Doylestown Health has been caring for expectant mothers for more than 90 years. Our VIA Maternity Center provides a comfortable, homelike setting for your birth experience.
Our comprehensive Prenatal Testing Center offers ultrasounds, non-stress tests, genetic counseling, and advanced screenings. Care for high-risk pregnancies is provided on-site by experienced maternal fetal medicine specialists (perinatologists).
Expectant mothers enter the hospital through Main Lobby between hours 5:30 am to 8pm or the Emergency Department at any time. Support persons can park temporarily outside ER and escort mother to Maternity, located on 2 North. If you need assistance, there is always someone present at the ER desk. Once Mom has safely arrived to Maternity, please move car from the ER parking.
Convenient parking is located outside of the Emergency department or in the parking garage.
Family and friends are welcome to wait in our comfortable family waiting room which includes a television, children’s play area, and access to free Wi-Fi.
Approximately 1,300 babies are born every year at Doylestown Hospital. Our highly skilled clinical team provides the full continuum of care, including obstetric care, prenatal care, newborn infant care, and postpartum care.
Our Labor and Delivery rooms create a peaceful environment to help expectant mothers feel relaxed and comfortable during the birth experience.
Warm color schemes, comforting textures, natural light, and a thoughtful layout promote well-being and ensure efficient care.
The use of comfort measures such as position changes, shower, birthing and peanut balls are encouraged. For those interested in medication options, our anesthesia staff is available 24/7.
It is important to our staff that you have a positive birth experience. Please feel free to discuss your individual desires with us. Whether you choose a medicated or un-medicated birth, our staff will be there to support you and your family.
For mothers giving birth via cesarean section, our C-section suite provides a fully equipped operating room within the maternity unit.
Our certified nurse midwives provide care for those interested in a low-intervention birth experience, tending to each woman’s unique physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Parents with healthy babies are encouraged to “room in” with their newborn for important bonding time. All routine care, tests, and assessments of the baby will done at the bedside. Our nursery is available as an option, if needed, for parent and or baby’s well-being.
Our expanded Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is staffed 24/7, including round-the-clock coverage by neonatologists from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and equipped to provide exceptional care to premature or sick newborns.
Our 22 all-private postpartum rooms provide a comfortable place for mothers to recover after delivery. The routine length of stay is two days after a vaginal birth and three days after a cesarean birth.
Our caring, compassionate providers are here to support you and your newborn. You can remain in the comfort of your private room while our experienced pediatricians, physicians, midwives, and newborn nurses care for you and your baby.
Our Mother-Baby Couplet Program ensures that the same team of nurses cares for you and your baby, creating a reassuring and comforting environment during your hospital stay.
Lactation consultants are available seven days a week to help you learn to breastfeed. Doylestown Health has received the IBCLC Care Award for staffing professionals who hold the prestigious International Board Certified Lactation Consultant® (IBCLC®) certification .
Bella Baby Photography is available for free, private professional photo sessions in patients’ rooms. There is no pressure for sales and family and friends are welcome to view the photos online.
Doylestown Hospital’s Gift Shop, located in the North Lobby, offers an assortment of fresh cut flowers, gifts, and goodies to welcome your new little bundle of joy.
The Well Bean Café, conveniently located in the Main Lobby, serves gourmet coffee, refreshing beverages, pastries, sandwiches, and snacks.
For more information about Doylestown Health’s VIA Maternity Center Please email the Parent Education Coordinator at JKrauss3@dh.org