Pregnancy is a very special time for a woman and her family. Where and how you choose to deliver your baby are important decisions that will live forever in the memories that you and your family share of this momentous occasion.

At UCSD Medical Center, we are dedicated to making your pregnancy and your baby's birth a special experience. We provide families a variety of options for childbirth -- more than any other medical center in San Diego. 

From a traditional Labor & Delivery environment to the home-like atmosphere of our birthing rooms , from our experienced nurse-midwives and doulas to some of the nation's top physicians and specialists, our goal is to help make your hopes and dreams for your pregnancy and childbirth a reality. 

In April 2006, UCSD Medical Center earned prestigious recognition as a Baby-Friendly birth facility, which recognizes birth facilities that actively encourage breastfeeding as the primary source of newborn nutrition.

When it comes to your labor and delivery, we do things your way at UCSD Medical Center.

UCSD provides the most capable care for both mom and baby, including:

• Comprehensive prenatal services
• Perinatal (high risk pregnancy) care
• Academic facility with a variety of specialists on hand, including perinatologists and neonatologists
• State-of-the-art Labor & Delivery unit
• One-of-a-kind hospital-based Birth Center
• Hospital based nurse midwife and doula programs
• On-site regional NICU
• On-site lactation consultant
• Southern California's only Fetal Surgery Program 
• CTIS Pregnancy Risk Toll-Free Information Line, regarding medications, drugs, and environmental agents during pregnancy and breastfeeding
  

Take a Virtual Tour Of UCSD Birthing Facilities

From a traditional Labor & Delivery environment to the home-like atmosphere of our birthing rooms, UCSD Medical Center is dedicated to making your birth experience special, safe and comfortable.

Take a virtual tour of the birthing facilities at UCSD Medical Center.