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I’m Pregnant. Now what?

So you’re pregnant, and you know there are things you should be doing, but you are not quite sure what they are.  I’m Nancy Myrick, a Certified Nurse Midwife here at San Francisco Birth Center, and I have some answers for you! Number one and most...

Laurel’s Birth Story

“Is he okay? Is he okay? Is he okay? Is he okay?” is the refrain you would have heard coming from me had you been in the birth room. I was absolutely terrified something would go wrong at the very end of the pregnancy, at the very beginning of his life. After so...

My POSITIVE Birth Story

by Aja  Hi! I’m so excited to share my birth story with you all. This was my first time giving birth and I was SOOO nervous but ended up having an incredible experience. We opted to go the birth center route to avoid interventions and in the video I share some...

Our first birth :)

by Ilyse When we signed on to give birth at SFBC, we knew we would be one of the first births there. But we didn’t think we would be the very first. Five years later, it is still one of those magical life occurrences that we couldn’t possibly have planned...

Hospital birth happens…

by Kelly Wong McGrath There is a common fear among parents who intend to have a birth center birth that if the birth doesn’t happen at the birth center this will be seen as a failure. This is a unique pressure faced only by those who set their intentions on an...