Beacon Kalamazoo Birthing Center

When you are expecting a baby, you want the right care. Beacon Kalamazoo Birthing Center, in Kalamazoo, MI, provides experienced OB-GYNs, midwives and an entire team dedicated to your care. You are also connected to a network of experienced pediatricians, pediatric specialists and pediatric emergency care.

Personalized care and options during your pregnancy

We are here to support you with:

• 24/7 OB emergency care
• Breastfeeding support
• Childbirth classes
• Labor, delivery and postpartum care
• Neonatal specialty care
• Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) with 8-beds for babies at 32 weeks and older who weigh 3.3 pounds or more

A National Safe Sleep Hospital by Cribs for Kids®, we follow the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines for safe sleep.

Birthing rooms

Whatever your preferences for your birthing experience, our rooms include a private bathroom, pullout sofa bed or recliner for support person and 24-hours access to family kitchenette. We offer:

• 10 labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum (LDRP) rooms (featuring a deep soaking tub for relaxation, birthing ball, peanut ball, CUB chair)
• 8 antepartum/postpartum rooms for before and after delivery
• 1 low-intervention birth room*

About the low-intervention labor and delivery birth room

Offering a safe, comfortable, supportive environment for your birth experience, this room includes home-like features:

• Queen-sized bed
• Soft, warm lighting
• Pullout love seat bed (for support person)
• Rocker/recliner chair
• Refrigerator and dinette set
• Television
• Skylight projector and twinkle lights
• Comfort options for labor:
  • Intermittent baby heart rate checks with a handheld doppler
  • Pain relief if needed: Nitrous oxide (laughing gas), IV pain medications (fentanyl or stadol)
  • Aromatherapy
  • Tennis balls for back pressure
  • Birth comb for natural pain distraction

*Note abut low intervention room:

For safety purposes and for a positive experience, some patients may not be able to use this room. Reasons could include certain maternal health conditions (such as high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes requiring medication), concerns with the baby (like growth problems, certain abnormalities), early labor, large baby or in unusual position, other reasons per provider or the hospital admissions team.