Katy Birth Center

05/05/2026

International Day of the Midwife + Taco Tuesday + Cinco de Mayo… basically our Super Bowl!🌮

We celebrated the only way we know how, tacos, teamwork, and doing what we love most. 💛

After welcoming 6 beautiful babies over the weekend (yes, SIX!), our incredible birth center team is running on joy, a little caffeine, and maybe a few extra tacos today. 👶🏻

Honoring the hands that hold, the hearts that guide, and the magic that shows up every single time.

Midwives make it happen, today and every day. ✨

04/28/2026

In those first sacred seconds after birth, everything shifts. Time slows, emotions rise, and a brand new story begins, unfiltered, powerful, beautifully raw and tender.

This is the heart of Midwifery care.
It’s more than birth.
It’s presence. It’s trust. It’s care that holds you from the time you meet your Midwife until the time you meet your baby. 🤍

These moments were captured over the past few months with our Katy Birth Center families and midwives, shared with permission and so much love.

04/06/2026

It’s never really “goodbye”… it’s just “see you later.”

Six-week visits always carry that quiet mix of emotions. There’s so much joy in seeing how far everyone has come, the confidence, the healing, the tiny (and not-so-tiny) changes in such a short time. And at the same time, there’s that soft sadness knowing our regular visits are coming to an end.

Walking alongside this family has been such an honor. They’ve made it easy to love what I do.

-Midwife Sara Fleeman

03/26/2026

These are the Katy Birth Center midwives: Sara, Shani and Melissa

At Katy Birth Center, you’ll have a primary midwife you build a real relationship and connection with. This is what creates continuity of care which leads to better outcomes for moms and babies.

And you’ll also know the rest of us.

We’ve worked together for years. We’ve supported births together. We’ve built our standards of care together.

So if a backup midwife ever steps in, you’re not starting over.

You’re not wondering what they will or won’t support.

You’re still getting the same philosophy. The same approach. The same respect for your birth.

Because continuity of care isn’t just about one person, it’s about a team that’s actually on the same page.

Swipe → to see how we collaborate behind the scenes continuity of care

03/24/2026

Our midwives were up early this morning helping another little one earthside. Coffee cups abound 😂

homebirth babies

03/13/2026

⏰TIME CHANGE ⏰

10am-12pm TOMORROW come join us!
☕️ Community & Coffee at Katy Birth Center ☕️

Join us for a relaxed morning of connection, conversation, and community. This gathering is free and open to everyone — whether you’ve birthed with us, are newly postpartum, or just looking for a welcoming space to connect.
We’ll start with a brief guided discussion on overcoming challenges and difficulties in motherhood, followed by plenty of time to visit, share experiences, and get to know other moms in a supportive, low-pressure environment.
Bring a friend, bring your baby, and come as you are. We can’t wait to see you there!

02/28/2026

Midwife Sara Fleeman celebrated the final postpartum visit for this incredible mama and sweet baby Lucia. After working so hard to bring her 7lb 8oz firstborn into the world, it is such a joy to see them both thriving.

Welcome to the world, Lucia!

02/17/2026

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A Meal Train page is active for Cathy Westbrook. MealTrain.com simplifies the process of giving and receiving meals and more.

02/17/2026

Childbirth education classes like Birth Boot Camp are especially valuable for families planning an out-of-hospital birth (home birth or birth center) because they focus on preparation, confidence, and partner involvement in a way that truly supports physiologic birth.

02/11/2026

We talk often about VBAC rates — somewhere around 70–80%.
We quote the numbers. We calculate the odds.

But what we don’t do is celebrate the mothers who do the work —
who labor deeply, courageously —
and whose path, in the end, becomes another cesarean.

Sometimes redemption looks like a vaginal birth after cesarean.

Sometimes redemption looks like saying,
“I have done my work and now... we pivot.”

It was a privilege and an honor to walk alongside this mother —
a woman whose strength was not measured by the way her baby was born,
but by her presence,
her endurance,
and her steady, informed choice.

I’m so proud of you!🩶 ~Midwife Shani Van Patten

02/10/2026

☕️ Community & Coffee at Katy Birth Center ☕️

Join us for a relaxed morning of connection, conversation, and community. This gathering is free and open to everyone — whether you’ve birthed with us, are newly postpartum, or just looking for a welcoming space to connect.
We’ll start with a brief guided discussion on adjusting to life with a new baby, followed by plenty of time to visit, share experiences, and get to know other moms in a supportive, low-pressure environment.
Bring a friend, bring your baby, and come as you are. We can’t wait to see you there!