Clinical Services
The Birthplace offers the following services with the utmost in innovative, personalized and compassionate care.
Labor and Delivery
- Private labor and birthing rooms equipped with innovative technology to ensure the best for you and your baby
- Natural birthing techniques including breathing exercises and birthing balls
- Anesthesiologists specializing in obstetrical care can provide pain-blocking alternatives
Postpartum Care
- Spacious rooms for recovery
- Nurses and care providers to help you learn to care for your baby
- Space for family and friends to visit and meet the baby
Antepartum Care
- A calming atmosphere is provided to care for mothers with high-risk pregnancies that require bed rest
- Staff work as a team to care for your unique physical, emotional and spiritual needs in a warm and friendly environment
Newborn Nursery
- A skilled team of nurses is available 24 hours a day to care for newborn infants who may need special care and attention
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview
- Located just down the hall from The Birthplace
- Is a level III NICU staffed by a team of nurses and physicians trained to treat the most complex of premature and critically ill newborn infants
- Is nationally recognized for exceptional care, positive patient outcomes and excellent teamwork
- Along with neonatalogists, partners with a team of pediatric specialists in cardiology, gastroenterology, ear, nose and throat, ophthalmology, surgery, orthopedics, neurology, and more
Milk Bank
- Offers nursing mothers a convenient way to donate breast milk to babies who need it the most. (Request a donor application packet by calling the milk bank office at 612-672-4122.)
Lactation Center
- A board-certified lactation consultant is available for new mothers and babies who need extra assistance with breastfeeding on an outpatient basis and can assist with solutions to breastfeeding issues. For more information, call 612-273-2220.
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- A full range of personalized obstetrical care, fetal diagnosis and treatment services is available for pregnant women who are at risk for experiencing a medically complicated pregnancy.
Birth and Family Education Programs
- A variety of classes for expectant and new parents and their families are available at all Twin Cities metropolitan-area Fairview hospitals.
- Provide information and support to help you have the healthiest pregnancy, birth and postpartum experiences possible
- Classes are offered at times and locations convenient for all members of your family and private education classes are available at home or in the hospital.
- To register for classes, call 612-672-7272 or click here for more information.
