Are you thinking about having a baby? Have you considered which hospital you'll choose?

Fit Pregnancy magazine released the 10 best hospitals in America in which to have a baby. The top hospitals are scattered across the country, from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, to St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Edgewood, Ky., to Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women in San Diego.

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The magazine also awarded honorable mentions to eight hospitals.

The magazine looked at a variety of factors when making the list, including liberal visitor policies, high-tech expertise, and immediate access to neonatal intensive care.

Access to pain medication and Caesarean-section rate were also considered, among other criteria.

The top 10 hospitals include, in alphabetical order:

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
Florida Hospital Orlando, Orlando, Fla.
Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC Health System, Pittsburgh
Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women, San Diego
St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Edgewood, Ky.
St. John's Hospital, Springfield, Ill.
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York
University Hospitals of Cleveland MacDonald Women's Hospital, Cleveland
Women & Infants Hospital, Providence, R.I.

Honorable mentions were awarded to:

Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Glendale, Calif.
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, Calif.
Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, Conn.
Northside Hospital, Atlanta
Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center, Denver
Regions Hospital, St. Paul, Minn.
Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego
University of California San Francisco Medical Center at Mount Zion, San Francisco

Read more about the survey.