Pacifica Family Maternity Center

Empowering Families, Nurturing Babies For Over 13 Years

Full-Spectrum Midwifery Care

Pacifica Family Maternity Center provides comprehensive community or out-of-hospital care for low-risk families at our Berkeley freestanding birth center or in the comfort of their own homes. Experience attentive hour-long prenatal appointments, empowering labor and birth, and complete postpartum care with our experienced licensed midwives.

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Why Choose Pacifica?

  • At Pacifica Family Maternity Center, evidence-based care means providing maternity services supported by the latest medical research. Whether you choose to give birth at our birth center or at home, our midwives and birth team prioritize your safety, well-being, and individual preferences.

  • Our Pacifica midwives and doulas collaborate with families considering community or out-of-hospital birth with personalized guidance, a safe, and empowering environment that honors individual birth preferences and goals

  • We provide families extensive postpartum support both at home and at our birth center. This approach allows families to prioritize their well-being while enjoying uninterrupted bonding time with their newborn, fostering a smooth and nurturing transition into parenthood. Learn more

  • At Pacifica Family Maternity Center, we offer flexible birth options. Choose to birth at home, surrounded by loved ones. Alternatively, our birth center provides a warm, safe, and fully equipped environment designed to feel as welcoming as home. Whichever option you choose, our team is dedicated to ensuring a positive, empowering birth experience tailored just for you.

  • Water birth involves laboring and delivering in warm water, which can help promote relaxation, reduce pain, and create a calming environment for both mother and baby. Our experienced team supports water births with a focus on safety and comfort, whether in our birth center or at home.

  • We understand the importance of support during pregnancy and birth. We warmly invite birthing parents to include family members, doulas, friends, or any trusted companions in prenatal visits, labor, and birth, whether at our center or at home. Your support team is part of your journey, and we’re here to ensure everyone feels welcome and involved every step of the way.

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Join Pacifica’s Family

Book a consultation or pregnancy confirmation ultrasound with one of our midwives. And take the first step toward a confident and informed birth journey.

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Your Care Team

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    Cindy Haag, LM, CPM

    Director, Co-Founder

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    Audrey Dombroski, LM, CPM

    Midwife

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    Michelle Edgar, LM

    Midwife

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    Sonia Lizama

    Student Midwife

Meet The Pacifica Team

Empowered Birth Stories

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    “I felt profoundly seen, supported, and cared for by the entire team...My birth experience was everything I had hoped for—smooth, unmedicated, empowering, and truly joyful. I left feeling triumphant and deeply grateful. The compassion, skill, and respect I received at Pacifica were beyond what I could have imagined, and I wish every mother had access to this level of support and care."

    -Jane

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    "My family and I made the decision that an out of hospital birth at Pacifica was the best choice...I was completely comfortable in the birthing suite, able to have relief from labor discomfort in the spacious bathtub, my partner and doula were there as my emotional support and I was surrounded by some of the most deeply compassionate, attentive and informed Midwives and student Midwives. Everyone deserves to be held in their birth experience, I’m fortunate to have such a wonderful connection to this birth center."

    - Shelley

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    "The circle of support before, during, and for years after the birth of both of our babies is unmatched. My oldest daughter still loves coming to the birth center—it's incredibly important to me that she knows the story of her birth, her sister's birth, and that she personally knows the phenomenal midwives who helped make it all happen so beautifully."

    - Michelle

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    "I felt supported, safe, and connected throughout, and my baby and I had a beautiful birth...When we switched to Pacifica care, the difference was immediate and apparent to both myself and my partner. They cared about how my partner and I were doing mentally, emotionally, and physically, and provided holistic advice whenever we had to make decisions for the baby."

    -Mee-Sun

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    "I loved the attention, care and comfort these midwives provided. Going into labor I was confident in the choice we made for an out of hospital birth... The midwives are flexible and wanted to help make my birth experience my design, and while they have input there is a lot of room to express your birth preferences and to have them met."

    - Jaime

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    "My pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience at Pacifica were empowering, exhilarating and beyond what I had hoped for. My partner and I felt extremely supported and cared for by the incredible team of midwives and student-midwives, who were all so knowledgeable and nurturing. I've also found a wonderful community through Pacifica - the postpartum support groups have been critical to my healthy and joyful postpartum period and new life with a baby!"

    - Barbara

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