We celebrate our 10th:

For 10 years, the Chapel Hill-based Women’s Birth & Wellness Center (WBWC) has been a major community and statewide resource in women’s health and child birth. Since we opened our doors in 2003, WBWC has thrived as a unique non-profit birth center and women’s health clinic offering women an alternative to the hospital setting for prenatal, birth and post-delivery care.  

 As North Carolina's only accredited, free-standing birth center in the triangle, WBWC has become a health care resource for women of all ages. On October 20, WBWC is hosted a birthday party for patients and their families at Pullen Park in Raleigh, NC. Past fall galas have drawn hundreds of attendees, including families and WBWC staff.

 Under WBWC founder Maureen Darcey, Executive Director, WBWC offers a unique patient-centered approach to well-woman and pregnancy services. Our mission is to provide "women of diverse backgrounds with comprehensive well-woman, maternity and preventative healthcare throughout the life cycle.” We provide a dedicated staff of eight Certified Nurse Midwives, two women’s health nurse practioners, numerous registered nurses, administrative staff and lactation consultants. This team of committed women is well known for providing excellent care to their patients.

 In part, our mission statement says:

“We believe that every woman has the right to a standard of excellence in her healthcare, to be treated with respect for human dignity and cultural preferences, and to be an active partner in her healthcare.  We believe that the establishment of a freestanding birth center and women’s health center provides the best opportunity to succeed in our mission.”

 As the birth center continues to grow, we have plans to build a new and more comprehensive facility as part of our continuous effort to better serve our patients. “I have seen this practice grow immensely over the years and we are overjoyed to continue to care for the women and families across North Carolina”, Darcey said. 

Women's Birth & Wellness Center is a not-for-profit women’s health organization designed to improve the health of women in our community by providing the highest quality preventive and maternity health care services to women and families.  WBWC is a community-based center and provides services to patients regardless of their economic status. We provide affordable healthcare to women and offer sliding-fee scales to the uninsured.