Medi Flower Natural Birthing Center, Seocho, Seoul

A Natural Birthing Center, Medi Flower, espouses the HypnoBirthing philosophy, a natural birthing method launched by Mrs. Marie F. Mongan in the US, and the natural birth philosophy of Dr. Chung Hwan-wook.

Dr. Chung and Dr. Park, OB/GYN, and associated midwives help expat pregnant women and their families to experience a natural birth in a place where they feel comfortable by empowering women’s instinct of maternal love and childbirth. Even high-risk mothers having a breech baby or those who had cesarean section for the former birth can give a birth in completely natural ways and surprisingly, the cesarean section rate has been under 15%.

Medi Flower Natural Birthing Center takes care of your prenatal cares, birth, and postpartum and newborn cares based on the natural birthing method in a safe and professional way.

To provide the best services, we combined the advantages of both hospital birthing and home birthing. We proudly announce you that we have quality medical systems and facilities for both mothers and newborn babies. The midwife stays with you during labor and birth and the doctors also participate in your labor care and birth acting as a backup. Should a cesarean birth be necessary, it can be performed in our clinic with your husband present or you can be transferred to a large general hospital of your choice (St.Mary’s hospital, Soon Chun Hyang University hospital, Cha hospital etc.) within 30 minutes under the special evacuation contract between Medi Flower Natural Birthing Center and the big  hospitals.  Following the birth, we also offer care coordination for the growth and health care of the babies.

Medi Flower care:
Care by skilled care-providers
- Labor and birth care by certified nurse midwives and other skilled staff 24/7.
- Doctor’s backup support during labor and birth, and rounds
Other cares
- Provide information to induce natural labor (medically-induced labor is the last resort).
- Prefer to not use Medical intervention whenever possible
- Routine procedures including intermittent fetal monitoring, ultrasound scanning, newborn suctioning and care
- Other medical treatment can be offered on request or by absolute necessity: IV injections, pelvic exams, shaving, and enema, etc.
- Encourage happy family birth with your husband and a doula.
- Allow moms to move around, have meals during labor
- Recommend effective birthing position and breathing control
- Wait to cut the umbilical cord until pulsing stops.
- Wait for the natural expulsion of placenta by inducing natural uterine contraction to prevent postpartum bleeding.
- Don’t bathe babies right after birth.
Facility
- A home-like and comfortable environment for natural birth.
- Water birth
- No separate newborn unit: Babies stay with parents all the time after birth.
In case of emergency
- 24-hour on-site epidural and emergency cesarean section
- Special evacuation contracts with big hospitals for more intensive medical services for both babies and mothers.

Hours:
Medi Flower Natural Birthing Center is open 24/7. Please contact to 02-548-9401.
OB/GYN Clinic Hours:
Mon ~ Fri : 09:30 ~ 13:30, 14:30 ~ 18:30
Sat : 09:30 ~ 13:00
Closed Sundays and Korean national holidays.

English contact person (clinic - regular hours): Ella Han, English Coordinator
Tel: 02-548-9400 or 010-8550-9742 (direct contact)
Emal: eunsook.ella.han@gmail.com.
Note: Doctors speak English

Directions:
1) By Subway
We are very close to Exit 13 at Seoul National University of Education Station(Lines 2 and 3, Stops 223 and 340). Just go straight from Exit 13 about 50m and you’ll see women’s clothing stores on your left. We are located on the 2nd floor of the same building.

2) By car
- From Gangbuk (the north area of Seoul) direction (Yongsan, Itaewon, Northern Gyeonggi-do.)
The best and fastest way to get our clinic is via Banpo (반포) bridge. Drive south until you reach the  Seocho( 서초) subway station intersection. Turn left at the intersection and go straight to the intersection around Seoul National University of Education (교대) subway station. Turn right there and again go straight until you see ‘Olive Young’ drugstore. You need to do ‘U-turn’ in front of the drug store. You will find the ‘Lotte Castle Medici Building’ on your right side, and our clinic is on the second floor of the building.
- From Gangnam (the south area of Seoul) direction (Seongnam, Southern Gyeonggi-do, etc.)
The best and fastest way to get our clinic is using Gyeongbu (경부) Highway. Drive north until you reach Seocho (서초) IC. Exit the highway through Seocho IC, and take Nambu (남부) Ring Road. Go straight to the Woomyeon (우면) three-way intersection. Turn right at the intersection and go straight until you pass  Seoul National University of Education(서울교대). Right after passing the university, you will see the ‘Lotte Castle Medici Building’ on your right side. Our clinic is on the second floor of the building.

3) For taxi drivers
2,3호선 교대역 사거리에서 서울 교대 방향으로 쭉 들어오시다가, 서울 교대 후문 앞에서 유턴하셔서 약 100m 오시다가, 1층에 여성 의류점이 있는 높은 건물 앞에서 세워주세요. 

Medi Flower OB/GYN page.

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