Once upon a time I owned a gorgeous birth center here in LA. It was a dream of mine as there were no birth centers open in LA at the time. The Hollywood Birth Center (the midwives that did my home births) had closed its doors, and I was passionate about seeing this as an option for families. My vision with The Sanctuary was to make it as mainstream as possible so that families who didn't see themselves as "crunchy home birthers" could envision out of the hospital birthing.