We understand that having a baby is one of the most important events in your life. Our medical and nursing staffs share a common goal: to provide the childbirth experience you envision.
Family-centered care
At South Shore Hospital, our family-centered care is the primary reason why we’ve become the region’s number one choice for maternal care.
Family-centered care means working together with you and your family to
make decisions regarding your individualized care.
The approach is built on five principles: respect, information sharing, collaboration,
family-to-family support, and confidence building.
When you add this philosophy to medical and nursing expertise and partnerships with
world-renowned academic medical centers, you have an ideal blend of skill and compassion.
Our Maternity Center Staff believes:
- Birth is one of life’s most extraordinary experiences.
- Responsibility for decisions is shared between families and the health care team.
- The experiences of our patients and families provide an opportunity for
our
continuous learning. - Our patients and families deserve a safe and trusting environment, where they are encouraged to share ideas and express their thoughts, and participate in their care.
- Lifelong memories are created during our birth experiences.
Nowhere else in the region does a maternity center offer:
- A choice of community-based maternity health care providers who are affiliated with
South Shore Hospital, including more than 40 OB/GYNs, 12 certified nurse midwives, and five family practitioners. (Physician Referral) - Beautifully appointed maternity center, where each mother gives birth and recovers in a private birthing room and then moves to a new, private, post-partum room, where our nursing staff is dedicated to providing the highest standard of family-centered care.
- Neonatal Intensive Care to care for ill or premature infants, staffed 24 hours by on-site, board-certified neonatologists from Children's Hospital, Boston.
- Nursing staff dedicated to the individualized needs of mothers and newborns.
- A Weymouth-based reproductive endocrinology program, offered in association with Brigham and Women's Hospital, for women with fertility complications.
- A Weymouth-based maternal-fetal medicine program, offered in association with
New England Medical Center, to support women experiencing high-risk pregnancies. - On-site, 24-hour staffing at the hospital by a board-certified obstetrician, so that women have continuous access to appropriate emergency medical care at all times.
- High-tech operating rooms within the birthing unit, used exclusively for Cesarean births.
- Round-the-clock access to board-certified anesthesiologists and pain management services.
- Certified lactation specialists to offer teaching and support for breastfeeding mothers.
- Gentle Beginnings at South Shore Hospital is a lactation boutique that offers a full array of products for breastfeeding mothers. Call 781-340-3470 for more information.
- A newly formed family advisory council that assists in the development of new programs and services for parents and their babies.
- Availability of home health services to ease mother's and newborn's transitions home.
- Innovative and informative childbirth education classes offered at varied times to meet your needs. Learn more about our classes.
Call South Shore Hospital at 781-340-4300 for more information or a tour of our maternity center.