Giving Birth With Us First-class, personalized care from pregnancy planning through early infancy Having a baby is a very exciting and meaningful experience for a woman and her family. At the Roosevelt Hospital Obstetric Service, we are enthusiastic about sharing that experience with you in one of the newest, most beautiful settings on Manhattan Island. From the time you begin planning your pregnancy until you and your infant arrive at home, we offer complete, individualized care. It is provided by our highly skilled team of health care professionals, including our many excellent obstetricians and maternal-fetal medicine specialists. Our obstetrics service stands above those of all other New York City hospitals when it comes to options and flexibility.

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What sets us apart is our well established in-hospital birthing center, and its location just one floor down from our fully equipped, state-of-the-art labor and delivery suite. This proximity ensures that if you need epidural anesthesia, an operating room, or specialists skilled in high-risk pregnancy and delivery, they will be there. Our setup also allows your delivery experience to be tailor-made in a variety of ways, all with the highest in health-care quality and safety. While our facilities allow you the greatest number of choices, our family centered philosophy promotes this approach. We believe that the process of giving birth belongs to the parents, who are welcoming a new family member. It is our philosophy that all of the medically safe choices concerning labor and delivery should belong to you.

Getting started

When you decide you would like to give birth at Roosevelt Hospital, the first step is to choose a physician from among those on our obstetrics faculty, or a midwife from one of the organizations who affiliate with us. Our faculty of physicians includes a long list of top-notch general obstetricians, and also seven maternal-fetal medicine specialists, who focus on high-risk pregnancy. The midwives available are of the highest caliber, coming from the most well respected organizations in the country. If you would like to use our birthing center, your chosen provider must first agree to do the delivery there. For expert help in planning your pregnancy and in choosing your birth experience, our Parent/Family Education Program offers advice and referrals, a preconception seminar, a class on the choices in childbirth, and many other resources.

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