About The BirthPlace

Congratulations on your pregnancy and welcome to one of Southern California's most comprehensive maternity centers. The BirthPlace provides family-centered care and offers private rooms along with a wide range of services to make your birthing experience an event to cherish.

We offer the highest-quality healthcare professionals and the latest proven technology in a serene, patient-oriented setting to ensure a safe and comfortable birthing experience. Our elegant Labor/Delivery/Recovery rooms are designed to recreate the feel of a home or hotel room.

After your delivery, you and your baby will be moved to one of our comfortable maternity rooms in the Postpartum Unit. To encourage bonding, we keep you and your baby together as much as possible throughout your hospital stay.

Pregnancy is an exciting time for parents-to-be. You want to know as much as you can about your developing baby and how your actions will affect his health. We invite you to explore out site to help you make informed decisions from conception through delivery.

UCLA is proud to be a part of improving the health of mothers and infants. We encourage and support new mothers with breastfeeding information during and after their hospital stay. UCLA is ranked among the top 2 hospitals in Los Angeles County for exclusive in-hospital breastfeeding.

Our Locations

The BirthPlace, Santa Monica has been rated among the best places in Los Angeles to have a baby by Readers' Choice Awards, L.A. Parent magazine.

The UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica is among the California hospitals recognized by California Health and Human Services on behalf of Smart Care California for reducing cesarean births for first-time mothers with low-risk pregnancies.  111 hospitals, representing 45 percent of the 242 California birthing hospitals, were named to the 2017 Hospital C-Section Honor Roll, achieving the Healthy People 2020 target of 23.9 percent or fewer low-risk, first-birth cesarean deliveries.