one of our comfortable clinic rooms.

    • Blood pressure monitoring.

    • Listening to your baby’s heart rate.

    • Measuring your baby’s growth.

  • Some prenatal visits may include test or other diagnostics appropriate for that stage of pregnancy.

    Testing is done at our clinic, and may include:

    • Blood panels

    • Gestational diabetes testing

    • Group B Strep testing

    • And more

A Root's midwife checks the pregnant stomach of a BIPOC pregnant woman during a prenatal visit while her child gives her belly a kiss.

Why is prenatal care important?

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    Regular prenatal care helps to identify if you and baby are healthy and thriving.

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    According to the World Health Organization (WHO), pregnant people should receive a minimum of 8 prenatal visits during their pregnancies, which has been shown to better detect potential pregnancy complications as they develop .

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    Regular prenatal care has been shown to reduce the risk of complications in pregnancy for both the birthing person and the baby.

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    At Roots, prenatal care isn’t just about checking a box to get diagnostics on you and baby, it’s also a time for you and your birth support to ask questions, share your stresses and your joys, and get better connected to our team of midwives.

A calm baby is held in his mother's arms while she sits in a water birth tub after giving birth with the midwives at Roots Community Birth Center in Minneapolis, MN.

Midwifery-supported Birth

Roots Community Birth Center leads the Twin Cities out-of-hospital birth community.

Our midwives have an expert understanding of normal and healthy birth, ensuring holistic and evidence-based insight during your birth.

The Midwifery Care Model at Roots ensures birthing people are supported with full autonomy in the decision-making process.

  • Roots Community Birth Center is located in Minneapolis, MN.

    Families labor and birth in one of our three private and comfortable birthing suites.

    Each suite is designed to feel like home, but with all the necessities for unmedicated birth.

    All three suites allow for water birth if desired.

  • Clients birthing at Roots have access to a deep closet of labor support tools including:

    • Birth balls

    • Peanut balls

    • Birthing stools

    • Rebozos

    • Massage tools

    • Shower and birthing tubs

    • Nitrous oxide

  • All three birthing suites are designed to support water birth.

    Our main birthing room, the Blue Suite, has a large, plumbed birthing tub.

    Both the Pink Suite and the Wildflower Suite can accommodate a full-size, inflatable water birth tub.

  • Roots is proud to support families hoping for a Vaginal Birth After a Cesarean (VBAC) in Minneapolis and the Twin Cities.

    While most people are a candidate, please reach out to our team to learn more about VBAC at Roots Community Birth Center.

A calm baby is held in his mother's arms after giving birth with the midwives at Roots Community Birth Center in Minneapolis, MN.
  • A calm baby lies in his mother's arms after her water birth with the Roots' midwives at Roots Community Birth Center in Minneapolis, MN

    Birth at Roots

  • A Black mother smiles after a water birth while a Roots' midwife performs a newborn exam on the baby while doing skin-to-skin.

  • A Black woman is supported by her family while she is in labor at Roots Community Birth Center in Minneapolis, MN>

  • A dad connects with his newborn baby after watching his birth at Roots Community Birth Center in Minneapolis, MN

  • A doula supports a laboring mom at Roots Community Birth Center in Minneapolis, MN

  • A Black mom holds her newborn and older child while resting in bed after giving birth with the midwives at Roots Community Birth Center in Minneapolis, MN

  • A Black woman rests in between contractions while laboring in the water birth tub at Roots Community Birth Center in Minneapolis, MN

  • A mother and father smile at their newborn baby while resting in the water birth tub after giving birth at Roots Community Birth Center in Minneapolis, MN

  • A little boy rubs his mother's pregnant belly while she is in labor at Roots Community Birth Center in Minneapolis, MN

  • A mother and father look at their newborn baby while resting in the bed at Roots Community Birth Center after giving birth.

From our clients:

  • "I am sure it is common to feel mad love for anyone involved in the whole magical miracle surrounding your birth experience. But I think it is UNCOMMON to feel mad love coming back at you and that you will be remembered. That's Roots. The thing I valued most about my experience at Roots is how thorough and caring all the midwives were. I would recommend Roots to anyone who wants to feel "love" and "spirit" as part of the process of growing and welcoming your baby into the world. "

    - R. B.

  • "After being turned away by several different providers because of my fibroids I had lost trust and the excitement of being pregnant. [Roots] trusted my body the same way I did and honored my choices while always thoroughly explaining all of my options to me. I got to have the Natural water birth that I always wanted despite my large fibroids. I did it!"

    - A. H.

  • "We loved Roots. Speaking as the partner, I know my wife was cared for during the entire experience leading up to the birth, and then during the birth they were amazing. It felt like we were a part of a family with the midwife team, with a special shout-out to Rachel. They gave us space when needed, were relaxed, and didn’t rush my wife in anything related to her labor. We just felt safe, comfortable, and taken care of."

    - M. J.

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