Neonatal Intensive Care

Having a baby prematurely or born with a serious health issue can be one of the most overwhelming events in a parent’s life. Through our neonatal intensive care programs, we provide life-saving technologies and compassionate support.

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Delivering Loving Critical Care to Our Tiniest Patients

At Sutter’s nine NICUs, we provide specialized medical care and the latest in technology to babies born prematurely or with serious health conditions. Our locations are designed to provide family centered care, where parents are welcomed into the unit to participate in the treatment plan of their babies.

Our care for your infant doesn’t stop once you are discharged from the NICU. We offer a High-Risk Infant Follow-Up Program that supports your baby’s healthy growth and development and provides ongoing support and education programs for you. Each year, many of our NICUs hold popular reunions for families and their NICU care teams.

In Your Corner

Neonatal Health Care Team

Many specialists provide care to babies in the NICU. Meet the team.

Patient Stories

Baby Born at 27 Weeks Spends 100 Days in NICU

Savion spent 100 days in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at California Pacific Medical Center.

Preemie Goes Home after 137 Days in Hospital

Born prematurely at 23 weeks, Ellie's chances of survival were slim. But doctors at Sutter Children's Center never gave up on her.

A NICU Survivor’s Homecoming

Aspiring neonatal nurse revisits care team that saved her.

Kille Family: From High-Risk Birth to Healthy Baby

The road to parenthood wasn’t smooth for the Killes. Thanks to care from Sutter’s high-risk maternity and NICU teams, mom and baby are thriving.

'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.

Kate Bernal-Hafner | Healthy Baby, Grateful Parent

The Hafner family shares their story of compassionate care in the Level 3 NICU at Sutter Santa Rosa Hospital.

Couple Surprised by Twins Gets Ready with Multiple Births Program

Teresa and Adam felt overwhelmed when they learned twins were on the way, but Sutter's Mothers of Multiples Program had their backs.

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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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