At our Birthing Center located at Columbus Regional Hospital, mothers have home-like baby delivery rooms that allow you to remain in one room for the entire childbirth process. The private rooms are furnished with the comforts of home, including a fold out bed for your partner or family member who wants to stay overnight. Behind closed doors each delivery room has state-of-the-art equipment for normal deliveries. Also, if you require a cesarean delivery, you are transported directly to surgery and afterward returned to your own private room. After giving birth, you can rest with your baby at your bedside and greet family and friends in privacy and comfort.
Our Birthing Center staff is cross-trained to provide labor/delivery, postpartum and newborn care to accommodate and support the birthing options you request. After giving birth to your baby, our nurses teach you how to care for yourself and your baby, and our certified lactation consultants help moms get off to a good start.
Beginning in 2012, Columbus Regional Health's Birthing Center was selected by the March of Dimes to be part of a group of 100 hospitals nationwide included in the "Healthy Babies are Worth the Wait" campaign. Hospitals that are part of this group adopted a policy to reduce medically unnecessary elective inductions and cesarean deliveries scheduled before 39 weeks of pregnancy. Studies have shown that babies that are born after 39 weeks have a lower risk of lifelong health challenges.