2024 Year in Review

Do you love stats? We’ve got some data for you! 2024 was a great year of growth at Andaluz, and we can’t wait to see what 2025 has in store!

There were 122 babies born at our birth center in Portland!

57 baby boys and 65 baby girls took their first breaths under our roof.

Our vaginal birth rate was 94.3%, meaning only 5.7% of our clients needed a surgical birth, even after a hospital transfer.

Our transfer rate for clients during labor continues to be low, and in line with the birth center model standard of care.

Our low transfer number also means that over 90% of clients who start their labor at the birth center deliver their babies here!

All of the clients who started their labor at Andaluz in 2024 with the hopes of a vaginal birth after cesarean section (VBAC) made their dream a reality!

Some degree of perineal tearing is normal and is typically experienced by 8 out 10 people who give birth. That means the average rate for intact perineum is only about 20%. Ours is more than double that!

Over half of our clients chose to give birth in one of our spacious birth tubs— and virtually 100% used the tubs for pain relief during labor even if they chose to deliver in a different position.

25 clients came back to us again to welcome another baby into their family in 2024.

45% of our 2024 clients were first time parents! You don't have to be an experience parent to have an empowering out-of-hospital birth experience!

The largest baby born at our birth center in 2024 weighed in at 11 lbs 10 oz!