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4worldlovers:
Authentic Birth Center · Wellness Collective provides the highest quality full service midwifery care, family support services, healthcare, and perinatal education in the Milwaukee Area.

Our growing family includes Midwives, Midwifery Students, Doulas, Family Practice Physicians, IBCLCs, Chiropractors, Prenatal and Family Educators, a Massage Therapist, a Psychotherapist, and a Placenta Encapsulation Specialist.

Our holistic approach to birth, as well as prenatal and postpartum care are what make Authentic Birth Center · Wellness Collective the primary option in the Milwaukee Area.

We have four beautiful birth suites available, each including a queen size bed, a restroom with a shower, and our signature spa birth tubs.

Along with our beautiful birth suites, our convenient central location allows us to provide safe and compassionate midwifery care – including water births – to Southeast Wisconsin families and beyond!

Our beautiful birth center is centrally located in Wauwatosa, WI, just minutes from numerous area hospitals.

Authentic offers classes and events from childbirth education to yoga. You will find a community here that is ready to welcome you!

Our facility has over 2000 square feet of multi-use space and is available to rent for YOUR classes, meetings and events.

Authentic Birth Center · Wellness Collective is an exceptional group of talented, compassionate, diverse practitioners that have come together making women and families their focus. We believe our reviews and community reputation speak for us and the level of care we provide.

THE most intimate & peaceful birth experience I could have ever imagined. We are so fortunate to have a place like Authentic here in Wisconsin. LaNette & the team she has built took great care of me & my husband for our first child (#646) We hope to be back for our 2nd child!!

We had our baby girl at Authentic Birthing Center 5 months ago now. We’ve been meaning to write this review since the very beginning. This is absolutely our favorite place to go! We left feeling strangely very sad that our time there was over but also so joyful because we had the most precious newborn to love. Authentic really made our experience the most beautiful delivery we could’ve ever wanted or imagined. We left feeling like they were very much an extension of our family! We will be back for the next one!

My wife is pregnant with twins. I contacted Authentic to see if they could deliver twins, but state law does not allow for it. However, they suggested a doctor who believes strongly in natural birth instead of caesarian for twins, my wife met with him today, and she has now decided to work with him going forward. So grateful for Authentic's guidance!

The words thank you don't quite seem adequate for how I feel. The prenatal and birth experience I was able to have under your care was phenomenal! I had a traumatic hospital experience with my 1st baby due to the doctor pushing his agenda on me and doing interventions I didn't want or need. I knew that this pregnancy and birth needed to go differently. That's when I found you and I'm so grateful I did!

From day one I knew baby and I were in good hands. I never felt rushed or pressured into any decisions. I always felt heard and had all of my questions (no matter how menial) answered. Time and time again you reassured me that I could do this the way I wanted and that made all the difference in my healing from my previous experience.

Even though there were some bumps along the road (the early subchorionic hematoma and then baby's position near the end of the pregnancy), I always felt safe and secure under your care. The actual labor and delivery went so fast compared to what I had expected and prepared for. While I felt a little panicked about how fast it was going, your calm demeanor and presence helped ground me.

4worldlovers:
For thousands of years, Traditional Chinese Medicine has valued the placenta as medicine. Rich in nutrients and hormones, your placenta can aid in postpartum wellness by replenishing and restoring these essential nutrients and hormones back into your system. The most commonly reported benefits of placenta therapy are that they help to:


​We use the Traditional Chinese Method of preparing your placenta. This approach involves steaming your cleaned placenta over a water bath infused with lemon, ginger, and peppers. We then dehydrate, grind, and encapsulate the resulting powder into vegetarian capsules. We use only the highest quality, organic ingredients. These ingredients are infused into the steaming water only and are not incorporated into the capsules.

Because your therapies are taken internally, we've gone above and beyond to ensure the highest level of safety standards, following the strictest procedures and standards of cleanliness and sanitization set forth by the State of Wisconsin. Nearly all of the products used in the process of steaming and encapsulating your placenta are disposable. The few that are not are thoroughly washed and sanitized to ensure the safest possible end product.

