Mount St Marys Hospital and Health 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 2008. For more information please see the Maternity Information Brochure.

All births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Total births	390	100.0%	n/a*
Low/outlet forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.4%**
Mid forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	41	10.5%	8.9%
External fetal monitoring	378	96.9%	89.7%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	16	4.1%	12.0%**
Induction by medicine	57	14.6%	19.5%**
Augmented labor	230	59.0%	24.3%
Analgesia	255	65.4%	34.5%
Attended by midwife	0	0.0%	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^‡	257	65.9%	63.3%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	3	6.4%	7.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	2	0.5%	0.2%
Episiotomy	59	23.0%	20.2%
General anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.4%
Spinal anesthesia	1	0.4%	3.7%
Epidural anesthesia	162	63.0%	54.0%
Local/other anesthesia	51	19.8%	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^‡	133	34.1%	36.4%
Primary cesarean^‡	89	22.8%	21.2%
Repeat cesarean^‡	44	11.3%	15.3%
General anesthesia	14	10.5%	4.7%
Spinal anesthesia	93	69.9%	73.2%
Epidural/local anesthesia	25	18.8%	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