Wyckoff Heights Medical Center

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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	1,429	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	1	0.1%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	1	0.1%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	2	0.1%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	906	63.4%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	12	0.8%	17.0%
Augmented labor	17	1.2%	20.2%
Attended by midwife	0	0.0%	9.6%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	924	66.2%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	18	8.5%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	0	0.0%	0.2%
Episiotomy	140	15.2%	15.7%
General anesthesia	7	0.8%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	5	0.5%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	392	42.6%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	96	10.4%	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^‡	471	33.8%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	278	19.9%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	193	13.8%	13.2%
General anesthesia	23	5.0%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	362	79.2%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	81	17.7%	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	923	71.8%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	105	8.2%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	818	88.6%	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