The WVU Medicine Children’s Birthing Center had another record year in 2024 with 2,696 deliveries, up 85 from last year’s record of 2,611.

“WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital was built to provide hope and healing for families across our region,” Brian Casey, M.D., chair of the WVU Medicine Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, said. “It is truly gratifying for our entire team at the Birthing Center to see this mission become a reality every day for the new families and babies of West Virginia and our surrounding communities.”

The Birthing Center is designed to offer laboring women and new mothers family-centered care. The 17 labor and delivery rooms create a calming spa-like atmosphere. It also features in-unit operating rooms for Cesarean deliveries.

Once the baby is born, mothers and their newborns stay together in a private inpatient room.

“From conception through delivery, experts in genetics, ultrasound diagnostics, fetal care, obstetrics, anesthesia, pediatrics, neonatology, intensive care and mental health and well-being are ready and available to assist our patients at the WVU Medicine Children’s Birthing Center,” Dr. Casey said. “Together with our highly skilled healthcare team, we aim to provide the best possible experience and outcome for all of our families.”

WVU Medicine Children’s offers comprehensive care for expectant mothers and their babies. A team of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) specialists can guide mothers through complicated pregnancies and help provide the best possible outcome.

“We are excited to retrofit an existing triage room as a new inpatient Maternal-Fetal Medicine Ultrasound Suite, which we expect to open early this year,” Casey said. “This Suite will allow us to better provide high-level MFM diagnostic services to all of our patients admitted to the hospital with complex fetal conditions.”

During labor and delivery, midwives offer low-intervention care with a team of physicians and neonatologists present. Obstetricians and nursing staff in the Birthing Center are available 24/7 to ensure moms and babies are safe during birth.

“The Newborn Nursery team is so proud to be an integral part of this occasion as we celebrate this year’s record number of deliveries at the Birthing Center,” Renee Saggio, M.D., medical director of the WVU Medicine Children’s Newborn Nursery, said. “The work, talent and effort of this group is unwavering, and we welcome being able to participate in our families’ new beginnings.”

After birth, WVU Medicine Children’s pediatricians and pediatric specialists provide neonatal care for both healthy newborns and those with complex medical needs.

For more information on WVU Medicine Children’s, visit WVUKids.com.