These Birth Centers were voted the Bay Area’s 2025 Best of Bay Area Parent by our readers.  Read the full list of winners here. 

East Bay

Gold: John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center. Offers expert care, private rooms, breast feeding support and more. Walnut Creek. wklys.us/N5OZ.

Silver: Alta Bates Campus Birth Center. Berkeley. wklys.us/zMIu.

San Francisco/Marin

Gold: California Pacific Medical Center. Its birth center features private, spacious rooms, prenatal testing, state-of-the-art ultrasound, breastfeeding support and emergency care, if needed, for the mother and baby. San Francisco. sutterhealth.org/cpmc.