OUR MISSION
Nova Enterprises is on a mission to improve the world of maternity care in Illinois even if it is only one birth at a time. According to the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act the state of Illinois is in need of alternative methods of maternity care. Our mission is to provide a much overdue, needed, and desired collection of services that specialize in natural, proven, and evidence based practices. Due to the hard work and dedication of devoted people that sought to improve maternity care in the state, what were previously just visions of freestanding birth centers, are now very real possibilities.
A LITTLE ABOUT ME
My name is Julie Banas. I am the Director of Operations at Nova Enterprises. I am a happily married mother of three who has been active in the birth community for a number of years as a doula, birth assistant, birth photographer, childbirth educator and apprentice midwife.
There is a lack of education and support for pregnant women. Low risk woman (which is about 85% of all pregnancies) should have the right to birth how and where she wants without meeting resistance. The United States comes behind 30 other countries in maternity care. I want to do something to improve those odds. I don't think enough women know about their options and rights when it comes to the birth of their babies.
Birth matters and the experience of a birth has lasting effects on everyone involved.
What is a Birth Center
A birth center is a home-like facility, existing within a healthcare system with a program of care designed in the wellness model of pregnancy and birth. Birth centers are guided by principles of prevention, sensitivity, safety, appropriate medical intervention, and cost effectiveness. Birth centers provide family-centered care for healthy women before, during and after normal pregnancy, labor and birth. – National Association of Childbearing Centers, 1995
Benefits of Birth Centers & Midwifery Led Care
- Greater Control and Involvement
- A Network of Services
- Freedom of Movement
- Reduction in C-section & Interventions
- Lower Costs
- Reduced Mortality and Morbidity for Mother and Baby
- Fewer Recovery Complications
OUR VISION
Now that the doors have finally been breached to allow birth centers to be opened, we are going for it. Our vision is an all-inclusive facility with comprehensive prenatal and postpartum care, labor and birth options with 4 luxurious birth rooms, maternal-focus fitness center, wellness spa, doula services, "baby and me boutique", full time childcare for clients and staff, breastfeeding support clinic, nutrition services, maternal mental-wellness support, education center, and other mother/baby related services. We want our center to be a big part of the community. We believe that happy, healthy families start at birth.
OUR PLAN
In order to submit for the application for licensure we need to have a location, detailed architecture plans, all staffing accounted for and all funds to run the center.
We have been creating a support system throughout Illinois and have made breakthroughs in gathering a solid team to make this vision happen in the next year.
We have a location, a solid proposal to give to the bank, a network of public and professional support, building designs, and now we need to finish our funding to finish getting this project underway.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
We want to take our business to the mayor of to gain the cities support for the project. We want to walk into their office with a huge stack of signatures of people from the community who back the birth center project. Please sign our petition to show that you support a freestanding birth center in the Chicago area.
Updates
June 14, 2015
The momentum is undeniable now. Seeing this much support confirms that Illinois families are ready for a new path in maternity care.
19 Comments
It's important for the overall health of the birthing community to have healthy viable options. Allowing an alternative to hospitals makes everyone involved step up and really provide the best care they are capable of offering.
Please help make birth experiences like mine (unnecessarily traumatic and stressful) something that is no longer common.
I'm all for this! Although this will not be the first free standing birth center (pcc in Berwyn is), as the second, it is still fulfilling a much needed void in Illinois maternity care. I look forward to attending births at this amazing center!
It would be amazing to have a birthing center here in Joliet! I know quite a few people that would be very interested in using it!
As a Joliet resident, and someone with a passion for improving birth, I cannot wait for this birth center to open new possibilities for families in the far south suburbs. We are currently very limited with birthing choices and resources. This could be the start of something huge. I look forward to the day when families can easily find support in their journey to gentler, more natural, evidence-based birth options. Thank you, Nova, for considering Joliet. You will help serve so many women outside of the city limits.
Illinois women want more out of hospital birth options!
I believe we should allow a birth center in Chicagoland. They are safe and give Mom's more options and more education.
