What is a Birth Center Because birth progresses safer without standard obstetrical interventions, birth centers are designed to work with a womans own body to allow gentle safe deliveries. At a birth center pregnant women are not treated like they are sick. Birth is a normal process in a womans life and it should be treated like a safe and miraculous event. Carolina WaterBirth is considered a freestanding birth center. This means that we are not affiliated with any hospital. Unlike hospitals, that actually make more money when a woman gets a cesarean or has a sick baby, we only deliver for healthy women and babies. It is to our and your benefit to keep women healthy. We specialize in preventive care by offering comprehensive childbirth education and plenty of face-to-face counseling.