HOSPITAL BIRTH WITH DOCTORS SUPPORTIVE OF NATURAL CHILDBIRTH
For a special delivery, call one of these docs!
The following obstetrician-gynecologists are on the “A List” of many childbirth educators, doulas, midwives, and childbirth support organizations in the Los Angeles area. They have been selected for this directory because of their ability to provide informed consent and refusal, their receptivity to their patients needs and desires.
Hospitals:
Good Samaritan – Downtown Los Angeles | Cedars Sinai -West Los Angeles
Glendale Adventist- Glendale | Citrus Valley – Covina
THE DOCTORS
Hospital of the Good Samaritan – Downtown Los Angeles
Dr. Mark Dwight, M.D.
Bates & Dwight Medical Group
637 S. Lucas Ave. #200
Los Angeles, CA 90017
213-977-4190
Dr. Dwight has a great bedside manner, does an excellent job of providing patients with information so they can make informed choices and respecting their wishes. He is very prompt about returning calls. Doctor Dwight is a good choice if you are a woman who wants to give birth your way. Natural childbirth is supported by this doc, but if you want an epidural, your choice will be respected too. The hospital has two birthing suites with jacuzzi tubs for labor pain relief and is doula-friendly.
Cedars Sinai Medical Center – West Los Angeles
Dr. Paul Crane, M.D.
415 Crescent Dr.
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
310-659-5810
Dr. Crane delivers babies at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in West Los Angeles. Dr. Crane is a good choice for women wanting Vaginal Birth After Caesarean or natural childbirth within the hospital environment. Dr. Crane supports women’s desire to give birth their own way. Dr. Crane has worked with midwives for many years, so he understands the natural-childbirth philosophy and approach to managing labor.
Cedars Sinai Medical Center – West Los Angeles
Dr. David Kline, M.D.
10309 Santa Monica Bl., Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90025
310-553-2777
Dr. Kline is supportive of informed choice in maternity care and the rights of families to have access to all birthing options. Dr. Kline is sympathetic to parents wanting to have natural childbirth, and he’s a favorite of the doulas and midwives.
Glendale Adventist Medical Center – Glendale
Dr. Ronald Wu, M.D.
1809 Verdugo Blvd.
Glendale, CA 91208
818-244-3572
Dr. Wu is a excellent choice for parents wanting childbirth with minimal intervention in a hospital setting. Dr. Wu has delivered vaginal twins and triplets. He’s one of the midwives and doulas favorites.
Citrus Valley Hospital – Covina, Alhambra Hospital, Greater El Monte Community Hospital, Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center – West Covina & El Monte & Hollywood
Dr. Carlos S. Beharie, M.D.
1433 West Merced Avenue
West Covina, CA 91790
626-337-8000
Patients say that he is easy to talk to, and supportive of their birth plans. He is prompt, has a good bedside manner, and spends enough time answering questions. Patients report he is also very good with follow up. Midwives work in his office. Accepts Medi-Cal.
Attention Parents:
If you gave birth with an obstetrician who helped you have a natural childbirth and/or vaginal birth after cesarean, we want to know about it. Please Email us the name of the doctor you recommend! We believe that women of childbearing age “must have access to information that will help them choose maternity care providers and institutions that are most compatible with their own philosophies and needs” (CIMS, The Birth Survey).
Before you decide, find out more about a doctor or hospital you are considering!
Go to THE BIRTH SURVEY and check out what other women said about your doctor and how they rated the care they received. The Birth Survey is a consumer-report for childbirth, ensuring transparency in maternity care.
If you have given birth in the last two years, or know someone who has, please share your birth experience. Click here to invite a friend to take the survey or to view how other women rated your doctor.
The Birth Survey is structured around the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) evidence-based 10 Steps to Mother-Friendly Care and other quality of care indicators.
We believe that women of childbearing age must have access to information that will help them choose maternity care providers and institutions that are most compatible with their own philosophies and needs. We hope that the Transparency in Maternity Care Project will provide information that will help women make fully informed maternity care decisions.
We also believe that maternity care practitioners and institutions must have access to feedback from their patients. We hope that doctors, midwives, and hospital administrators will find the information generated through the Transparency in Maternity Care Project useful in quality improvement efforts.
Women need accurate, objective data in order to make fully informed choices about birth settings and providers. Practitioners and hospital administrators also need data to evaluate whether they are delivering quality care. We hope this project will fill a void by providing much needed information that benefits all parties engaged in maternity care.
This directory lists selected obstetricians who support the ideals of natural childbirth. If you know of a great doc who should be listed here, please email:
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