Labor and Delivery
Every birth is special. It is our privilege to care for you during your personal experience.
University of Iowa Health Care embraces the concept of family-centered care. Spouses and support persons are invited to participate in the child’s birth.
Choosing UI Health Care for your pregnancy care means having access to an expert care team, supportive pregnancy services, and a number of convenient prenatal care locations.
Types of Pregnancy Care Providers
All of our providers offer a nurturing, woman-centered approach to ensure each patient has an extraordinary experience, while receiving the highest level of care.
Our collaborative team is trained to provide care for women with normal, low-risk pregnancies, as well as women with complicated, high-risk pregnancies.
Obstetrician-gynecologists (OBGYN) are doctors who specialize in pregnancy, childbirth, and a woman’s reproductive system.
- Family medicine physicians are doctors who specialize in comprehensive health care for people of all ages, including pregnant women, newborns and children.
Maternal-fetal medicine physicians are obstetricians who specialize in caring for women with high-risk pregnancies.
Certified nurse-midwives are advanced practice nurses who provides pregnancy care, as well as offers a range of well-women services.
Available as needed
Neonatologists works closely with maternal-fetal medicine physicians to offer prenatal consultation and attend all high-risk deliveries. Moms who deliver their babies here have peace of mind knowing that no matter what, families stay together and never need to be transferred to another hospital for more advanced care.
Our Facilities
Labor and Delivery Rooms
Our labor and delivery unit includes home-like, spacious birthing rooms and multiple surgical suites designed especially for cesarean birth. Features include:
- 24-hour anesthesia and surgical capability
- Antepartum/postpartum whirlpool bath
- Large blood bank in close proximity
- Complete maternal-fetal monitoring
- Dedicated ultrasound room, fetal and maternal diagnosis
- Immediate access to Level 4 Neonatal
- Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- Obstetrics faculty on site 24 hours per day
- Wireless fetal monitoring system
- Certascan, which captures baby's digital footprint after birth for enhanced safety and identification.
Nursery
Postpartum Rooms
Private rooms
Custom memory foam beds in antepartum/ postpartum rooms
Internet access (in waiting rooms and individual rooms)
High level of security
À la carte menus available
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
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