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Water Birth in California
135 facilities in California are tagged for water birth — serving Agoura Hills, Alameda, Apple Valley, Atascadero and 86 more communities. Families often travel further than expected for the right birth setting, so it's worth checking the options a town or two over as well.
Water Birth in California, ranked by families
Honey Midwifery Holistic Birth Center & Home Birth
5 ★★★★★ 134 reviews
South Coast Midwifery & Women's Health Care
4.3 ★★★★☆ 154 reviews
Pure Births
4.8 ★★★★★ 122 reviews
Intimate Journey Birth & Wellness Center
5 ★★★★★ 107 reviews
Mind Body Birth Wellness and Birthing Center
4.8 ★★★★★ 84 reviews
Revelation Midwifery
4.8 ★★★★★ 78 reviews
Nature's Way Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 54 reviews
Sutter Davis Hospital Family Birthing Center
3.8 ★★★★☆ 64 reviews
The Midwives Childbirth Services - Paula Grady, LM CPM
4.8 ★★★★★ 50 reviews
California Birth Center
4.7 ★★★★★ 49 reviews
The Natural Birth Place
4.9 ★★★★★ 47 reviews
Acorn Community Birth And Wellness Center
4.5 ★★★★★ 51 reviews
SCV Birth Center
4.8 ★★★★★ 46 reviews
Birth Local Midwifery Carlsbad
5 ★★★★★ 40 reviews
Next Generation Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 39 reviews
A Joy Birth Services, Inc.
5 ★★★★★ 35 reviews
The Midwife & More
5 ★★★★★ 33 reviews
Birthing Rhythm, Inc
5 ★★★★★ 33 reviews
Brooke Ray, Certified Nurse Midwife
5 ★★★★★ 33 reviews
Born With An Angell Midwifery Care
4.8 ★★★★★ 34 reviews
Kinship Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 32 reviews
High Desert Birth Services
5 ★★★★★ 31 reviews
Rainbow Midwifery - Tasha Boyd, LM, CPM
5 ★★★★★ 31 reviews
Stanford Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 30 reviews
Dos Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 29 reviews
Casa Natal Birth & Wellness Center
4.6 ★★★★★ 31 reviews
Hummingbird Midwifery
4.6 ★★★★★ 31 reviews
Bloom Waterbirth & Wellness Center
4.6 ★★★★★ 31 reviews
Beautiful One Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 28 reviews
San Diego Midwife
4.7 ★★★★★ 29 reviews
Embracing Oak Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 27 reviews
Ventura Birth Center
4.7 ★★★★★ 28 reviews
Birth Your Way Birth Center
4.2 ★★★★☆ 30 reviews
Luna Birth Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 25 reviews
Welborn Baby Childbirth Services
5 ★★★★★ 25 reviews
Bakersfield Birth Center Inc., Justine O. Backhaus, LM
4.8 ★★★★★ 25 reviews
Santa Barbara Birth Center
5 ★★★★★ 23 reviews
Abundant Blessings Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 23 reviews
Born Wild Midwifery
4.8 ★★★★★ 23 reviews
Pacifica Family Birth Center
4.4 ★★★★☆ 25 reviews
Luna Madre Midwifery
4.8 ★★★★★ 22 reviews
Rising Tide Midwifery
4.8 ★★★★★ 22 reviews
Redding Midwifery Group
4.7 ★★★★★ 22 reviews
Sunrise Birthing Center
5 ★★★★★ 20 reviews
Believer in Birth - Michelle Nanas LM
5 ★★★★★ 20 reviews
North Bay Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 20 reviews
San Diego County Midwives
5 ★★★★★ 18 reviews
Baker Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 18 reviews
Nine Moonbeams Midwifery, Peggy Vetter, LM
5 ★★★★★ 17 reviews
San Francisco Birth Center
4.6 ★★★★★ 18 reviews
Birth Waves Midwifery
4.8 ★★★★★ 17 reviews
Lavender Moon Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 16 reviews
Score Midwifery Services LLC
5 ★★★★★ 16 reviews
Wild at Heart Midwifery
4.2 ★★★★☆ 18 reviews
Gea Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 15 reviews
Cypress Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 14 reviews
Ask A Midwife
5 ★★★★★ 14 reviews
A Family Affair Birth Center
5 ★★★★★ 13 reviews
Belly to Birth Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 13 reviews
Peaceful Passages Birthing Support Center
4 ★★★★☆ 16 reviews
Moxie Birth
4.8 ★★★★★ 13 reviews
Birth Story Midwifery
4.8 ★★★★★ 13 reviews
Natural Birth Center & Women's Wellness
4 ★★★★☆ 15 reviews
