New Life Unit

At our New Life Unit we believe that the birth of a child is one of life's most precious miracles. Our goal is to enhance this experience and make it a very memorable occasion. The New Life Unit at Meadville Medical Center brings new technology, safety, and comfort to growing families. Even before entering the New Life Unit for the birthing experience, area women are receiving excellent gynecological and prenatal care from an expanded staff of physician specialists. When the time arrives, patients and their families find a safe and comfortable environment in the New Life Unit with LDRP (labor, delivery, recovery, post-partum) suites fully equipped with the latest birthing techniques including a central fetal monitoring system. Family-centered maternity care is basic to our philosophy, and because of this we offer programs to all family members in the hope of preparing everyone for the new arrival.

The New Life Unit is designed to provide a safe, homelike atmosphere where families can participate as little or as much as they like in the birth of their child. Our LDRP (labor, delivery, recovery, and post-partum) rooms enhance the birth experience, allowing for complete privacy and making it possible for Moms to stay in the same room throughout the entire birthing process.

All expectant mothers are admitted to a private suite known as an LDRP where they labor, deliver, recover, and complete their stay in the same room. This service provides greater opportunities for family togetherness, early infant bonding and patient convenience all in a safe home-like atmosphere.

Our special childbearing rooms are equipped to handle the entire vaginal birth experience and all forms of pain relief including continuous labor epidurals. Fetal monitoring, infant resuscitation, and mobile radiant infant warmers to stabilize the newborn's temperature after birth are provided in each suite.

Each LDRP is furnished with a birthing bed, pull-out bed for fathers/significant others, bassinet, rocking chair, bathroom, phone, T.V., and most of all privacy so that the new brothers, sisters, and grandparents can greet the new baby in this pleasant environment shortly after delivery.

For emergency Cesarean births, a delivery/ Cesarean room is available within our Labor Delivery-Recovery area.

The following information explains some of the procedures and services of the New Life Unit to help prepare you for your stay, and to supplement the instructions your doctor will provide. Please communicate with us anytime. Registered nurses with special training in maternity care are available to answer your questions. Just call (814) 333-LIFE.