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PAMF Labor and Delivery Services

When it’s time to deliver your baby, you want an experienced, compassionate labor and delivery team at your side. Obstetricians and midwives at Palo Alto Medical Foundation help deliver more than 10,000 babies each year at 10 hospitals.

COVID-19 Information for Labor and Delivery Patients

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  • Breastfeeding Support
  • Family Birth Centers
  • Labor Pain
  • Midwife Services
  • Vaginal Birth After Cesarean

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Labor and Delivery Services within the Sutter Health network

The Sutter Health network has doctors and services in more than 100 California cities.

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    Welcoming Your Baby Into the World

    Your obstetrician or midwife at PAMF can help you deliver your baby at any one of 10 hospitals throughout the Peninsula and South Bay, providing caring and convenient care near your home.

    Hospitals include:

    • Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame
    • Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City
    • Lucille Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto
    • El Camino Hospital in Mountain View
    • Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose
    • Washington Hospital in Fremont
    • ValleyCare in Pleasanton
    • Sovah Health in Danville
    • Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center in Santa Cruz
    • Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz

    Family-centered birth centers throughout Sutter Health have earned honors including:

    • Baby Friendly Hospital Designations.
    • Joint Commission Gold Seals of Approval.
    • “A” Grades in The Leapfrog Group’s® Spring 2015 Hospital Safety Score℠.
    • Lower than state and national averages for elective deliveries according to the independent Leapfrog Group and the Department of Health and Human Services Hospital Compare.
    • Better than target averages for maternal care according to the independent Leapfrog Group measures.

    If you opt for one of the many forms of natural childbirth, staff is there 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.

    Helpful Resources

    • Prenatal Forms and Handouts

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    COVID-19 and Pregnancy Update

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    Sutter Makes Childbirth Safer

    See why Sutter's C-section Reduction Initiative earned accolades from Truven Health Analytics.

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    When It's Wise to Induce Pregnancy

    PAMF's Tara Hulbert, D.O., explains when and why induction is recommended.

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    How to Know You're Going Into Labor

    Kris Ayer, a nurse midwife at PAMF Santa Cruz, covers everything you need to know abut going into labor.

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    All About Cesarean and Vacuum Extractor Delivery

    PAMF obstetrician Peggy Moore, M.D., discusses these common labor interventions.

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    How to Stay Comfortable During Labor

    Laetitia Oderman, M.D., an obstetrician at PAMF, suggests surrending to the process and receiving labor support.

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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.

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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 Palo Alto Medical Foundation

    The following doctors are part of the Sutter Health network. Learn about the doctors on this site.
    Candice T. Tong, M.D.

    Candice T. Tong, M.D.

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Mei Ge, M.D., M.S.

    Mei Ge, M.D., M.S.

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Elizabeth A. Swenson, M.D.

    Elizabeth A. Swenson, M.D.

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Anna Anderson, M.D.

    Anna Anderson, M.D.

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Ann Wong, M.D.

    Ann Wong, M.D.

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Christine Picco, M.D.

    Christine Picco, M.D.

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Maxine A. Karimoto, M.D., FACOG

    Maxine A. Karimoto, M.D., FACOG

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Nam Nguyen, M.D.

    Nam Nguyen, M.D.

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Anjali Rao, M.D.

    Anjali Rao, M.D.

    • Obstetrics and Gynecology

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    San Jose/Los Gatos Obstetrics and Gynecology

    2400 Samaritan Drive

    Suite 105 and 203

    San Jose, CA 95124

    (408) 523-3870

    Fremont Center

    Fremont Center

    3200 Kearney Street

    Fremont, CA 94538

    (510) 490-1222

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    701 East El Camino Real

    Mountain View, CA 94040

    (650) 934-7000

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    1301 Mission Street

    Santa Cruz, CA 95060

    (831) 458-6300

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    Danville Center

    915 San Ramon Valley Blvd.

    Suite 100

    Danville, CA 94526

    (925) 875-3750

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    Sunnyvale Center (301)

    301 Old San Francisco Road

    Sunnyvale, CA 94086

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    San Carlos Center

    301 Industrial Road

    San Carlos, CA 94070

    (650) 321-4121

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    Redwood City Women's Health Center

    2950 Whipple Avenue

    Redwood City, CA 94062

    (650) 366-4633

    Palo Alto Center

    Palo Alto Center

    795 El Camino Real

    Palo Alto, CA 94301

    (650) 321-4121

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