Miracle of Life Birthing Center

The Miracle of Life Birthing Center offers a family-centered philosophy of care. Our mission is to provide care that best meets the physical, educational, spiritual and emotional needs of new mothers, families and support persons.

All Labor, Delivery, Recovery and Postpartum (LDRP) rooms offer a comfortable, home-like environment. With our mother-baby nursing program, the same nurse cares for both mother and her newborn.

Marian Women's Center board-certified obstetricians and gynecologists and certified nurse midwives are available 24 hours a day. Neonatologists (specialists in newborn problems) are available. There is 24-hour anesthesia coverage, and epidural anesthesia is available.

Special Visiting Hours/Protocol

These guidelines are to provide a safe and supportive environment for our moms and babies. Our goal in the Miracle of Life Birthing Center is to coordinate visitors and medical/nursing care – to allow for the needed rest and recovery, as well as the privacy and security, of mom, baby, and family.

General Visiting Hours: 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.

• Father, or a designated significant other, may visit 24/7
• One adult only may sleep over, a sleeping couch is available
• Siblings of any age are welcome to visit during general visiting hours, accompanied by an adult
• All other visitors must be at least 12 years old

Nursery Visitors

• Visitors to the nursery are allowed, one at a time, and accompanied by a baby-banded parent.
• To prevent infection, nursery visitors must be a minimum of 14 years old.

Visitors to the Labor/Delivery Room

• The patient will designate three (3) support persons that may remain during the delivery.
• Privacy policies require other family members or visitors to use the waiting room or South Lobby; they may visit after the delivery for one (1) hour, as patient permits.
• Siblings of newborn may visit in the labor room briefly if the mother so desires; an adult other than the designated support person must accompany any sibling under 12 years old.
• Siblings under 12 years of age are not allowed to stay in the room for delivery, but may visit during the recovery period.
• After delivery, only one (1) person may remain with mom/baby overnight.
• If a cesearean birth is necessary, only one (1) person will be allowed to accompany the mother to delivery, if the patient’s condition allows.

For more information on the Birthing Center, tours, childbirth classes or mother-baby nursing, please call the Marian Women’s Center at 734.655.1100.

Marian Women’s Center

Women seeking a health care support center with the goal of keeping women healthy can contact the Marian Women’s Center.

The Marian Women’s Center is designed to meet the needs of today’s woman.  You will find a warm, caring environment, friendly staff and state-of-the-art equipment.  Diagnostic testing available to women such as mammography, bone density testing, stereotactic breast biopsy, and ultrasound, health education programs, health screenings, support groups and classes, the Marian Women’s Center provides a wide array of opportunities for women to learn about and take care of their health.

The center offers the latest mammography equipment for regular screenings supplemented by breast self-examination instruction information. St. Mary Mercy Hospital mammography equipment is fully accredited by the State of Michigan and the American College of Radiology.  Support Groups for Menopause, Breast Cancer, Breastfeeding and Mother-Baby Care meet monthly.

The Marian Women’s Center offers women a private, comfortable choice for keeping healthy.  Staff here in the Marian Women’s Center is committed to help keep you healthy.  For further information, please call the center at (734) 655-1100.