North Carolina lawmakers are calling for a state investigation of a natural birthing center where three newborns died in the past three months. Officials would also like to see more oversight of the state's birth facilities.
Representative Nelson Dollar is asking the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to investigate the Cary location of Baby+Company, which also operates birth centers in Winston-Salem and Charlotte.
The Cary site has reported four newborn deaths since opening in 2014.
Representative Dollar tells the News and Observer he wants Baby+Company to cooperate with DHHS, even though the agency has no legal authority to inspect or review birth centers.
The deaths in Cary have prompted some officials to reconsider regulations for natural birthing facilities in North Carolina. It's one of eight states that allow birth centers to deliver newborns without state licensing or oversight.
North Carolina does require that all nurse midwives be board-certified.
Baby+Company has halted deliveries at its Cary center while a review is taking place.
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