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OUR MISSION
Nova Enterprises is on a mission to improve the world of maternity care in Illinois even if it is only one birth at a time. According to the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act the state of Illinois is in need of alternative methods of maternity care. Our mission is to provide a much overdue, needed, and desired collection of services that specialize in natural, proven, and evidence based practices. Due to the hard work and dedication of devoted people that sought to improve maternity care in the state, what were previously just visions of freestanding birth centers, are now very real possibilities.
A LITTLE ABOUT ME
My name is Julie Banas. I am the Director of Operations at Nova Enterprises. I am a happily married mother of three who has been active in the birth community for a number of years as a doula, birth assistant, birth photographer, childbirth educator and apprentice midwife.
There is a lack of education and support for pregnant women. Low risk woman (which is about 85% of all pregnancies) should have the right to birth how and where she wants without meeting resistance. The United States comes behind 30 other countries in maternity care. I want to do something to improve those odds. I don't think enough women know about their options and rights when it comes to the birth of their babies.
Birth matters and the experience of a birth has lasting effects on everyone involved.
What is a Birth Center
A birth center is a home-like facility, existing within a healthcare system with a program of care designed in the wellness model of pregnancy and birth. Birth centers are guided by principles of prevention, sensitivity, safety, appropriate medical intervention, and cost effectiveness. Birth centers provide family-centered care for healthy women before, during and after normal pregnancy, labor and birth. – National Association of Childbearing Centers, 1995
Benefits of Birth Centers & Midwifery Led Care
- Greater Control and Involvement
- A Network of Services
- Freedom of Movement
- Reduction in C-section & Interventions
- Lower Costs
- Reduced Mortality and Morbidity for Mother and Baby
- Fewer Recovery Complications
OUR VISION
Now that the doors have finally been breached to allow birth centers to be opened, we are going for it. Our vision is an all-inclusive facility with comprehensive prenatal and postpartum care, labor and birth options with 4 luxurious birth rooms, maternal-focus fitness center, wellness spa, doula services, "baby and me boutique", full time childcare for clients and staff, breastfeeding support clinic, nutrition services, maternal mental-wellness support, education center, and other mother/baby related services. We want our center to be a big part of the community. We believe that happy, healthy families start at birth.
OUR PLAN
In order to submit for the application for licensure we need to have a location, detailed architecture plans, all staffing accounted for and all funds to run the center.
We have been creating a support system throughout Illinois and have made breakthroughs in gathering a solid team to make this vision happen in the next year.
We have a location, a solid proposal to give to the bank, a network of public and professional support, building designs, and now we need to finish our funding to finish getting this project underway.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
We want to take our business to the mayor of to gain the cities support for the project. We want to walk into their office with a huge stack of signatures of people from the community who back the birth center project. Please sign our petition to show that you support a freestanding birth center in the Chicago area.
Updates
June 14, 2015
The momentum is undeniable now. Seeing this much support confirms that Illinois families are ready for a new path in maternity care.
19 Comments
I have had many ladies searching for a birth center because they had a great experience with it out of state, but they were unable to find one. I offer home delivery, but their first choice was a birth center. I wish the women of the area could have their first choice.
It's important for the overall health of the birthing community to have healthy viable options. Allowing an alternative to hospitals makes everyone involved step up and really provide the best care they are capable of offering.
Please help make birth experiences like mine (unnecessarily traumatic and stressful) something that is no longer common.
I'm all for this! Although this will not be the first free standing birth center (pcc in Berwyn is), as the second, it is still fulfilling a much needed void in Illinois maternity care. I look forward to attending births at this amazing center!
It would be amazing to have a birthing center here in Joliet! I know quite a few people that would be very interested in using it!
As a Joliet resident, and someone with a passion for improving birth, I cannot wait for this birth center to open new possibilities for families in the far south suburbs. We are currently very limited with birthing choices and resources. This could be the start of something huge. I look forward to the day when families can easily find support in their journey to gentler, more natural, evidence-based birth options. Thank you, Nova, for considering Joliet. You will help serve so many women outside of the city limits.
Illinois women want more out of hospital birth options!
I believe we should allow a birth center in Chicagoland. They are safe and give Mom's more options and more education.
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I have had many ladies searching for a birth center because they had a great experience with it out of state, but they were unable to find one. I offer home delivery, but their first choice was a birth center. I wish the women of the area could have their first choice.