Freestanding Birth Centers
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The Providers:
Los Angeles
Birthright Alternative Childbirth Center
Connie Rock, L.M.
California Licensed Midwife
and
Tai Carson, D.E.M.
Direct-Entry Midwife
Birth Center located on Gardner Ave., near Sunset and Fairfax in Hollywood
323-436-7425 (Birth Center)
310-915-3058 (Connie) or 323-428-8517 (Tai)
URL: www.BirthrightLA.com
E-mail: [email protected]
The Birth Center is located in a renovated classic house in Hollywood (near Sunset and Fairfax). Run by Connie Rock, a California Licensed Midwife, and Tai Carson, an apprenticeship-trained midwife, we specialize in waterbirth. Our portable birthing tub is included for no additional fee. Most insurance accepted. Obstetrician/hospital back-up provided. Other services include pre-conception counseling, prenatal care, natural childbirth and parenting classes for our clients, postpartum care, lactation support, well-woman gynecology including diaphragm and cervical cap fittings and Depo-Provera injections, and hospital labor support. We are committed to empowering women through education and support; we encourage informed decision-making. We believe that when a woman's physical, emotional and spiritual needs are met, then she is able to give birth the way her body was designed to. The strength she gains in doing so has far reaching effects in every area of her life. We are committed to empowering women in giving birth in a way that truly honors the profound and beautiful experience that it is.
Orange County
Lorri Walker, C.N.M.
Nurse-Practitioner, Certified Nurse-Midwife
South Coast Midwifery and Wholistic Family Care
22600-D Lambert, Suite 1002
Lake Forest, CA 92630
714-586-6707
--and--
2011 Westcliff Dr., Suite 4
Newport Beach, CA 92660
949-586-6707
Website: http://scmidwifery.simplenet.com
E-mail:
Full scope midwifery, including well-woman gynecological care, and family PACT family planning program Birthing options include waterbirthing at home or in the birth center, or hospital birth. Wholistic family care providers include Stephanie Georgieff, Naturopath, and Julie Ralls, M.D. (General Medicine). Other services include prenatal and adult massge, prenatal yoga, prepared childbirth and infant massage classes. Referrals to related professionals also available. Our website is a must see for current birth center activities.
Orange County/Riverside County/San Bernardino
Pam Jessee, L.M.
California Licensed Midwife
A Natural Birth Center
1609 E. Chapman Ave.
Orange, CA 92866
714-744-0797
E-mail:
Licensed in both California and Texas, Pam Jessee has been serving Southern California families since 1978. She offers birth center births, homebirths, waterbirths, well-woman gynecology, cervical cap fitting and childbirth preparation classes. She utilizes a wide-range of healing modalities including chiropractic, massage, acupuncture, music therapy, homeopathy, herbs. Ob-Gyn and hospital back-up is available.
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