Family-Centered Birth Services

Mission Bernal Campus

Take a virtual tour of the Mission Bernal birthing center.

Van Ness Campus

Get an up-close view of a labor and delivery room.

Take a short video tour of the entire Birth Center.

During labor and delivery, we put you and your family’s needs first. Our birth centers and hospitals offer a variety of services and amenities, which can include:

• Highly skilled and compassionate obstetricians, midwives and nursing teams.
• Private, comfortable labor rooms.
• Wireless monitors that allow laboring mothers to walk outside their rooms without interrupting fetal heart rate monitoring.
• Convertible furniture for a partner or key support person to stay overnight with mother and baby.
• Showers, birth balls and other tools to help reduce pain during labor.
• Newborn care classes for new parents.
• A welcoming environment for older siblings and other visitors.
• Social workers for mothers and families in need of special support.
• Breastfeeding support and classes.
• Celebration dinner after your baby's birth.

For a comprehensive library of tools and articles to help you and your partner through pregnancy, labor, and delivery, visit Babies at Sutter Health.