Brooklyn Daily Eagle Newspaper: Birthing Center Offers Moms Alternatives

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Brooklyn Daily Eagle Newspaper: Birthing Center Offers Moms Alternative to Hospital Deliveries

Birthing Center in the Brooklyn Eagle

Grand Opening of the birthing center of NY

By Paula Katinas
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Dr. Lisa Eng estimates that she delivers 200 babies a year. But she said her most important trait is her ability to listen.

Listening to the needs of new mothers led her to establish The Birthing Center of NY, a natural childbirth facility she recently opened in Bay Ridge. The center will mark its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 10.

Eng decided to open The Birthing Center after a focus group she conducted with mothers who had given birth in hospitals yielded surprising results. “They said that giving birth in a hospital, they did not feel like they were being listened to. They also felt like they were not being informed as to what was happening every step of the way,” she told the Brooklyn Eagle.

Eng vowed that her childbirth center would do things differently.

Located at 6700 Third Ave., the Birthing Center is a Department of Health-approved facility providing services to healthy women experiencing low-risk pregnancies.

If there is an unexpected complication during birth, however, the facility has an agreement with NYU Lutheran Medical Center to allow the mother to be transferred there via ambulance. The hospital, located at 150 55th St., is less than a mile away.

A tour of the 6,000-square-foot center given by Eng on Monday revealed a pleasant, soothing atmosphere with playful paintings of Mickey and Minnie Mouse on the walls, along with Chinese prints carefully selected by the doctor.

Anthony Pennacchio, the owner of Vanguard Computer Systems, is the center’s designer. He painted a delightful mural of a sunrise on the wall behind the front desk.

The facility has four delivery rooms, each painted in a different soft tone. The birthing rooms are decorated to resemble home, complete with beds, sofas and TVs. There is a shower in every delivery room.

The Birthing Center allows parents to feel at home while at the same time giving them access to professional medical care, Eng said. “We wanted to offer an alternative to lying in a bed hooked up to a monitor,” she added.

One of the delivery rooms has a Jacuzzi to allow the mother to feel warm water spraying her back. It is not used for the birthing process, however. “If the parents want the birth to take place in a tub, I suggest that they bring their own, for hygiene reasons,” Eng said.

The center is set up so that mothers can give birth and be discharged as soon as possible, according to Eng. “They should go home within six hours of the birth,” she said.

Natural childbirth is gaining popularity in the U.S., according to Eng. “Everything old is new again,” she said.

In 2015, 3.9 million babies were born in the U.S., according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Only 32 percent of the births were cesareans. The CDC also found a decrease in women under age 30 giving birth. The rate has increased for women between the ages of 30 and 44.

While she helps mothers bring babies into the world, Eng’s own early childhood was rough. She was abandoned as a baby on a park bench in her native China. Luckily, she was adopted and brought to the U.S. in 1966. She grew up in Flushing and is a graduate of Queens College.

Eng is Board Certified in obstetrics and gynecology.

She earned her medical degree from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1990. She completed her residency at Lutheran Medical Center and has been in private practice since 1995. She trained under Dr. Donald Zarou, a legendary obstetrician who was affiliated for many years with Lutheran Medical Center. “He taught me everything I know,” Eng said.

Eng is also the owner of New Life OBGYN LLP, a thriving obstetrics and gynecology practice that has four locations in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

For more information on the birthing center, visit nybirthingcenter.com

March 8, 2017 – 12:39pm

Announcing The Opening Of The Birthing Center of New York

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The birthing center of ny opens

Our new, modern freestanding birthing facility is in the heart of Bay Ridge Brooklyn. Women NOW have choice & Control over their pregnancy.

The official ribbon cutting and opening ceremony

The Birthing Center of New York

will take place on March 10th, 2017 at 11:00 am

at 6700-02 3rd Ave Brooklyn NY

The Birthing Center of NY is a safe, comfortable family centered haven for your low risk pregnancy.  Our goal is a healthy delivery for mother and baby – safety is our top priority.  Please consider us your partners in pregnancy and all stages of a woman’s life cycles.

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A New Birthing Center In Brooklyn, NY

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This piece appeared on Crain’s New York website on August 7, 2015:

“…Over in Brooklyn, the Birthing Center of NY is a new corporation that will create an Article 28 diagnosis and treatment center to be certified as a freestanding birthing center. The location is 3,500 square feet of space at 6702-6706 Third Ave. Owned and operated by Dr. Lisa Eng, an obstetrician and gynecologist, the site will include four home-like birthing rooms. ….Her center is geared to healthy women who anticipate an uncomplicated labor and birth and want an alternative to delivering in a hospital or at home. She will offer standard prenatal care, including prenatal tests and care during and after labor and delivery. NYU Lutheran is the backup hospital.”

 

Dr. Lisa Eng Receives Approval For Freestanding Birthing Center

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Dr. Lisa Eng

The Birthing Center of NY, a new corporation owned and operated by MSSNY member Dr. Lisa Eng, will create a state-of-the-art center with four home-like birthing rooms. The Public Health and Health Planning Council recently approved the freestanding birthing center. It’s located in a 3,500 square foot space near NYU Lutheran in Southwest Brooklyn.

“One percent of New York’s State’s births occur in the home and consequently it is our hope to offer women more choices in childbirth,” said Dr. Eng. “The Center will be open to all midwives, obstetricians, and family practitioners who wish to credential and are willing to abide by the selection criteria for delivering at the Center.”

A graduate of Queens College, Dr. Eng received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in Old Westbury. She completed her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn. She has been in private practice since 1995, as owner of New Life Medical Esthetics & Wellness in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Dr. Eng, an obstetrician and gynecologist, has been a member of MSSNY since 1994. The doctor is also a member of the Committee to Eliminate Healthcare Disparities. She has also been the Chair of Section 2, District II of ACOG, and was part of Listening to Mothers II work group. She is past President of the Medical Society of Kings.

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