At SEARHC Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center, we prioritize your preferences and your personalized birth plan, ensuring you feel supported and cared for throughout your labor and delivery experience. We offer a holistic approach with relaxation items and techniques to help increase your comfort during your stay. We have 24/7 on-call coverage for anesthesia and cesarean delivery (C-section). Board-certified physicians are always available throughout your labor and delivery experience.
With a full-time, board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist available for consultations on high-risk or operative deliveries, the team of highly trained and experienced staff will do everything possible to ensure a comfortable and safe experience for you and your family. Our highly trained and skilled nurses and providers are available to help stabilize and care for your infant prior to transfer to higher level of care, if necessary.
Childbirth is a special, significant time and we are dedicated to making it a positive and safe experience. Our DNV accredited and WHO-designated U.S. Baby-Friendly Hospital features a specialized team of labor and delivery nurses and physicians who provide individualized, high-quality care for moms and their babies.
We offer:
- Personalized care with an assigned nurse that remains with you throughout the labor process
- Comfortable and quiet rooms to feel more like home
- Fetal heart monitoring with Phillips wireless monitors and Novii™ Wireless Patch System units, allowing patients to be up and mobile
- Pain management options, including:
- Whirlpool tubs in every room
- Epidurals
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) units
- Nitrous Oxide
- IV medications
- Nurses trained in breastfeeding support
- Skin-to-skin time between mom and baby unless any health concerns arise with mom or baby
- Daily, personalized meal choices during your hospital stay and a “Special Dinner” to celebrate the birth of your child
- Postpartum follow up visits two weeks following delivery