Labor and Delivery

Our Labor and Delivery Unit offers patient-centered care during childbirth. As a TeamBirth hospital, we support your preferences for labor and birth and encourage you to share your written plan. Here is an overview of what we routinely offer to ensure the best experience for both delivery and labor support.

Birth Preferences

As you prepare for labor and delivery, we want to inform you of the services routinely offered and available to you at Capital Health. That is why we created this Birth Preference sheet. From admission through discharge, you and your support team will participate in TeamBirth huddles with your health care providers. These huddles foster shared decision-making to ensure your birth preferences are respected and considered when developing your care plan.

We encourage you to download and print this form and review this plan with your provider and your hospital team upon arrival. We value your birth preferences and are committed to working as a team to support your goals while ensuring a safe and healthy delivery. Our shared goal is to provide safe, respectful, and patient-centered care for you and your baby.

Delivery Practices

• Comprehensive care in large, comfortable birthing rooms where you can labor, deliver, and recover in the same space
• 24/7 in-house coverage by obstetricians, midwives, neonatologists, perinatologists, and anesthesiologists
• Availability of telemetry fetal monitors to allow freedom of movement while ensuring continuous monitoring of your baby’s well-being
• Vaginal births after cesarean (VBAC) are supported and can be discussed with your OB provider

Relaxation and Pain Relief Options

• Hydrotherapy options, including jacuzzi rooms and personal showers
• Items such as rocking chairs, birthing balls, and birthing chairs/positioners
• 24-hour availability of in-house anesthesiologist for epidural pain management
• Nitrous oxide available to help manage pain during labor
• Sleeper sofas for support person to stay comfortably throughout the process
• Comprehensive approach ensures personalized and compassionate care
• Equipped to assist through every step of the birth process
• Our nurses support birth plans tailored to preferences, provide bedside labor support and specialized care

Delivery

• Skilled in managing various birth scenarios, including low-risk deliveries, high-risk pregnancies, and planned or emergency cesarean sections
• Routine care at delivery includes skin-to-skin contact, delayed cord clamping, and support from our highly trained newborn nurses
• We support the golden hour following birth; a crucial time for initiating the first feeding and establishing a strong bond between mother and baby
• Our newborn nurses will provide care for your baby at birth and support your preferences for your baby’s plan of care
• Qualified neonatologists and neonatal intensive care nurses are on hand to provide necessary care for your infant

Our comprehensive approach ensures that you receive personalized and compassionate care, tailored to meet individual needs. Whether you prefer a low-intervention birth or require high-risk delivery support, our unit is equipped to assist you through every step of the birth process.