Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
One Hoag Drive, PO Box 6100
Newport Beach,
CA 92658

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (www.hoaghospital.org) is a 511-bed, not-for-profit, acute care hospital located in Newport Beach, Calif. Fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and designated as a Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Hoag offers a comprehensive mix of health care services, including Centers of Excellence in cancer, heart and vascular, neurosciences, orthopedics and women’s health services. A recent study released by HealthGrades placed Hoag among the top 5% of hospitals in the nation and a recipient of the 2006 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence. National Research Corporation has endorsed Hoag as Orange County’s most preferred hospital for the past 10 consecutive years. And for an unprecedented 11 years, residents of Orange County have chosen Hoag as the county’s best hospital in a local newspaper survey.

contact: 949-764-4624

Laguna Beach OBGYN
Kenneth James M.D.
31852 Pacific Coast Highw
Laguna Beach,
CA 92651

I am a board certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist. I was born, raised, trained and practiced in New York City and now live and practice in Laguna Beach, California. I have a warm and caring bedside manner and give every patient lots of personal and quality attention. I have a terrific wife Mara and three wonderful children Brian, Scottie and Lexi. I am one of 6 Obstetricians in my family. Completed NYC Marathon and Triathalon.

contact: 949-499-2258

Sears Family Pediatrics and Family Medicine
Dr. William P Sears
26933 Camino De Estrella Suite A
Capistrano Beach,
CA 92624

Dr. Sears, or Dr. Bill as his "little patients" call him, is the father of eight children as well as the author of over 30 books on childcare. Dr. Bill is an Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine. Dr. Bill received his pediatric training at Harvard Medical School's Children's Hospital in Boston and The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto -- the largest children’s hospital in the world, where he served as associate ward chief of the newborn nursery and associate professor of pediatrics. Dr. Sears is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and a fellow of the Royal College of Pediatricians (RCP).Dr. Bill is also a medical and parenting consultant for BabyTalk and Parenting magazines and the pediatrician on the website Parenting.com

contact: 949-493-5437

Beth Israel Medical Center
First Avenue and 16th Street,
New York,
NY 10003

Childbirth is one of life’s most exciting, challenging, and memorable events. Here at Beth Israel, our goal is to provide our patients with a positive childbirth experience through high-quality, compassionate care. Our multidisciplinary staff, progressive technology, and inviting facilities combine to provide the best health care for your diverse needs. From low-risk to high-risk, midwives to perinatologists, Beth Israel covers the full spectrum of obstetrical care.

To ease your childbirth experience, we offer:

Personalized Care
Our highly-trained obstetrics team, nurses, anesthesiologists and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) assist your personal physician or midwife in providing exactly the care you need and want.

Diverse Caregivers
Our staff includes physicians and midwives, both of whom provide complete, quality care.

Round-the-clock Service
Our neonatologists and pediatricians are available 24/7

Departments Located on One Floor
Our state-of-the-art labor and delivery suite is on the same floor as our Operating Rooms (OR) and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). If you need such options as epidural anesthesia, an operating room, or specialists skilled in high-risk pregnancy and delivery, they will be immediately accessible.

Alternative Therapies
If you wish to avoid medications, we offer non-medicative options such as visualization, position changes, massage therapy and aromatherapy. Our specially-trained nurses and doulas administer these therapies.

Immediate Pain Relief
A full range of in-house anesthesia options and anesthesiologists who are available 24 hours a day provide the best choice of pain relief for your needs.


contact: (212) 420-2000

AquaNatal Birth Center
Joyce Moxley Thomas, CPM, LM
13768 Roswell Avenue
Chino,
CA 91710

Mother to four, Midwife to many!

Joyce’s love of caring for “mommies & babies” started when she was a 15 year old “candy-striper” at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, where she received her nurses training. But she knew then she didn’t want to be a nurse. At 22 Joyce, as a young US Navy wife, started working with an Australian midwife and together they provided homebirth services to US Navy wives in Connecticut. After moving to San Diego, Joyce had a private homebirth practice, working with Dr. Richard Butcher a well-known homebirth physician at the time. Together they authored the California Midwifery Pilot Project, HMPP #148 (1983), which would have trained & licensed midwives in 3-year community college-based programs 10 years before the midwives won licensing after decades of persecution & prosecution in California. The present licensing law is based in part on HMPP #148. Joyce and “Dr. B” helped over 200 homebirth babies into the world in the San Diego area 1978 – 1983. The C-section rate was less than 4%.


contact: 909-591-2924