Over the past eight years, we have encapsulated nearly 850 placentas in Southeast Wisconsin!

4worldlovers: Our counselors will give you the information you need about pregnancy, abortion, the abortion pill and your options, so you can make decisions that are right for you.

If you think you might be pregnant, your first step is to make sure with a free medical grade pregnancy test.

As many as 25% or more of early pregnancies end in natural miscarriage, so a positive pregnancy test doesn't necessarily mean you are having a baby.

4worldlovers: As a woman and an expecting mom, you want the right care for the whole you and your new baby. When you choose Ascension Columbia St. Mary's - Women's Medical Center Birthing Center, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, you’ll find experienced OB-GYNs and an entire team dedicated to your care. Whether you’re an experienced mom or having your first, you know your body best. And your preferences for your birthing experience and questions are important. Every appointment with your doctor starts with a conversation. You’ll be supported by a team providing the care you and your baby need throughout your pregnancy, labor and delivery, and follow-up care. And, if you need more care, you’ll be connected to our highly experienced maternal-fetal medicine specialists.

Having your baby at Ascension Columbia St. Mary's - Women's Medical Center Birthing Center also means you are connected to a network of experienced pediatricians as well as pediatric specialists and pediatric emergency care when you and your family need it most.

Our newly renovated birth center features spacious labor, delivery and recovery suites with private bathrooms and hydrotherapy tubs, comfortable accommodations for family and support persons, updated surgical suites for multiple births and c-sections, expanded rooms for care before and after childbirth and advanced Level III NICU. Click below to take a virtual tour of the all-new birth center.

*Gifts to the Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Foundation supported the new Labor & Delivery unit and Ascension Columbia St. Mary's - Women’s Medical Center community outreach programs.

Your experienced care team is ready to support you from pre-pregnancy planning to during your pregnancy and beyond. No question is too big and no concern is too small. Your care team may include OB-GYNs, neonatal nurses and other specialists. We understand that every pregnancy is different and are here to support you with:

If you or your baby need more care, you’ll be connected to the right specialists, close to home.

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Choosing an OB-GYN is a personal decision. If you and your baby need more care, OB-GYNs and other specialists are onsite at our hospitals and birthing centers. Our OB-GYN services include:

Sometimes the unexpected happens and your pregnancy becomes high risk. Your OB-GYN may refer you to perinatal care and an MFM specialist at Ascension Columbia St. Mary's - Women's Medical Center Birthing Center. During your pregnancy, you’ll be surrounded by a highly skilled multispecialty care team. With early and regular prenatal care and monitoring, you’ll have ongoing guidance and support. Your MFM specialist listens to understand you and your preferences and concerns and collaborates with you and your OB-GYN as a team. We connect the dots for moms who have received a high-risk pregnancy diagnosis and deliver support at every step including access to the most pediatric specialists and specialty programs for newborns. MFM specialists can deliver advanced diagnostic tests and care during your pregnancy that includes:

Choosing Ascension Columbia St. Mary's - Women's Medical Center Birthing Center for your maternity care means you are also connected with a national integrated network of doctors and specialists who have expertise in women’s health and pediatric care, including advanced specialty care that you and your family can rely on for a lifetime.

Breast milk is full of antibodies to help babies fight off infection. And, it has essential nutrients for healthy growth and development. If a baby is born premature or the mother’s milk supply has been delayed, donor breast milk can provide essential antibodies and nutrients that babies need.

Through The Mother’s Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes, we are accepting and providing donor breast milk in our NICU. If you wish to donate your breast milk and meet the criteria set by The Mother Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes, you can drop off your donation at Ascension Columbia St. Mary's - Women's Medical Center Birthing Center.

If you would like to learn more or want to get started as a breast milk donor, call 414-585-1440.