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The only thing that matters to every expectant mom is the safe delivery of a healthy child.

That’s why we serve New Jersey families with beautiful state-of-the-art maternity centers, dedicated board-certified staff, and a family-centered philosophy that makes your baby's birth extraordinarily special.

Our Maternity Services

RWJBarnabas Health provides a wide-range of services and programs for expectant and new moms as well as their babies, including:

  • Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) with specially trained nurses and board-certified neonatologists
  • 24/7 anesthesiologist on-site dedicated to obstetrics and pain management therapies
  • 24/7 access to ob/gyns and neonatal respiratory therapists
  • Labor and delivery units equipped with state-of-the-art technology for high-risk deliveries and premature babies
  • Private rooms and baths with showers, and specially designed labor-delivery-recovery rooms with Jacuzzis
  • Breastfeeding consultants for inpatient and outpatient visits, offering superior lactation education and support
  • Midwife services provide one-on-one support for a personalized pregnancy and delivery experience
  • Comprehensive gestational diabetes care that offers pregnancy and postpartum counseling
  • Comprehensive prenatal and postpartum care
  • Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder Center
  • 3-D and 4-D pregnancy ultrasound and perinatal diagnosis
  • 24-hour neonatal coverage and infant follow-up program
  • Statewide transport for critically ill infants available 24 hours a day, seven days a week
  • Extensive childbirth preparation and infant care classes as well as comprehensive parenting support and education
  • Maternal and newborn massage

When Your Baby Needs Special Care

With state-of-the-art technology and a staff of medical experts, our maternity centers are equipped to handle any emergency for mothers and babies before, during and after delivery. Counseling is available with our Maternal-Fetal Medicine (also called high-risk pregnancy) team for mothers with a history of complicated pregnancy or who have special concerns, such as multiple births or premature labor. Babies from throughout New Jersey are treated at our regional perinatal centers for such problems as:

  • Prematurity
  • Acute illness
  • Congenital disorders
  • Conditions requiring emergency surgery

Events and Classes

The birth of your child is one of life's most wonderful and remarkable experiences. For parents-to-be, it's also an experience that also requires a lot of planning. That’s why we offer programs designed to help new parents and classes in baby care basics and parenting, as well as mother-to-mother support groups for new moms.

View our childbirth education classes


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