Beach Cities Midwifery and Women's Healthcare

Welcome to Beach Cities Midwifery

Beach Cities Midwifery and Women’s Health Care: has been serving Southern Orange County since 2000 and BJ Snell has been delivering a better approach to birth since 1991 and has been instrumental in the discipline of Nurse Midwifery. Dr. Snell holds a Ph.D in Physiology from Oregon Health Sciences University. She taught future Midwives at the University of Southern California and currently is the Director of the women’s health concentration at California State University, Fullerton. In 2009 BJ decided to open one of the first free standing Birth Center’s in Southern Orange County; the Beach Side Birth Center. To date we have delivered over 60 babies in our inaugural year. In 2009, because of her unbelievable qualifications and experience, Vickie Alston was brought on board to help us better serve our community and our dynamic patient makeup.

DASC awards Bj Snell “Midwife of the year 2009″

“it shows how much support and promotion of non-interventive birth that DASC Doula’s bring to the local birthing community….It just demonstrates the need for this (Out of Hospital Birth) not only in Southern California but worldwide”

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B.J. Snell, PhD, CNM, WHCNP
Vicke Alston, CNM

B.J. has been a women’s health care nurse practitioner since 1977. She became a CNM in 1991. She holds a Ph.D. in nursing from the Oregon Health Sciences University. B.J. is nationally renown for her work in advancing midwifery care and assisting women in achieving their desired birth experiences. Her expertise extends to the postpartum period as a lactation specialist with years of experience helping women initiate and continue breastfeeding their babies. She has been the director of selected midwifery education programs, most recently the University of Southern California

Vickie Alston

Vickie Alston has been a Board Certified Nurse Midwife since 1993, after she completed her Midwifery program in San Jose. Additionally, her experiences included 13 years as a Labor and Deliver nurse and a nurse practitioner. She joins our practice to help us build a larger client base and better assist the needs of our Spanish speaking clients because she is fluent in both English and Spanish.

Her hobbies include jewelry making, traveling and being outdoors. She lives in South Orange County with her family.