These Birth Centers were voted the Bay Area’s 2026 Best of Bay Area Parent by our readers. Read the full list of winners here.
East Bay
Gold: Alta Bates Campus Birth Center. Offering private rooms with showers or birth tubs to provide a comfortable birthing experience. Berkeley. sutterhealth.org/find-location/facility/alta-bates-campus-birth-center-1043246551.
Peninsula
Gold: Sequoia Hospital. Offers modern and spacious birthing suites, expert care for high-risk pregnancies, infant feeding support for new parents, excellent prenatal and postpartum care, and certified nurse midwife services. Redwood City. wklys.us/TAR1.
Silver: Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center. Redwood City. wklys.us/Ilpz.
Bronze: Mills-Peninsula Family Birth Center. Burlingame. wklys.us/tUKA.
San Francisco/Marin
Gold: California Pacific Medical Center Birth Center. It features private, spacious rooms, prenatal testing, state-of-the-art ultrasound, breastfeeding support and emergency care for the mother and baby. San Francisco. sutterhealth.org/cpmc.
Silver: Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center. San Francisco. wklys.us/knAL.
Silicon Valley
Gold: Good Samaritan Hospital. Its 16 spacious private birthing rooms provide a safe and comfortable birthing experience with access to a Level III NICU. San Jose. goodsamsanjose.com
Silver: Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center. San Jose. healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/northern-california/facilities/san-jose-medical-center-100322
Bronze: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. San Jose. scvmc.scvh.org
