Labor and delivery

When the big day comes, our team will be by your side throughout labor and childbirth. We respect your birth plan while prioritizing the health of you and your baby.

We are committed to helping make your birthing experience memorable and unique with our personalized services. Our private delivery and recovery rooms provide ample space and are equipped with advanced obstetric technology. Our maternity suites are also designed with your comfort in mind.

Our maternity unit features helpful amenities and services, including:

• Accommodations for a variety of delivery methods, including vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC)
• Free Wi-Fi
• Lactation support
• Low-intervention birth options
• Peanut balls to assist with labor
• Skin-to-skin contact support
• Special celebratory dinner offered to new parents
• Wireless fetal monitors during labor

Maternity tours

Knowing where you will give birth is an important part of the process, so we offer the opportunity for you to familiarize yourself with our birth center before labor and delivery.

During your tour, you will:

• Have an opportunity to ask questions about your hospital stay
• Learn how and where to check in on your big day
• Visit our postpartum area and labor and delivery unit

If your baby needs extra support after birth, we provide immediate care in our Level II and Level III NICU. Since the NICU is located on the floor within the unit, our facility is uniquely equipped to provide specialized medical care the moment it's needed.

When your baby is discharged from the NICU, we offer ongoing care through a range of other pediatric services.

Our care for you doesn't end after you give birth. Throughout the remainder of your hospital stay, our maternity team continues to support you and your loved ones with family-centered postpartum care.

We are here to help you begin your recovery, learn to care for your new baby and answer any questions you may have. Our care team is also available to help you and your baby learn to breastfeed, if you'd like.

Pregnancy and birth are wondrous and lifechanging experiences. Even so, many women experience the "baby blues" after birth, which may be described as feelings of sadness and fatigue. However, if these feelings last for more than a short time, it could be postpartum depression.

If you feel you may have postpartum depression, you're not alone. Postpartum depression is common. In fact, about one in eight women report having postpartum depression symptoms.

We recommend talking with your OB/GYN or nurse if you experience postpartum depression symptoms. Our team prioritizes helping you get the support and resources you need to feel better. Seeking help is the first step to feeling like yourself again.

Our Healthy Start program provides screening and education services for pregnant women. Through this program, we also help connect pregnant women and infants who have been referred for Healthy Start care to additional support and services.

Services available to Healthy Start participants include:

• Breastfeeding education and support
• Childbirth education
• Home visits
• Nutritional counseling
• Parenting support and education
• Psychosocial counseling
• Smoking cessation classes

For more information about the Healthy Start program, please call (772) 460-2571.