Montefiore Medical Center - North Division

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Maternity Information

New York State's Maternity Information Law requires each hospital to provide the following information about its childbirth practices and procedures. This information can help you to better understand what you can expect, learn more about your childbirth choices, and plan for your baby's birth. Data shown are for 2011. For more information please see the Maternity Information Brochure.

All births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Total births	2,604	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	30	1.2%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	2,594	99.6%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	10	0.4%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	212	8.1%	17.0%
Augmented labor	139	5.3%	20.2%
Attended by midwife	7	0.3%	9.6%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	1,752	67.4%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	64	16.0%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	1	0.0%	0.2%
Episiotomy	152	8.7%	15.7%
General anesthesia	3	0.2%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	12	0.7%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	1,186	67.7%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	213	12.2%	12.6%
Paracervical anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.0%
Pudendal anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.1%

% based on total vaginal births excluding cases with missing information.
^‡% is percentage of total births
^†% is percentage of prior cesareans

Cesarean births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Cesarean births^‡	847	32.6%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	512	19.7%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	335	12.9%	13.2%
General anesthesia	8	0.9%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	478	56.4%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	361	42.6%	26.3%

% based on total cesarean births excluding cases with missing information.
^‡% is percentage of total births

Breastfeeding

Infant Feeding Method¹	This Facility		Statewide
Infant Feeding Method¹	#	%	%
Fed any breast milk	1,996	85.6%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	319	13.7%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	1,677	84.0%	51.9%

¹Based on live born infants, excluding infants who were admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or transferred to or from another hospital.
²Percentage is based only on infants who were fed any breast milk.

Related Information

Maternity Information Brochure

Department of Health