Maternity Hospital in Margate | HCA Florida Northwest Hospital (2024)

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Maternity tour

We invite you to tour our birth center prior to your due date. Private VIP tours of our maternity unit are offered several times each month and you can convenientlysign-up for your tour online.

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We also offer quality care at these other locations in our extended network.

• Knowledgeable and compassionate staff of medical professionals that includes board-certified obstetricians and certified nurses who understand family-centered care
• Certification by The National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program, which recognizes our commitment to safe sleep best practices for infants
• Computerized bedside charting, which allows closer and frequent monitoring of the mother-to-be during labor and more efficient patient tracking throughout your stay
• Highly trained anesthesiologists who are available around the clock
• Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and 24/7 access to some of South Florida’s leading neonatologists
• Online preregistration for labor and delivery
• Variety of childbirth classes to help you feel prepared for parenthood
• 24/7 coverage by OB/GYN hospitalists and maternal fetal medicine specialists
• Dedicated perinatal nurse navigator

To ensure you are ready for the big day, we make it convenient for you to preregister onlinefor labor and delivery.

We offer several educational classes for parents-to-be, new parents and your families, including:

• "Breastfriends" Breastfeeding Support Group
• Baby Care 101
• Breastfeeding 101
• Childbirth Education Series
• Super Star Sibling Class

The class schedule may occasionally change due to holidays and special events. Please check our online calendarfor the most up-to-date schedule and to register for classes.

We are committed to helping make your birthing experience memorable and unique through our personalized childbirth services and high-end maternity suites designed with your comfort in mind.

Our maternity unit features:

• Luxury private suites with 55-inch smart TVs
• Low-intervention birth options
• Peanut balls to assist with labor
• Accommodations for a variety of delivery methods, including vagin*l birth after cesarean (VBAC)
• Skin-to-skin care support
• Celebratory dinner offered to new parents
• Lactation consultants
• Newborn photographer
• Free Wi-Fi

When it’s time for your baby to arrive, you want to know you will receive the highest level of physician care from the moment you arrive at the hospital. That's why we provide an in-house OB/GYN.

Providing an additional layer of care for our patients, our in-house OB/GYN offers 24/7 coverage for:

• Assistance with cesarean sections (C-sections)
• Assistance with surgical procedures
• Care for gynecology and obstetric emergencies
• Deliveries
• Labor checks and management
• Postpartum care

When your doctor can't be there, ours will. By working directly with your doctor, we are able to bridge the gap of care until your personal physician arrives at the hospital. This ensures consistent, timely care by delivering 24/7 real-time triage and hospital-based obstetric coverage.

Our comprehensive maternity services don't end after childbirth. We continue to provide individualized, postpartum care and support to both you and your newborn as you recover and prepare to return home.

During your stay, you will have access to many valuable sources of information, including your bedside information packet and a multitude of doctors and nurses. At any time during your stay, please ask our staff any questions you may have. It is our goal to educate you to the best of our ability so that you feel confident in caring for your newborn once you get home.

The American Academy of Pediatrics states human milk is the preferred food for newborns as it is known to enhance a baby’s health, growth and development. Breastfeeding also provides many health benefits for mom.

Should you choose to breast feed your baby, our board-certified lactation consultants (who are also registered nurses) are available daily to provide one-on-one instruction, encouragement and support.

Pregnancy and birth are wondrous and life-changing experiences. As such, many women experience the "baby blues" after birth, which may be described as feelings of sadness and fatigue. However, if these feelings last for more than a short time, it could be postpartum depression.

If you feel you may have postpartum depression, you're not alone. Postpartum depression is common. In fact, about one in eight women report having postpartum depression symptoms.

We recommend talking with your OB/GYN or nurse if you experience postpartum depression symptoms, as they can help you get the support and resources you need to feel better. Seeking help is the first step to feeling like yourself again.