You deserve to LOVE your care provider. Your care provider should make you feel heard, respected and know that you're the expert in your own body. Should you choose a midwife or OB? Well, that depends on the preferences you have. Here is a great video summing up the differences and what to expect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sff3mvvQc9U
Home birth midwives:
Birth Centers:
Mind Body Birth DTLA
Moxie South Pasadena
Gracefull Silver Lake
Pure Births The Valley
Kindred Space LA South LA
Hospital based midwives:
UCLA Midwives (UCLA Santa Monica)
Saba Melkasadik (Kaiser)
Kerin Asher- Galloway (Kaiser)
OBGYNS:
Dr. Bente Kaiser (multiple locations)
Dr. Victoria Flores (home birth)
Dr. Emiliano Chavira (multiple locations)
Dr. Wendy Waldman (Cedars)
Dr. Audrey Moruzzi (Cedars)
Dr. Paula McAllister (Cedars)
Dr. Kelly Joy (Cedars)
Dr. Erin Meschter (Cedars)
Dr. Joana Tamayo (Huntington Hospital and Glendale Adventist)
Dr. Brittney Johnson (USC Verdugo Hills and Huntington Hospital)
Dr. Laila Al Marayati (USC Verdugo Hills and Huntington Hospital)
Dr. Kimeshia Thomas (USC Verdguo Hills and Huntington Hospital)
Dr. Paula Shulman (St. John's Santa Monica)
Dr. Joseph Roofeh (Cedars)
Dr. Daniel Niku (Cedars)