The only free-standing birth center in the Finger Lakes Region

Serving families in both the home and birth center setting

Indian Creek Birth Center offers mindful maternity care in a peaceful home-like setting, designed to create empowered birth experiences. Embark on your birth journey your way, nurtured and safely guided into parenthood with the gentle support of our experienced midwives, nurses and doula’s. We offer holistic midwifery care specializing in physiologic birth and honoring the ancient art of midwifery.

Indian Creek Birth Center

Our free-standing birth center sits on two peaceful acres that includes walking paths, gardens and small waterfalls, located less than a mile from Cayuga Medical Center. Indian Creek offers two options for office visits; see your midwife in Ithaca at the free-standing birth center or at our quaint midwife cottage located in Dundee, NY. Indian Creek was designed to expand community birth options in the Finger Lakes Region, serving families from miles around.

Meet Your Midwife

Lisa Benedetto brings over two decades of midwifery experience across Colorado, Pennsylvania and New York, in both hospital and out-of-hospital settings. She is a member of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, the New York State Association of Licensed Midwives, and the American Association of Birth Centers, and has spent her career championing physiologic birth and informed decision-making.

Personalized. Family centered care.

We believe that birth is a natural life event, one that our bodies are designed for. At Indian Creek, we respect individual choice and we support clients to make informed decisions every step of the way. We lay the foundation for empowered birth experiences.

Accepting new clients.

If you are interested in establishing care at Indian Creek, we invite you to schedule a free consultation to learn more about your options and tour our free-standing birth center.

Testimonials

“Lisa is amazing! She delivered my daughter at home on March 18th and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. It was everything I had hoped for. Lisa is kind, nurturing, and professional. I’ve never had a health provider that has cared so much about myself and my family as Lisa has. She is incredible!”

“Lisa is outstanding in every way – kind, caring, dedicated, professional. Everything you could want and more.”

“Thank you so much for all your support in the biggest moment of our lives!!! We will never forget you and how you made this experience so so special to all of us.”

“Words cannot express how grateful we are for your help bringing Angelia into this world. Thank you for being awesome!!!”

“We can’t thank you enough for helping bring Kellan into the world! We will be forever grateful!”

“Thank you for delivering our beautiful baby girl! Your encouragement & persistence made it all happen!”

“I feel so blessed to have had you as my midwife. Not only did you help guide our son safely into this world, but you stayed by my side, believed in me, and supported me through the most difficult (but most rewarding) journey of my life. My birth experience is a gift that I will treasure for a lifetime, and for that I am forever grateful to you.”

“Thank you, Miss Lisa, for helping to get my baby brother out of my mommy’s tummy. Love, Big Brother”