Acorn Community Birth and Wellness Center

09/01/2026

🌸For all women in North County looking to gather, share space, and celebrate that which connects us together 🌸

08/25/2026

💧The Benefits of Water (Hydrotherapy) During Labor & Birth💧

Warm water has long been used to support physiologic birth by helping mothers feel more relaxed, comfortable, and free to move. Many describe the birth tub as one of their favorite tools for coping with contractions!

And the best part? You have options!

- At Acorn Community Birth & Wellness Center, we have two birth suites, each with its own tub!
- If you are having a home birth, you may use your own tub or we can provide an inflatable birth tub.

Whether you choose to labor in the water, birth in the water, or BOTH, hydrotherapy can be a beautiful addition to your birth experience (as seen in this video)! 🤍

08/04/2026

Expecting a baby? Join our Childbirth Education Series facilitated by El Nido Birth and Family Ministries!

Our childbirth education classes occur every month and are designed to help you prepare for pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, newborn care, and the postpartum period.

💚 Current Acorn Birth Center families attend FREE!
💜 Community participants are welcome for just $150.

📅 See the attached flyer for class dates, topics, and whether each session is online or in person.

📞 Please note: The registration link is no longer available on our website. To register, call the Birth Center at (760) 645-3447.

We look forward to supporting you as you prepare to welcome your little one! 💕

08/01/2026

Recently, we welcomed our 100th baby of 2026! 🎉👶💕

Mom did an incredible job! Supported every step of the way by Dad and surrounded by the love of their family as they welcomed their sweet baby girl into the world.

We're honored to care for so many growing families in our community and grateful for the trust they place in our team. A heartfelt thank you to our amazing staff for the compassionate care they provide every day.

Congratulations to this family on their newest addition! 💗

07/30/2026

Did you know our Birth Center has a Lending Library? 📚💛

Our library is available to all of our families and is filled with books to support you through pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, postpartum, and the parenting journey. Whether you're looking for evidence-based information, practical tips, or encouragement, we hope you'll take advantage of this resource!

We're always looking to grow our collection and would greatly appreciate donations of gently used books. We're especially interested in books about:
🤰 Pregnancy & Birth
🤱 Breastfeeding
👶 Newborn Care
💛 Parenting
🧠 Postpartum & Maternal Mental Health
🥗 Nutrition
💤 Infant Sleep
🌿 Family Wellness

If you have books that could benefit another growing family, we'd love to give them a new home! Donations can be dropped off at the Birth Center during regular business hours.

Thank you for helping us continue to provide this resource for our community. Every donated book has the potential to support another family's journey. ❤️

Have you borrowed a book from our Lending Library? We'd love to hear what you've enjoyed reading!

12/02/2025

Dearest Community,

This Giving Tuesday, we have a special request. We have never had to ask the greater community for help in funding our birth center. But we find ourselves in a special situation. Our HVAC unit of almost 20 years has finally died. And we are asking for help to raise the funds to cover the costs of a new one. This is an ESSENTIAL piece of equipment that keeps our families cool in our birth rooms while laboring hard, it keeps the clinic cool in ever-increasing summer temperatures, and it heats the rooms so that our newborns remain unstressed, peaceful, and comfortable. We cannot function adequately or safely without it, and it will be a hefty $30,000 to replace. So we ask from the bottom of our hearts to give what you can to a birth center that has given so much to preserve the dignity, sanctity, and ceremony of community birth. Because we all deserve that.

Support a birth center committed to providing comfort, compassion, and dignity to all

11/09/2025

WE ARE BACK!!!
Welcome to our newest little Acorn Aydah Lou, born 11/6/2025 in a beautiful, quick home birth! 7 lbs 1 oz, she has us all head over heels in Love with her!!! Mama is a successful VBAC, daddy caught her in the water! 🩷 You all did great!

10/14/2025

If you need to renew your BLS for your profession, then please join us locally!

10/11/2025

Childbirth classes are back at Acorn! We are partnering with El Nido Birth and Family Ministries to offer AFFORDABLE childbirth classes for the community!!! Ideal for first-time parents, those attempting a vaginal birth after Cesarean, and hospital and home birthers alike!

09/24/2025

Now introducing one of our newest midwives to the community! Debbie Eakes LM, CPM comes to us from a very rural home birth practice in Minnesota and South Dakota. Originally from Chula Vista, she is returning to San Diego in order to be closer to her family and parents. She has been a community midwife for almost 20 years, and has experience serving families in Amish, Hutterite, and Mennonite communities, as well as attending breeches, twins, and VBACs. Along with her husband and in honor of her grandparents, she founded the nonprofit El Nido Birth and Family Ministries, which provides resources and childbirth education to families free of cost. Her passion is to build relationships and strong partnerships steeped in communication. Look for our posting of her childbirth education classes to begin in the next couple of months!
Fun Fact: her grandson is older than her youngest daughter, and actually attended her home birth!