The Labor and Delivery Unit of Mercy’s Family Childbirth & Children’s Center in Baltimore provides compassionate care to laboring mothers and their families in our all-private Labor and Delivery suites.

With a birth center-like atmosphere, our doctors and staff strive to cater to the individual needs of each family and make childbirth a positive experience. Our dedicated staff is comprised of OB-GYNs, midwives, registered nurses, OB technicians and patient service representatives. Our hospital is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with obstetricians to deliver babies and provide care for laboring and postpartum mothers.

Features of the Labor and Delivery Unit of The Family Childbirth & Children’s Center:

• Spacious, all-private rooms with sweeping views of the Baltimore skyline
  • Private bathroom
  • 32” flat screen television
  • Sleep sofa with a pull-out ottoman
  • Free WiFi
• Alternative laboring methods including hydrotherapy tubs for labor pain management as well as birth balls and chairs (we do not offer water birth)
• State-of-the-art technology for monitoring of mother and baby
• C-section surgery rooms
• Antepartum rooms
• Public umbilical cord blood bank
• Valet services
• Several on-site eateries
• Pastoral Care and access to Mercy’s Chapel of Light

Spacious Private Rooms to Accommodate New Mothers, Fathers, Families and Friends

Mindful of the importance of support from family and friends, Mercy’s team thoughtfully designed each room to be large, open and equipped with couches and chairs for the family to relax comfortably. Three visitors may accompany the mother-to-be in the room.

Your First Moments with Your New Baby

We know the importance of a mother’s touch and have created our facilities to support the bonding of mothers and babies. Our goal is to keep babies with their mothers through the entire birthing process whenever possible so bonding can take place immediately, even within in the case of C-section deliveries. When transferred to our Mother-Baby Unit, you will find a spacious suite with plenty of room for your baby to stay and greet family members and friends.

If your baby needs to be admitted to the NICU, the Mother-Baby Unit and NICU are in close proximity with private rooms for both mom and baby so moms have easy access to their new babies along with the privacy needed to bond.

A Leader in Childbirth Care in the Baltimore Area

The Family Childbirth & Children’s Center at Mercy is dedicated to offering new mothers leading edge care. Mercy was the first hospital in Maryland to offer women the opportunity to donate their baby’s umbilical cord for free in Maryland’s first public cord blood program. Mercy was one of the first hospitals in the area to offer private NICU rooms and also is a local leader in its appreciation of patients’ growing interest in alternative laboring methods, such as soaking tubs, birthing balls and chairs, and other equipment designed to facilitate birth.