St. Johns

1328 22nd Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404 | 1-800-STJOHNS | www.stjohnswomens.org | Find a Physician

Pre-Registration

You must pre-register two months before EDD.

Send the PRE-REGISTRATION FORM to Saint John's Health Center, Admitting Office, 1328 Twenty-Second Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404-2091 OR fax to (310) 449-5230

Rooms

For an uncomplicated vaginal delivery, you will labor, deliver, and recover in the same room. Then you will be moved to a post-partum room.

Hospital bed
Day bed
Decorated to look less like a hospital room (but yes, it's still a hospital room)
42" flat screen TV

Cesarean Rate:

In 2008: ST. JOHNS HEALTH CENTER 37.1%.

VBAC

There are doctors who support VBAC at St. Johns, but I believe that the hospital has a policy that YOUR doctor has to be at the hospital the ENTIRE time you're laboring at the hospital. That's not really helpful. Do your research. Check it out. Talk to the intake nurses as well as your doctor.

Tour of Hospital / Classes

Prenatal Education Classes: (310) 829-8258

Tour of Women's Health Center: (310) 829-8887

Here is the calendar of tour and class dates for the next three months.

Childbirth Preparation. Class I and II. 3 hours each. $220.
To help expectant parents understand and cope with the exciting yet challenging experiences of labor and childbirth, Saint John’s offers a two-part childbirth class. A registered nurse, certified in childbirth education, teaches both parts of the class.

Baby Care Basics. 3 hours. $75.
This class, taught by a registered nurse, is designed to help new parents-to-be learn the basics of caring for a newborn. Practice time with baby dolls is included.

Breastfeeding Basics. 3 hours. $75
One of the most important choices a new mother makes is how best to nourish her baby. Mothers, pediatricians and nurses all agree that breastfeeding is the best choice for your baby. Our three-hour class, taught by a certified lactation consultant, will help mothers-to-be learn the ins and outs of breastfeeding. (There is also free lactation support after delivery)

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