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Family Birth Center at St. Francis Hospital
If you have a new baby on the way, it’s good to know that experienced maternity care providers are close by. At St. Francis Hospital, we provide exceptional care and personal attention to you and your family.
Superior maternity and childbirth services
Our board-certified obstetricians, certified nurse-midwives and labor and delivery nurses focus on your individual needs throughout your pregnancy, labor, delivery and after childbirth. We serve families in our local communities of Federal Way, Auburn, Fife, Kent, Milton, Puyallup and Northeast Tacoma.
The Family Birth Center at St. Francis offers:
- Obstetrical care and midwifery services
- High-risk pregnancy care
- Vaginal birth after cesarean (or VBAC)
- Level II special care nursery for 24-hour specialized care for ill or premature newborns
- Childbirth and family education classes
- Breastfeeding support with our certified lactation consultants, including inpatient room visits and outpatient follow-up (by appointment only)
- Partnership with the neonatology team at Seattle Children’s Hospital
- Pelvic physical therapy program for pregnancy and postpartum conditions
Our Level II Special Care Nursery provides care for babies born down to 32 weeks. We partner with board-certified pediatricians, Seattle Children’s Neonatal Advanced Practice Providers, and Specialty-Trained Neonatal Registered Nurses who provide 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week care for ill newborns in this dedicated unit.
Spacious, private birthing suites
We designed our birthing suites for your comfort and privacy during all stages of birth—labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum. Our spacious, beautifully decorated suites provide a soothing setting that includes:
- Comfortable birthing labor beds to support a full range of birthing bed positions
- Birthing balls, squatting bars, positioning guides, and nitrous oxide
- Nurses trained in physiologic labor support
- Beds for the new mother’s support person and space for visitors
- State-of-the-art fetal monitoring technology and other technology for safe labor and delivery
- Quick access to operating rooms for C-sections, if needed
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Award winning
Saint Francis Hospital is among America’s Best Maternity Hospitals according to Newsweek magazine. In addition to high-quality maternity and childbirth services, we also deliver exceptional postpartum care. We are among a select few programs in the region to maintain this honor.
The International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®) and International Lactation Consultant Association® (ILCA®) have recognized St. Francis Hospital for excellence in lactation care.
TeamBirth: Personalized care with a team approach
We are proud to use a model of care called “TeamBirth,” which centers you in all health care decisions made throughout labor, delivery, and postpartum. TeamBirth uses frequent “huddles” to make sure everyone knows what is happening and why – at every step of the way.
Patients love the TeamBirth model because if a decision needs to be made, it doesn’t happen at the nurses' station; it happens in your room. If you don’t understand something, you have a chance to clarify things with your whole care team during huddles. This not only involves you in all decisions, it leads to better communication all around, which results in better care for you and your baby.
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Childbirth education classes
Register online for a childbirth education class and receive an on-site birthing center tour.
Download our free guide
Preparing for childbirth can be overwhelming. To help you get started, we’ve created a free downloadable guide that provides everything you need to know as you take your first steps toward motherhood with Virginia Mason Franciscan Health.