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Downtown Los Angeles
California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S. Grand St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015
213-742-5744 or 742-6474
Accepts Medi-Cal. Low C-section rate. Prenatal care and delivery by team of Certified Nurse-Midwives. You can also get prenatal care from a community clinic and give birth there, but you must pre-register at admissions office first.
Los Angeles County
Kaiser Permanente Hospitals
1-800-464-4000
Only available for those with Kaiser HMO insurance. Low-C-section rate. Kaiser Woodland Hills employs Nurse-Midwives who are on-call 24-hours a day. Other Kaiser hospitals (Sunset, Cadillac, Baldwin Hills) only have midwives on-call limited hours. Call those locations for further information.
Westwood and Westside Los Angeles
UCLA-Nurse-Midwifery Associates, A Midwifery Obstetric Partnership
University of California Los Angeles Medical Center
Plaza 200 Building, Suite 430
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Information: 310-794-4434
Appointments: 310-794-7274
Susan Huser, CNM, MSN, FACNM, A. Ann Trudell, CNM,MSN
Shadman Habibi CNM, M. Pauline Glatleider, CNM, MSN,
Carolee Dunivan, CNM,MSN, Kia Winlock, CNM, MSN
The midwives in this group provide care based on the midwifery model; employing minimal intervention, the judicious use of technology and shared decision-making. Our physician partners are proud of their association with us and support our philosophy of care, and are committed to being immediately available for guidance and assistance should the need arise, including support for VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean section) labors. The superior resources of UCLA Medical Center are available to all our women and families, from sophisticated fetal testing to the most compassionate and skilled nursing staff. We offer free consultation visits as well as preconception care. We accept most forms of insurance and Medi-Cal.
Prenatal care for those with Medi-Cal is given by nurse-midwives at community Medi-Cal clinics, including Westside Family Health Center, located at 1705 Ocean Park Blvd. in Santa Monica, 310-450-2191, ext. 229.
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