Edward John Noble Hospital of Gouverneur

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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	119	100.0%	n/a*
Low/outlet forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.4%**
Mid forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	16	13.4%	8.9%
External fetal monitoring	95	79.8%	89.7%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	18	15.1%	12.0%**
Induction by medicine	22	18.5%	19.5%**
Augmented labor	35	29.4%	24.3%
Analgesia	42	35.3%	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^‡	68	57.1%	63.3%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	0	0.0%	7.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	0	0.0%	0.2%
Episiotomy	19	28.4%	20.2%
General anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.4%
Spinal anesthesia	1	1.5%	3.7%
Epidural anesthesia	33	48.5%	54.0%
Local/other anesthesia	2	2.9%	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^‡	51	42.9%	36.4%
Primary cesarean^‡	23	19.3%	21.2%
Repeat cesarean^‡	28	23.5%	15.3%
General anesthesia	8	15.7%	4.7%
Spinal anesthesia	34	66.7%	73.2%
Epidural/local anesthesia	9	17.6%	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