Maternity Services in Laredo, Texas

Doctors Hospital of Laredo is proud to be entrusted with the health and care of so many of Laredo’s moms and babies. We believe that a family-centered approach to childbirth can help promote the healthy growth and development of the entire family. And we're proud of our long tradition of reaching out and serving a wide range of contemporary family structures. From beginning to end, your support person will be welcomed and encouraged to participate in your childbirth experience.

Maternity services at Doctors Hospital of Laredo

The specialists at the Women's Center at Doctors Hospital offer a full range of services to provide the best care throughout your pregnancy and during childbirth including:

• Obstetricians/gynecologists, maternal-fetal medicine specialists, neonatalogists, anesthesiologists and neonatal nurses are available 24 hours a day
• Newly renovated, private labor and delivery suites
• Natural childbirth, cesarean births, high-risk births
• Level III NICU, equipped with the advanced medical technology required for treating high-risk newborn babies
• Choice of comprehensive nursery or mother/baby couplet care
• Childbirth classes and labor and delivery unit tours
• Special Deliveries program, which celebrates new moms with special gifts
• Web Nursery lets you and your family see photos of your new addition through a secure online link
• Nueva Vida Maternity Clinic

What Makes Us Different

We're prepared

Miraculous as childbearing may be, it can present certain complications. The Women’s Center at Doctors Hospital is set apart by our staff with specialized training, skills and experience with perinatal situations. Obstetricians/gynecologists, maternal-fetal medicine specialists, neonatalogists, anesthesiologists and neonatal nurses are available 24 hours a day for special or urgent needs. And both intensive care units and surgical suites are just around the corner from Labor and Delivery areas.

We pamper you and your newborn

At the Nursery, we work to create an environment of warmth, comfort, assurance and encouragement. Our private Labor and Delivery suites feature many amenities. Your birth setting can be intimate and private or openly shared with your significant partner or other support person.

Breastfeeding support

Doctors Hospital is now Texas 10 Step Program designated. This program aims to improve maternity care practices in birthing facilities. Key initiatives of the program include policy development, education of staff and providing discharge resources for breastfeeding mothers. The program is based on the 10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund.

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The Women's Center accepts private insurance, Medicaid and CHIP. Self-pay delivery packages are also available.