Montefiore Med Center - Jack D Weiler Hosp of A Einstein College Div

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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	4,026	100.0%	n/a
Forceps delivery	7	0.2%	0.4%
Internal fetal monitoring	2	0.0%	9.0%
External fetal monitoring	4,018	99.8%	88.0%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	0	0.0%	11.6%
Induction by medicine	275	6.8%	17.0%
Augmented labor	0	0.0%	20.2%
Attended by midwife	30	0.7%	9.6%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	2,673	66.9%	65.8%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	106	15.3%	11.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	9	0.2%	0.2%
Episiotomy	38	1.4%	15.7%
General anesthesia	1	0.0%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	112	4.2%	5.0%
Epidural anesthesia	1,703	63.7%	58.8%
Local/other anesthesia	95	3.6%	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^‡	1,322	33.1%	34.2%
Primary cesarean^‡	736	18.4%	21.0%
Repeat cesarean^‡	586	14.7%	13.2%
General anesthesia	63	4.8%	4.4%
Spinal anesthesia	755	57.1%	68.6%
Epidural/local anesthesia	502	38.0%	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	3,199	88.8%	82.7%
Fed exclusively breast milk	1,654	45.9%	39.7%
Breastfed Infants Supplemented with Formula²	1,545	48.3%	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