St Barnabas Hospital

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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	1,227	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	1	0.1%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	59	4.8%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	911	74.2%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	62	5.1%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	195	15.9%	17.0%
Augmented labor	190	15.5%	20.2%
Attended by midwife	347	28.3%	9.6%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	798	76.0%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	21	30.9%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	3	0.3%	0.2%
Episiotomy	75	11.8%	15.7%
General anesthesia	11	1.4%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	4	0.5%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	367	46.2%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	113	14.2%	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^‡	252	24.0%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	205	19.5%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	47	4.5%	13.2%
General anesthesia	15	6.0%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	122	49.2%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	89	35.9%	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	973	84.0%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	186	16.1%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	787	80.9%	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