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Alta Bates Summit Labor and Delivery Services

When it’s time to deliver your baby, you want an experienced, compassionate labor and delivery team at your side. At Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, obstetricians and midwives help deliver more than 6,000 babies each year. They’re committed to helping you have a safe, healthy birth.

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Featured Services

  • Breastfeeding Support
  • Family Birth Centers
  • Labor Pain
  • Midwife Services
  • Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU)
  • Vaginal Birth After Cesarean

Welcoming Your Baby Into the World

The moment you meet your baby happens only once. Ensure it happens in a place dedicated to extraordinary care for babies and new mothers.

We welcome you to define your birthing experience. Do you want to listen to your favorite music while giving birth? Or ease your contractions in the shower? Our labor-delivery-recovery rooms provide a comfortable, private atmosphere for the birth of your baby.

If you opt for one of the many forms of natural childbirth, our staff is here to offer coaching and comfort. Should you decide that you want something more for pain, many of our locations offer obstetrical anesthesiologists 24 hours a day.

In addition to your doctor or midwife, our nursing staff works with you throughout the labor process. Our nurses are specially trained — many have more than 15 years of service in caring for new mothers and babies.

Birth Center Tours

Tour Our Labor and Delivery Rooms

Tour Our Labor and Delivery Rooms

To schedule an in-person tour, call (800) 769-1650 or book online.

Comfortable Rooms for New Families

Comfortable Rooms for New Families

Discover why this is the place to start your new adventure, with a cozy bed, baby’s bassinet beside you and nurses right outside your door.

When Your Baby Needs Extra Care

When in the care of our passionate neonatal intensive care (NICU) team, you get all the support you need to bond with your new baby.

When Your Baby Needs Extra Care

Support for NICU Parents

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Get Connected Today

The Alta Bates Summit NICU Family Advisory Council provides education and support for families of children in the neonatal intensive care unit. Our group of caring medical specialists and parents of former NICU babies work with you to create a comfortable and welcoming environment for you and your baby.

Education and Support

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Classes and Events

Sign up for our breastfeeding and childbirth classes to get prepared for your baby’s arrival.

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Family-Centered Birth Services

Our birth centers and hospitals put you and your family’s needs first during labor and delivery.

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Neonatal Intensive Care

While most newborns don’t need special assistance after delivery, if they do, our neonatal intensive care teams provide immediate help.

Health and Wellness

Breastfeeding Techniques

Breastfeeding Techniques

Breastfeeding is a learned skill for both mother and infant, requiring time and patience. Here’s how to get started.

Breastfeeding Techniques Breastfeeding Techniques

Patient Stories

'Super' Sam is a NICU Miracle

Baby Sam was born by emergency C-section at 1 pound, 12 ounces and would spend the next 95 days in the NICU. But today he is happy and healthy.

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Maternal and Infant Health Research

Sutter Health Maternal and Infant Health Research
Maternal and infant health research seeks to improve the process of reproduction by examining ways to improve the rates of a full-term pregnancy without unnecessary interventions, the delivery of a healthy baby, and a healthy postpartum period in a positive environment that supports the physical and emotional needs of the mother, baby and family.

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Doctors at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center

The following doctors are part of the Sutter Health network. Learn about the doctors on this site.
Claire A. Putnam, M.D.

Claire A. Putnam, M.D.

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology

Susan C. Sykes, M.D.

Susan C. Sykes, M.D.

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology

Jessica Johns, M.D.

Jessica Johns, M.D.

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology

Lisa R. Montang, M.D.

Lisa R. Montang, M.D.

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology

Jody L. Daudel, M.D.

Jody L. Daudel, M.D.

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology

Jonathan D. Weiss, M.D.

Jonathan D. Weiss, M.D.

  • Maternal & Fetal Medicine

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology

Jim H. Nishimine, M.D.

Jim H. Nishimine, M.D.

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology

Brian L. Shaffer, M.D.

Brian L. Shaffer, M.D.

  • Maternal & Fetal Medicine

Lisa M. Desmond, M.D.

Lisa M. Desmond, M.D.

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Berkeley, CA 94705

(510) 204-4444

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