Bringing Baby Into the World in Nashville: The Ultimate Guide
If you’re pregnant in Nashville, you already know — this city has no shortage of sweet tea, live music, and incredibleplaces to bring your baby into the world. Whether you’re picturing a cozy water birth with fairy lights and your favorite playlist, or you feel safest with all the modern medical bells and whistles, there’s a space and a team here ready to help you welcome your little one.
Here’s a mama-curated list of some of the best hospitals, birth centers, midwives, and doulas Nashville has to offer — from big-city medical to warm-and-intimate care.
HOSPITALS
For the mamas who want the full medical team at the ready — without sacrificing comfort..
Vanderbilt University Medical Center – Labor & Delivery
One of the best in the Southeast for both low- and high-risk births. Private rooms, an amazing NICU, and staff who are as skilled as they are compassionate.
TriStar Centennial Women’s Hospital
Feels more like a hotel than a hospital. Beautiful birthing suites, a Level III NICU, and specialists who truly listen to your birth preferences.
Saint Thomas Midtown – The Birth Center
A sweet spot for those who want a hospital birth but still want a “homey” vibe. Private suites, midwife options, and support for natural birth.
BIRTH CENTERS
For mamas who want an intimate, cozy, and natural birth environment.
Vanderbilt Birth Center (formerly Baby+Company)
Recognized as “the region’s only out-of-hospital birth center” in Nashville, this is your main freestanding option. You receive complete care—prenatal, labor & delivery, postpartum, wellness coaching, and educational resources—all in a soothing, suite-like environment with hydrotherapy tubs, dimmable lighting, and a familiar team of midwives and OB-GYNs
MIDWIVES
For personalized, continuous support — at home, in a birth center, or hospital setting.
Nashville Midwives at Vanderbilt
Certified nurse-midwives who blend evidence-based care with the gentleness and support of a personal guide.
Tender Beginnings
Perfect for mamas who feel most at peace in their own home. Holistic, safe, and family-centered care.
The Midwives of Tennessee
Water birth options, long prenatal visits, and postpartum follow-up that feels like a friend checking in.
DOULAS
Because sometimes the best medicine is a steady hand and a voice reminding you, “You’re doing it.”
Nashville Doula Services
This is a well-established boutique doula agency serving Middle Tennessee with a team-based, VIP-style approach to birth and postpartum support. Their services include birth and postpartum doulas, lactation support, education classes, placenta encapsulation, and more.
Music City Doulas
This agency offers a full spectrum of support—birth and postpartum care, evidence-based classes, lactation support, and even placenta services. They’ve been serving Nashville families since 2015 with compassion and expertise.
Mama Moon
A luxury-style, holistic doula service offering a boutique approach to maternal support—includes doulas, newborn nursing care (even live-in!), childbirth education, pregnancy wellness, and more.
Extra Love for your Journey
For mamas who want the warmth of home without sacrificing expertise — Roots brings midwives, doulas, and holistic support right into your living room.
Wake up in your own space and welcome baby with water birth options, nurturing midwives, and supportive education classes backed by NOVA.
Offered by Marcie, this practice specializes in trauma-informed birth and postpartum support, Lamaze education, and lactation counseling. Great for families seeking a gentle, personalized touch.
Childbirth Classes: Bradley Method®, HypnoBirthing, and hospital-based courses.
Lactation Consultants: Milky Way Lactation, Nashville Lactation Services.
Postpartum Support Groups: Nashville New Moms, Bloom community for mothers.
One Last Mama Note
No matter which path you choose — birth center, hospital, home — remember: this is your story. You get to choose the place, the people, and the atmosphere that feels right for you. Nashville’s got the options. You’ve got the instincts. And when those first cries fill the air, you won’t be thinking about the walls or the lights… you’ll just be holding your baby, and everything else will fade away.
And mama — once you’ve met your little one, those first days will blur faster than you think. The way they curl into your chest. That newborn fuzz on their shoulders. The sleepy weight of them in your arms. I’d love to help you hold on to those details long after they’ve outgrown your arms.
If you’d like to learn more about my newborn photography sessions here in Nashville, you can find all the details right here. I’ll bring the wraps, the patience, and a whole lot of heart — so you can just be in the moment.
With love,
Jamie
