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Sutter Davis 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 Sutter Davis Hospital, obstetricians and midwives are committed to helping you have a safe, healthy birth. As a designated Baby-Friendly Hospital, we provide a progressive, nurturing atmosphere for your childbirth journey.

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    Welcoming Your Baby Into the World

    Experience the wonder of birth at the Sutter Davis Hospital Birthing Center, where each delivery is treated not only as the beginning of a new life, but a new family as well. Our family-centered philosophy facilitates patients’ and their loved ones' establishment as a family unit. Our caring staff encourages individual preferences and participation in the birthing process and beyond. The carefully designed birthing center provides each mother with the experience that is most attuned to her preferences and medical needs. The comfort of the home-like setting combines with the reassurance of ready access to specialty care, should the need arise. Each labor and delivery room is large, sunny and private, allowing mothers, family and friends to share in the birth experience. Located within the center, a dedicated operating suite is available for cesarean section or other special procedures.

    The ABCs of Birth

    Your Prenatal Guide to Experience the Birthing Process in the Healthiest and Most Efficient Way. Read the booklet: English (PDF) | Spanish (PDF)

    The Sutter Davis Hospital Birthing Center encourages Active Birth and offers a selection of delivery options to meet your needs, including:

    • Midwife Services
    • Birthing Ball
    • Showers in Labor
    • Water Births
    • Doula Program

    The Benefits of Active Birth

    Active birth optimizes the natural, normal and healthy process of birth. When you are free to move and choose comfortable upright positions in labor such as standing, walking, kneeling, sitting or squatting there are many advantages, including:

    Better Progress

    Reclining positions oppose gravity, and the resulting resistance makes contractions less efficient. Being upright helps you cope better. There is a much better blood supply to the placenta when you are upright, compared to lying down. When you are upright and leaning forward, there is no compression of the internal blood vessels, your baby receives plenty of oxygen and will cope better with the labor and birth. Having an Active Birth is a way to reduce the need for medical interventions.

    More Effective Contractions

    The weight of your baby's head and body puts even pressure on the cervix and promotes dilation. This may result in a shorter labor. In reclining positions there is less pressure on cervix and can result in slower dilation. When you are upright the back wall of your pelvis (the sacrum) is free to move. It has a slight pivotal action which allows the pelvic canal to widen and adjust to the shape of the baby's head as it descends.

    Maximum Space for Your Baby

    In upright positions, where you are not resting your weight on your sacrum, your pelvis can open to its widest. The space available for your baby to be born through the pelvic outlet is up to 28 percent wider than it is in a reclining position.

    More Power

    Aided by gravity the uterus can exert maximum force making bearing down more efficient and shortening the second stage.

    You and Your Baby in Optimal Condition

    Minimal or no use of medical interventions reduces the risk of common side effects, so that your baby is alert and responsive at birth. You are both full of natural hormones which promote bonding and attachment. The baby is better able to breastfeed right after birth and more alert. The baby's ability to breastfeed soon after birth will stimulate the uterus to contract and prevent excessive bleeding.

    You and Your Partner

    Partners are often actively involved in giving both emotional and physical support during an active birth. This sharing of the birth experience can be very fulfilling and memorable and is a good start to becoming a parent and beginning your life together as a new family. It is a great achievement to bring a new baby into the world. Many women feel that it was one of the most satisfying and rewarding experiences they have ever had.

    Birthing Center Tours

    Get the Details

    Healthcare providers at Sutter Davis Hospital provide frequent tours of our birthing center to acquaint new patients with our facilities. We offer tours in English and Spanish.

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    Tour Labor and Delivery Rooms

    To schedule an in-person tour, call (800) 785-6091.

    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.

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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 Sutter Davis Hospital

    The following doctors are part of the Sutter Health network. Learn about the doctors on this site.
    Bethelen L. Johnson, M.D.

    Bethelen L. Johnson, M.D.

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Carly A. Grovhoug, M.D.

    Carly A. Grovhoug, M.D.

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Mark W. Evans, M.D.

    Mark W. Evans, M.D.

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Anne E. Stohrer, M.D.

    Anne E. Stohrer, M.D.

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology

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    Sutter Davis Hospital Family Birthing Center

    Sutter Davis Hospital Family Birthing Center

    2000 Sutter Place

    Davis, CA 95616

    (530) 759-7444

    Sutter Davis Hospital

    Sutter Davis Hospital

    2000 Sutter Place

    Davis, CA 95616

    (530) 756-6440

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