1. Midwives of Southern California
Home & Birth Center
While extensive effort is made to ensure no midwives are overlooked, this list should not be
considered complete. Permission is granted to print and distribute this document as long as no changes
are made to any of its content and it is provided free of charge.
Agape Midwifery and Home Birth Services Art of Nursing Care, Inc.
Home birth Home birth
Areas served: Riverside Co., N. San Diego Co. Areas served: greater Los Angeles, South Bay, Malibu,
Anne Sommers, LM, CPM West San Fernando Valley
24550 Village Walk, #B Murrieta, CA 92562 Amy Tinney, CPM, LM, RN
951-461-4779 or 800-92-BIRTH amy@artofnursing.net
dearmidwife@earthlink.net Sarah Shealy, CNM, MSN, IBCLC
www.dear-midwife.com sarahthemidwife@gmail.com
14108 Tahiti Way #635, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
Ancient Paths Midwifery / Oaks House Birth 310-990-2662
and Women's Center www.artofnursing.net
Home birth and birth center birth
Areas served: Inland Empire, N. Orange Co., Beach Cities Birth Service
San Gabriel Valley, Riverside Co. Home birth
Birth center is located in Chino, CA. Areas served: greater Los Angeles area
Lori J. Luyten, LM, CPM Mary Lou O’Brien, CNM
5849 Schaefer Ave, Chino, CA 91710 1028 Loma, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
909-464-0974 310-318-6850
apmidwifery@gmail.com marylou@beachcitiesbirthservice.com
www.AncientPathsMidwifery.com (home birth) www.beachcitiesbirthservice.com
Andrea's Midwifery Inc. Beach Cities Midwifery & Women’s Health
Home birth Care
Areas served: San Diego Co., Orange Co., Birth center birth
Riverside Co. Areas served: Orange Co. and surrounding areas
Andrea S. Meyer, LM, CPM Birth center is located in Laguna Hills, CA
1042 N El Camino Real, Ste. B-114 B.J. Snell, PhD, CNM, FACNM
Encinitas, CA 92024 Vickie Alston, CNM
760-436-9166 24902 Moulton Parkway, Suite 120
andreamidwife@gmail.com Laguna Hills, CA 92637
www.andreasmidwiferysandiego.com 949-215-7575
lagunabeach@beachcitiesmidwifery.com
AquaNatal Birth Center www.beachcitiesmidwifery.com
Home birth and birth center birth
Areas served: Inland Empire, San Gabriel Valley, Best Start Birth Center
N. Orange Co. Birth center birth
Birth center is located in Chino Hills, CA. Areas served: San Diego Co.
Joyce Moxley Thomas, MHA, CPM, LM Birth center is located in San Diego
13768 Roswell Avenue #209, Chino, CA 91710 Roberta Frank, CNM
909-591-2924 3343 4th Ave., San Diego, CA 92103
info@aquanatalbirthcenter.com 619-299-0840 or 1-800-479-2229
www.AquaNatalBirthCenter.com www.beststartbirthcenter.com
www.Amazing-Babies.com
Birth Goddess Midwifery and Doula Care
Home birth
Areas served: Long Beach, Orange Co., Los Angeles Co.
