Family Birth Center at St. Francis Hospital serves Federal Way and surrounding communities with board-certified obstetricians, certified nurse-midwives and labor and delivery nurses throughout pregnancy, labor, delivery and after childbirth. This includes high-risk pregnancy care, vaginal birth after cesarean (or VBAC), and Level II special care nursery for 24-hour specialized care for ill or premature newborns in partnership with the neonatal team at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Birth rooms are spacious suites for labor, delivery, recovery and post-partum care (LDRP), with a private bathroom with whirlpool tub, sleeper chairs, state-of-the-art fetal monitoring technology and other technology for safe labor and delivery. Lactation consultants are also available.