Manzanita Midwifery, Jennifer Oquendo, Licensed Midwife
5 ★★★★★ 12 reviews
Birth Journey Services
5 ★★★★★ 12 reviews
Bay Postpartum Midwife
5 ★★★★★ 12 reviews
Community Birth Works, Cynthia Banks, RN, MSN, CNM
5 ★★★★★ 10 reviews
Wholistic Birth and Wellness
5 ★★★★★ 10 reviews
Intuitive Rhythms Midwifery
4.8 ★★★★★ 10 reviews
AA Midwifery Center
5 ★★★★★ 9 reviews
Family Centered Birth
5 ★★★★★ 9 reviews
Experience Birth & Beyond
5 ★★★★★ 9 reviews
Ray Weber - Long Beach Midwife LM, CPM, MS
5 ★★★★★ 9 reviews
Beach Cities Midwifery
4 ★★★★☆ 11 reviews
South Bay Birth
4.2 ★★★★☆ 10 reviews
CPMC Birth Center, Van Ness Campus
4.6 ★★★★★ 9 reviews
Sonoma Valley Birth Center
5 ★★★★★ 8 reviews
Blessed Beginnings Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 8 reviews
Mercy Oceans Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 8 reviews
Moto Midwife Birth and Lactation Services
5 ★★★★★ 8 reviews
Redwood Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 8 reviews
Alpine Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 7 reviews
La Rosa Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 7 reviews
Clinique Molière
5 ★★★★★ 7 reviews
Moonrise Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 7 reviews
Gold Soul Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 7 reviews
Kelly Olmstead, LM, CPM currently on sabbatical
4.9 ★★★★★ 7 reviews
Sacred Journey Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 6 reviews
Anu Midwifery Care
5 ★★★★★ 6 reviews
Midwife Courtney
5 ★★★★★ 6 reviews
Sutter Eden Medical Center Birth Center
3.6 ★★★★☆ 8 reviews
Circle City Midwifery & Women's Health Services, Inc.
3.8 ★★★★☆ 6 reviews
Full Moon Birth and Family Wellness Center
4.4 ★★★★☆ 5 reviews
Aquarius Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 4 reviews
Orange County Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 4 reviews
Sutter Tracy Community Hospital Family Birth Center
5 ★★★★★ 4 reviews
Mothercraft Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 4 reviews
Birthstone Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 4 reviews
Big Valley Midwives
5 ★★★★★ 3 reviews
Mountain River Birth: Morgan Conway-O’Neill, LM, CPM
5 ★★★★★ 3 reviews
Island Midwife - Evaly Long, CPM, LM
5 ★★★★★ 3 reviews
Family Birth Center - Dignity Health - California Hospital Medical Center
2.8 ★★★☆☆ 5 reviews
Willow Birth Village
5 ★★★★★ 2 reviews
Ohana Midwifery at Lake Tahoe
5 ★★★★★ 2 reviews
Home Birth Midwife, Davi Kaur Khalsa CNM, WHNP, MSN
5 ★★★★★ 1 reviews
Nantzin Birth Medicine Midwifery Services
5 ★★★★★ 1 reviews
Family Birth And Education Center
5 ★★★★★ 1 reviews
The Barefoot Midwife
5 ★★★★★ 1 reviews
La Rosa Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 1 reviews
Heather LeMaster, LM, CPM
5 ★★★★★ 1 reviews
Jessica A. Johnson, LM
5 ★★★★★ 1 reviews
Birth Aesthetics Midwifery
5 ★★★★★ 1 reviews
Oakland Better Birth Foundation
1 ★☆☆☆☆ 1 reviews
Le Gra Birth Services
Awakenings Birth Services
Roberta L. Frank, CNM
Blackbird Birthing: Midwifery & Lactation Services
Birthing Adventures Midwifery
Belly to Birth
Peaceful Passages Birthing Support Center of Southern California
Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz Birth Center
Tammy Stokes Licensed Midwife
East Bay Home Birth Midwifery
Choosing in California: what to confirm
Tour two or three facilities before deciding — most offer tours or intro calls at no charge, and an hour on site tells you more than any website. Confirm the specialty directly: tags on this page come from each facility's own materials and reviews, and policies change, so ask specifically what's offered today and what their eligibility criteria are. Ask who would attend your birth and what happens if your pregnancy's risk profile changes. And on money: verify your insurance or Medicaid coverage with the facility's billing office and your plan before you commit — facilities know California's current rules better than any website.
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