Your Complete Birth Experience
Birthing Options
Create your ideal birthing experience with our comprehensive comfort options designed for you and your support team in an emotionally supportive, culturally sensitive environment:
- Whirlpool baths for natural pain relief
- Birthing balls for movement and positioning
- Comfortable reclining chairs for your support person
Birthing Suites
Our state-of-the-art birthing centers offer advanced technologies and modern amenities to make your baby's arrival as comfortable and special as possible.
- Spacious, private rooms with home-like amenities
- 24-hour onsite anesthesia coverage
- Labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum (LDRP) suites - stay in one room throughout your experience
Mother-Baby Nursing
Experience seamless, family-centered care from delivery through your stay:
- Specialty-trained nurses caring for both you and your newborn
- Rooming-in - your baby stays with you in your private room
- Nurses educate you in taking care of your newborn
Specialized Care When You Need It
Cesarean Delivery Excellence
If you require a cesarean delivery, you and your baby are in good hands. Rochester Regional Health provides leading edge obstetric services and a special labor and delivery area for higher risk deliveries. Whether your C-section is scheduled ahead of time or performed by our trained rapid response team, you will enjoy:
- Caregivers with specialized expertise, to maximize your recovery
- Skin-to-skin contact with your baby as soon as your baby is stable
- All the support and information you need to begin the bonding process
High-Risk & Complication Management
If you or your baby need extra care or encounter complications during or after childbirth, our highly skilled obstetricians, neonatologists and pediatricians are on site 24 hours a day to deliver the care and assistance you need right away. You can feel secure in the knowledge that we are committed to the health and safety of you and your baby, with specialized support resources including:
- A four-bed assessment center for close medical monitoring of laboring moms
- A Level II special care nursery provides advanced care to babies who need it
- Social workers to coordinate home care and access to support services
Obstetric Emergency Department (OB ED)
At Rochester Regional Health, our Obstetric Emergency Department (OB ED) is designed for anyone who is pregnant or up to six weeks postpartum and experiencing urgent concerns, including pregnancy complications or delivery-related issues.
Our team works quickly to assess and care for both you and your baby, helping reduce wait times and the stress that often comes with visiting a traditional emergency room.
Breastfeeding Support
All Rochester Regional Health hospitals are 'Baby-Friendly' facilities, following the World Health Organization's initiative to support a mother's choice to breastfeed.
- Internationally certified lactation consultants on staff
- Nurses are skilled in assisting breastfeeding families
- Lactation consultants provide breastfeeding support after you return home
Rochester Regional Health is also proud to be a part of the Baby Cafe breastfeeding support group network. All Baby Cafe services are provided free of charge.
Our Birthing Centers
Keeping Your Sleeping Baby Safe
Keeping your baby safe while sleeping is very important. Healthy infants can die if they are in an unsafe sleep environment. We help your baby to sleep safely by following our Safe Sleep Initiative. Our birthing centers are nationally certified Gold Sleep Champions.