Candace Leach, LM, CPM
PO Box 4714, Lakewood, CA 90711
562-272-4541
midwife@birthgoddess.com
www.birthgoddess.com

2. Birth Matters, Inc. Holistic Midwifery Birthing Women’s Health
Home birth Home birth
Areas served: San Diego Co., S. Riverside Co., Orange Areas served: San Gabriel Valley, San Fernando Valley
Co. Margo Kennedy, CNM
Michelle Freund, LM 818-500-1997
760-757-8650 mk353@sbcglobal.net
birthmatters@sbcglobal.net
www.birthmattersinc.com Birthsense and Beyond
Home birth
Birth Revolution Areas served: Inland Empire
Home birth Karen Baker, LM
Areas served: greater Los Angeles area 35605 Avenue D, Yucaipa, California 92399
Rebecca Tidwell Prediletto, LM, CPM 909-797-4580
4262 Division St., Los Angeles, CA 90065 birthsenseandbeyond@msn.com
213-923-4042 www.birthsenseandbeyond.com
midwife@birthrevolutionmidwifery.com
www.birthrevolutionmidwifery.com Blessed Beginning
Home birth
Birth Roots Women’s Health & Maternity Areas served: Ventura Co., San Fernando Valley,
Center Santa Clarita
Home birth and birth center birth Donna Barlow, LM
Areas served: San Diego Co. 860 Central Ave., Fillmore, CA 93015
Birth center is located in Chula Vista, CA 805-796-7795
Darynee Blount, LM, CPM dlbmidwife@hotmail.com
Sarah Davis, LM, CPM www.blessedbeginning.com
236 F Street Chula Vista, CA 91910
(619) 409-4900 Blessed Beginnings Midwifery
birthrootsbabies@gmail.com Home birth
www.birthrootsbabies.com Areas served: Orange Co., Riverside Co.,
San Bernardino Co.
The Birth World Susan Scott Gill, LM, CPM
Home birth 714-222-8759
Areas served: greater Los Angeles area susan@blessedbeginnings.net
Jean Kay "Jake" Sifford, LM, CPM Karen Pecora, LM, CPM, NE
5465 Romaine St., Los Angeles, CA 90038 951-970-5437
323-401-6594 karen@blessedbeginnings.net
jakesifford@earthlink.net www.blessedbeginnings.net
www.thebirthworld.com
Brenda’s Birth Services
Birthing Care Center Home birth
Home birth Areas served: Kern Co., Los Angeles Co.,
Areas served: Los Angeles Co., Orange Co., Orange Co., Riverside Co., Santa Barbara Co.,
Riverside Co. Tulare Co., Ventura Co., Fresno, Pasadena, Coastal, and
Geeta Swamidass, LM, CPM Desert areas (up to 2 hour radius)
2010 N. Tustin Ave. #C, Orange, CA 92865 Brenda Capps, DEM
714-726-4753 3605 Ora Vista Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93309
doctorgeeta@yahoo.com 661-833-9983 or 661-333-2846
bcappsmidwife@sbcglobal.net
Birthing Rhythm www.faithbabies.org
Home Birth
Areas served: greater Los Angeles area Center for Natural Birth
Beth Cannon, CPM, LM Home birth
Lake Balboa, CA Area’s served: San Diego Co., So. Orange Co.
323-333-6904 Marla Hicks, CPM, LM
bethcannonmidwife@gmail.com Gerri Ryan, CPM, LM
www.birthingrhythm.com 4135 54th Place, San Diego, CA 92105
619-814-0567
www.centerfornaturalbirth.com

3. Childbirth at Home, A Labor of Love Haven at Home
Home birth Home birth
Areas served: greater Los Angeles area Areas served: Antelope Valley, Los Angeles,
Shelly Girard, LM, CPM, MPH Santa Clarita, San Fernando Valley
anahata@sbcglobal.net Callandra Clark, CNM, MSN
Seannie Gibson, LM, CPM 818-809-8988
seannie.gibson@gmail.com callie@havenathome.net
496 Rainbow Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90065 Kerin Asher-Galloway, CNM, MSN
323-221-7822 858-245-7483
www.socalbirth.com kerin@havenathome.net
20420 Victory Ct., Santa Clarita, CA 91350
Family Midwifery Service 661-252-8987
Home birth www.havenathome.net
Areas served: Kern Co., N. Los Angeles Co.
