Lifecycle Wellness and Birth Center said that it will be closing next year after 47 years of delivering babies, offering childbirth education classes and providing prenatal, postnatal and gynecological care in Bryn Mawr.

The organization announced Thursday that it will begin winding down in January before shutting down in late March.

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Executive and clinical director Jessi Schwarz and president of the board of directors Lauren Harrington said in a statement that rising costs of services and staffing, a steady increase in malpractice insurance premiums and legal pressures on maternal health providers have made it unfeasible for the small nonprofit to continue.

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