Kaiser - Sunset

4715 West Sunset Boulevard,Los Angeles, 90027

(800) 954-8000

List of Doctors who work with the hospital
Denise Ishimaru
Female
Torrance
(310) 540-9600
List of parameters on which the hospital is rated
DOULAS ALLOWED IN RECOVERY
5 / 5
PHOTOGRAPHY ALLOWED DURING ACTUAL BIRTH
5 / 5
VIDEOTAPING ALLOWED DURING ACTUAL BIRTH
5 / 5
MIDWIVES ON STAFF
5 / 5
SHOWERS
5 / 5
FULL ROOMING IN
5 / 5
UNMEDICATED BIRTH SUPPORTED
5 / 5
UNMEDICATED BIRTH ALLOWED
5 / 5
IS OPEN TO SKIN-TO-SKIN IN C-SECTION
5 / 5
DOULA FRIENDLY STAFF
5 / 5
DOULAS ALLOWED IN TRIAGE
5 / 5
ALTERNATE POSITIONS FOR PUSHING SUPPORTED
4.33 / 5
ALTERNATE POSITIONS FOR PUSHING ALLOWED
4.33 / 5
UNMEDICATED BIRTH ENCOURAGED
4.33 / 5
DOULAS ALLOWED TO STAY DURING EPIDURAL PLACEMENT
4.33 / 5
DOULAS ALLOWED IN SURGERY
4 / 5
ALTERNATE POSITIONS FOR PUSHING ENCOURAGED
3.67 / 5
MIDWIVES WITH DELIVERY PRIVILEGES
3.33 / 5
BIRTH BALLS AVAILABLE
3.33 / 5
SQUATTING BARS
3.33 / 5
DRINKS ALLOWED DURING LABOR
3.33 / 5
EATING ALLOWED DURING LABOR
1.67 / 5
LABOR TUBS
0 / 5
BIRTH TUBS
0 / 5
TELEMETRY MONITORING
0 / 5
WATERPROOF TELEMETRY MONITORING
0 / 5
NURSES USE DOPPLERS TO LISTEN TO FETAL HEART TONES
0 / 5
NITROUS OXIDE (LAUGHING GAS)
0 / 5
WALKING EPIDURALS
0 / 5

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B*E*S*T doulas provide the information you need to make good decisions about your pregnancy and birth and will support you and your decisions without judgment wherever and however you give birth.
tracy hartley
Alhambra, CA 91801
(please email me in you need the address)


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