Justine Backhaus, LM, CPM, IBCLC Home Birth Service of Los Angeles
661-821-0659 Home birth
mamaforhumankind@aol.com Areas served: greater Los Angeles area
www.familymidwifery.com Leslie Stewart, CNM
Catherine Williams, MS, LM, CPM
Gentle Birth Midwifery 3959 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Ste. A
Home birth Studio City, CA 91604
Areas served: Antelope Valley, N. Los Angeles Co., 818-760-6541
Kern Co. hmbirth@hotmail.com
Christy Collins, LM, CPM
Tehachapi, CA Kelly Dietzen, LM, CPM
661-435-8230 Home birth
christy@gentlebirthmidwifery.com Areas served: San Gabriel Valley, San Fernando Valley,
www.gentlebirthmidwifery.com and East Los Angeles
323-240-4024
GraceFull Birthing keldietzen@me.com
Home birth
Areas served: greater Los Angeles area including Mary Jackson, LM, RN, RCST
Santa Monica, Malibu, Redondo, Topanga, and Pasadena Home birth
Elizabeth Bachner, LM, CPM, L.ac. Areas served: Santa Barbara, Goleta, Ventura, Ojai
Deborah Gleisner, LM, CPM, ND 805-649-3063
1445 N. Gardner Street, 2nd Floor, mjmidwife@gmail.com
Los Angeles, CA 90046 www.birthinconnection.com
310-704-3500
gracefullbirthing@gmail.com My Earth Birth Midwifery
www.gracefullbirthing.com Home birth
Areas served: Riverside Co., Orange Co.,
GreenLeaf Midwifery San Bernadino Co., and parts of San Diego Co.
Home birth Coley Douglass, CPM, LM
Areas served: Los Angeles Co., Orange Co. Murrieta, CA
Sarah Maust, CNM 951-662-1906
562-328-9936 coley@myearthbirth.com
sarah.maust@midwives.org www.myearthbirth.com
www.greenleafmidwifery.com
My Midwife Home Birth Service
Home birth
Areas served: Bakersfield, Tehachapi, Delano, Frazier
Park, Visalia, Tulare
Linda Cowley, LM, CPM
661-333-6393
linda@mymidwife.us
www.mymidwife.us

4. The Natural Birth & Women’s Center The Sanctuary Birth & Family Wellness
Home birth and birth center birth Center
Areas served: home birth within a 30 mile radius of Home birth and birth center birth
back-up hospital. Areas served: greater Los Angeles area
Birth center is located in Sherman Oaks, CA. Birth center is located in Los Angeles
Tonya Brooks, LM Aleksandra Evangueldi, LM, CPM
14140 Magnolia Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 Racha Gossett, LM, CPM
818-386-1082 or 213-663-4996 Molly Jarchow, ND, LM
nbwc@ix.netcom.com Katie McCall, LM, CPM
www.gr8birth.com 11965 Venice Blvd., Suite 204, Los Angeles, CA 90066
310-566-7690
Natural Birth Center & Women’s Wellness info@birthsanctuary.com
Home birth, birth center birth & hospital birth www.birthsanctuary.com
Areas served: Los Angeles Co., Orange Co.,
San Bernardino Co. Santa Barbara Midwifery/
Birth center is located in Whittier, CA. Santa Barbara Birth Center (opening Sept. 2011)
Simona Istrate, CNM, RNFA, BSN Home birth and birth center birth
9209 So. Colima Rd. Suite #4100 Areas served: Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez Valley,
Whittier, CA 90605 N. Ventura Co., Ojai
562-696-2313 Birth center is located in Santa Barbara
info@simonabirthcenter.com Anna Bunting, CNM
www.naturalwaterbirth.com 805-563-0348
abunting@cox.net
Naturopathic Midwifery Service Alice Levine, CNM
Home birth 805-682-3425
Areas served: Pasadena to Long Beach alicelevine.mw@gmail.com
Sue Wolcott, LM, CPM, RN Laurel Phillips, LM, CPM
Glendale, CA 805-689-5611
562-334-5706 lolobecky@mac.com
suewolcott@gmail.com 2958 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
www.homebirthwaterbirth.com www.santabarbaramidwifery.com (home birth)
www.SBBirthCenter.org (birth center)
A Quiet Birth
Homebirth Santa Clarita Birth & Women's Health Center
Areas served: San Bernardino Co.; parts of Los Angeles, Home birth and birth center birth
Orange, and Riverside Counties Areas served: San Fernando, Santa Clarita, Simi, and
Alina Hamrick, CPM Antelope Valley
Victorville, CA 92392 Birth center is located in Santa Clarita Valley
760-955-8377 Renee Sicignano, LM, CPM, LC
aquietbirth@gmail.com 25050 Peachland Avenue, Suite 170, Newhall, CA 91321
661-254-3000
Safe Birth & Midwifery Services renee@reneethemidwife.com
Home birth www.santaclaritabirthcenter.com
Areas served: Los Angeles Co., San Fernando Valley
Zhaleh Yadollahi, BS, LM, CPM So Cal. Midwifery
818-618-2561 Home birth
ezhomebirth4u@yahoo.com Areas served: Los Angeles, Santa Clarita, Ventura, and
www.safemidwiferybirth.com surrounding areas
Elena Khatibi, LM
661-993-0221
www.socalmidwifery.com
Sol Beginnings
Home birth
Areas served: greater San Diego Co.
