Manor Birth Sanctuary
A Safe Space for your Sacred Birthing Journey
I am Ripe
Pregnancy is a numinous and magical state. It is a time when the barrier between the conscious and unconscious realms thins. It is a time to feel the presence of another soul developing alongside your own. It is a time when inner voices offer wise counsel louder and more clearly than usual, when we become aware that life is a continuum, when a woman may experience a bodily sense that everything around her is alive. Our connection to the cellular mystery of life is vibrantly stark and immediate. When you are pregnant, the polite and restrictive masks of everyday life that we have each created to survive can be stripped away, and you are immersed in the very juice of existence. No matter how many pictures of fetuses you look at or how many scientific facts you ingest, pregnancy remains a stunning, not-quite-possible-to-grasp marvel, a naked connection to the enigma of life. You can’t escape the awe … and why would you want to?
~Jennifer Louden, from The Pregnant Woman’s Comfort Book
Philosophy of Practice
❀ All families have the right to seek medically safe maternity care that fits their lifestyle and recognizes and respects their individual needs. Our goal is always to incorporate informed choice and shared decision making with our clients.
❀ Childbirth is a normal, healthy process and transformative time. The role of the midwife is to support and promote this normal process while recognizing and addressing any deviations from normal. Confidence in this normal process is promoted in all aspects of prenatal care, labor and delivery, and postpartum care.
❀ Family, as defined by the client, is the cornerstone of our social structure. Family members, including siblings, can be involved in the childbearing experience to whatever extent the family desires and can accommodate.
❀ Education is an essential part of quality midwifery care. With knowledge freely exchanged, families are able to assume shared responsibility for and make informed choices as their unique process unfolds. Local resources for classes will be freely shared.
❀Student midwives are an essential part of the midwifery community. In order to continue the tradition of teaching others this sacred work, Manor Birth Sanctuary provides direct supervision for midwifery students in all aspects of care.
Good Things To Know
Our birth center offers full prenatal care, natural birth, water birth and postpartum care. Victoria partners with Joan Doglio Smith CNM with Abundance Midwifery Service to provide the exceptional care that comes with a partner approach to serving families in the childbearing year. We are in network with STAR Medicaid Superior Health plan and Ambetter Insurance. We have 2 birthing rooms, offer water birth, and Group Prenatal Care, a special way to create community and receive prenatal care in a midwife facilitated group experience.
Call or email for more information - 512-653-7892 or victoria@manorbirthsanctuary.com
Manor Birth Sanctuary is an open model birth center located in Manor, TX, just off 290 and 130 in Manor, Texas, just northeast of Austin.
Community midwives and their clients may inquire as to whether there is space available for a low risk client to utilize the center for labor and delivery.
We are excited to offer this birthing center service in an area that is underserved by hospitals and midwives, yet due to our proximity to Austin, we are less than 20 minutes from St David's Medical Center. It is our hope that we will be able to serve birthing families in this growing area.
Currently our providers and facility are in network with Superior STAR Medicaid and Ambetter through Superior
. We are also working on an official transfer agreement with St. David's Medical Center on 32nd and 1-35
