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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 2008. For more information please see the Maternity Information Brochure.

All births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Total births	176	100.0%	n/a*
Low/outlet forceps delivery	1	0.6%	0.4%**
Mid forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	12	6.8%	8.9%
External fetal monitoring	174	98.9%	89.7%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	33	18.8%	12.0%**
Induction by medicine	37	21.0%	19.5%**
Augmented labor	33	18.8%	24.3%
Analgesia	86	48.9%	34.5%
Attended by midwife	52	29.5%	10.8%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.
^*Data not currently available
^**Average for NY State excluding NYC

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	113	64.2%	63.3%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	2	7.4%	7.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	0	0.0%	0.2%
Episiotomy	20	17.7%	20.2%
General anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.4%
Spinal anesthesia	15	13.3%	3.7%
Epidural anesthesia	0	0.0%	54.0%
Local/other anesthesia	55	48.7%	15.6%
Paracervical anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.1%
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^‡	63	35.8%	36.4%
Primary cesarean^‡	38	21.6%	21.2%
Repeat cesarean^‡	25	14.2%	15.3%
General anesthesia	4	6.3%	4.7%
Spinal anesthesia	59	93.7%	73.2%
Epidural/local anesthesia	0	0.0%	21.0%

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

Related Information

Maternity Information Brochure

New York State

Department of Health