SF Birth Center Blog
Keep up with the latest news, advice, and natural birth topics from San Francisco Birth Center.
Group Prenatal Care at San Francisco Birth Center: Helping You Connect with Other Families
Birth will break you wide open. And it takes a while to put yourself back together again. Birthing and parenting can be miraculous and beautiful, but these experiences also bring challenges, confusion, frustration, and sometimes tears. At San Francisco Birth Center,...
How to Pack Your Perfect San Francisco Birth Center Bag (and What to Leave at Home)
What do you need to bring to San Francisco Birth Center when it’s time to meet your baby? Check out our list for packing the perfect SFBC bag!
Honoring National Black Breastfeeding Week with Baby luv, My Breastfriend
By Aqueila M. Lewis-Ross Last month in honor of National Black Breastfeeding Week (August 25th-31st) I started writing about the highs and lows of my breastfeeding journey. At almost 2 (DOB: September 13, 2017), my daughter whom I affectionately call “Babyluv” still...
How Water Birth Boosts Your Chance of a Natural Birth Without Drugs
If you want an unmedicated birth, one of the best ways to reach that goal is hydrotherapy. At SF Birth Center, we welcome folks to labor and birth in the water.
Blood, Sweat and Many Tears: A Birth Story By Aqueila M. Lewis-Ross
23 months ago, I did what millions of women have done since Eve. I had a baby. After 5 days of indescribable pain, no sleep and weight gain that seemed to transfer to my feet, I could no longer endure anymore. They touched and prodded my stretched and swollen pussy...
A Tribute to Juana Briones: Part 2 of How San Francisco Birth Center’s birthing suites got their names
Paying tribute to a healer and a midwife, the Juana Briones Birthing Suite at San Francisco Birth Center is a cozy space perfect for giving birth.
Grandparents at the birth center and at home with baby: Assigning roles for maximum support
Grandparents are often eager to help during and after the birth of a grandchild, but it’s important they know how they can be most helpful.
Advanced maternal age: Making sense of the term and having a healthy pregnancy
While there are risks for pregnant women in their late 30s or 40s, most women of advanced maternal age can have a safe and healthy birth at San Francisco Birth Center.
Honoring Mary Ellen Pleasant
Honoring the “Mother of Civil Rights in California,” the Mary Ellen Pleasant Birthing Suite at San Francisco Birth Center is a spacious room for birth.
Saying Goodbye to Julie
Building a space that is supportive of birth choices and encourages community is something a younger me dreamed of, and the current me is still in disbelief that it’s become a reality. Helping to create San Francisco Birth Center has been an amazing adventure. I am...
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