Sunshine Chrispeels, LM
858-245-9244
www.solbeginnings.com

5. South Coast Midwifery & Women’s Health West Home Birth
Care Home birth
Home birth and birth center birth Areas served: Pasadena + 15 mile radius
Areas served: Orange Co., S. Los Angeles Co. Diane Dawson, LM (formerly Diane West)
Birth center is located in Irvine, CA. 380 S. Euclid Ave, #301, Pasadena, CA 91101
Lorri Walker, RNC, NP, CNM 818-913-0448
4650 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, CA 92604 diane@westhomebirth.com
949-654-2727 www.westhomebirth.com
info@southcoastmidwifery.com
www.southcoastmidwifery.com Whole-Hearts Birthing
Home birth
Special Moments Midwifery Care Areas served: Ventura Co., Santa Barbara Co., Malibu,
Home birth W. San Fernando Valley
Areas served: Orange Co., Riverside Co., Jeanne Anderson, LM, CPM
Los Angeles Co., San Bernardino Co. including the high 3964 Greenwood St., Newbury Park, CA 91320
desert and mountain communities. 805-499-1677
Delrae Balgas, BS, LM, CPM Jeanne@whole-hearts.com
P.O. Box 5265, Orange, CA. 92863 www.whole-hearts.com
714-450-0069
deldelivers@aol.com Women’s Health Center of Fallbrook
www.bestbirths.webs.com Home birth and birth center birth
Areas served: S. Orange Co., N. San Diego Co.,
Sunrise Birthing Center Riverside Co.,
Home birth and birth center birth Birth center is located in Fallbrook
Areas served: Ventura Co., Santa Barbara Co. Denise Ann Gilpin-Blake, LM
Birth center is located in Ventura, CA. 125 West Fig St., Fallbrook, CA 92028
Karni Seymour-Brown, LM 760-731-9908
12 North Ash St., Ventura, CA 93001 waterbirthmidwife@yahoo.com
805-648-2350 www.sdmidwife.com
sunrisem@earthlink.net
www.venturamidwife.com
Tender Loving Childbirth
Home birth This list was created and is maintained by Sherry
Areas served: greater Los Angeles area Rumsey of Birthing Baby in a volunteer effort to
Davi Kaur Khalsa, CNM support midwifery and birthing women’s
1122 South Robertson Blvd., Suite 17 choices. Midwives are listed free of charge. If
Los Angeles, CA 90035 you know of a midwife who has been omitted,
310-278-6333 please contact Sherry at sherry@birthingbaby.com
info@tlcwomanscenter.com
www.tlcwomanscenter.com
Ventura Birth Center
Home birth and birth center birth Special thanks to Jeanne Anderson who helped
Areas served: San Fernando Valley, Santa Clarita, Ventura compile information for midwives serving
Co., Santa Barbara Co. Ventura Co.
Birth center is located in Ventura, CA.
Sue Turner, LM
stmidwife@aol.com
Dawn Dana, LM *Permission is granted to print and distribute this
Davie Holifield, LM document as long as no changes are made to any of its
3458 Loma Vista Rd., Ventura, CA 93003 content and it is provided free of charge.
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