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Personalize Your Maternity Care

Every women’s pregnancy, labor, and delivery are unique. That’s why at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, we’ve created a warm and nurturing environment for expectant mothers and newborns, with a focus on highly-personalized services.

Our team at Newton-Wellesley Hospital provides expectant parents and their babies with individualized care in a comfortable and convenient community setting. More than 4,500 babies are born here each year.

In addition to a state-of-the-art labor and delivery unit, we offer a special care nursery, high-risk maternity services for those who need it, and genetic counseling and reproductive medicine for those who are struggling with infertility. Learn more about our reproductive medicine partnerships with Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospital.

Your Care

At Newton-Wellesley Hospital, we offer families a supportive environment, which includes superb nursing care and the assurance that a neonatologist or critical care pediatric specialist is available around-the-clock. Board-certified anesthesiologists and an obstetrician are also on the unit 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide additional support or consultation to your obstetrician or midwife.

"Taking care of Newton-Wellesley’s smallest and most vulnerable patients, and providing families with comfort and care, is my true passion – that’s what inspired me to become a nurse in the Special Care Nursery. Nothing is more fulfilling than seeing our newborns become, strong, healthy babies, ready to start their lives with their families." - Andrea Fede, Clinical Nurse Director, Special Care Nursery

"As a Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist, I provide care for pregnant women who are at risk for complications, who have a history of complications, or are currently experiencing a complicated pregnancy. Each patient is unique in her history and her own feelings about the pregnancy. My goal is to provide expert, empathetic care to each of my patients as she proceeds through her pregnancy, resulting in the healthiest mother and baby possible. I truly value discussing all aspects of care with every patient so she can make informed decisions and choose what is right for her and her baby." - Lisa Dunn-Albanese, MD, Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine

Our Maternity Services

Labor and Delivery

We are pleased to announce that our new labor and delivery unit is complete and open for patients. This state-of-the-art unit is home to our Antenatal (Prenatal) Evaluation and Treatment Center, as well as 12 spacious labor and delivery suites with private baths. Five of these suites contain specially-designed Jacuzzi tubs to help expectant mothers during their labor. Surgical suites for Caesarean births are located right in our labor and delivery unit. We offer state-of-the-art equipment for newborns, as well as comfortable accommodations for partners, helping the suites feel more like home than a hospital.

Special Care Nursery

Our Special Care Nursery, in partnership with Brigham and Women’s Hospital, provides highly personalized care and the most advanced equipment for premature and ill newborns and their families – from state-of-the-art technology to private reclining chairs for skin-to-skin cuddling. Each of our 12 baby care areas is spacious, separate and allows privacy for parents and visitors. We are able to comfortably accommodate twins and triplets as well as other specific family needs. Specialized medical care provided in the Special Care Nursery includes:

24-hour newborn specialist care
Medical and surgical pediatric sub-specialty care in partnership with Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital
State-of-the-art medical technology
Comfortable, spacious and private care areas for families
Flexibility to accommodate twins, triplets and other patient and family needs
A specially-designed parent room

The Special Care Nursery is staffed by a team of nurses, respiratory therapists, lactation consultants, dietitians and neonatologists with advanced training in the care of premature and ill newborns. Our expert Brigham and Women’s neonatologists provide care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When complex care is needed, newborns are seamlessly cared for at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, or if surgery is required, at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Maternal Fetal Medicine

Our Maternal Fetal Medicine program, in partnership with Brigham and Women’s Hospital, offers advanced care for women experiencing highly-complex pregnancies. We offer personalized medical care for mom and baby including:

High-risk pregnancy management for multiple pregnancies and unexpected complications
Care for maternal medical complications during pregnancy such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiac disease, seizure disorders and thyroid disease
Genetic consultation for risk assessment, discussion of prenatal screening and options such as amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling
Pre-conception counseling to review medical history and discuss obstetrical challenges
Fetal procedures such as in utero fetal blood transfusion, procedures related to multiple pregnancies and other minor fetal surgical procedures.

Lactation Consultants

Outpatient Breastfeeding Support Group

Our support group is a free, drop-in group for mothers who have questions about nursing their baby and are looking for mom-to-mom support. The group is facilitated by a board-certified lactation consultant. Please note, individual consultations are not offered as part of the group.

Tuesday and Thursdays, 2:00-3:00 pm

Newton-Wellesley Hospital Ambulatory Care Center

159 Wells Ave., Newton

Outpatient Lactation Clinic

The Outpatient Lactation Clinic offers appointments for an individualized, one-on-one consultation with a lactation consultant. These visits provide hands on assistance and support for a variety of breastfeeding issues, including latching difficulties, low milk supply, mastitis, sore, cracked nipples, and many other lactation issues. In addition, a visit to the Lactation Clinic is appropriate for any mother who is simply seeking support, encouragement, and answers to routine questions, and can help to build a mother’s confidence throughout her prenatal and postnatal breastfeeding journey.

Clinic visits are covered by insurance. Call 617-243-6314 to make an appointment.

Libby and Liam’s Story

"My family members are doctors, so I know what the best health care looks like. It looks like Newton-Wellesley. The hospital established an excellent track record with us over the years, treating my chronic migraines. We had no question about where we wanted prenatal and maternity care: Newton-Wellesley. During my two pregnancies, I struggled with severe hyperemesis gravidarum, requiring multiple hospitalizations. The Newton-Wellesley team was great through it all and helped us welcome Claire and Liam into the world. Newton-Wellesley is hands down the best hospital with the best doctors. My favorite part about my time at NWH was the incredible care of the support staff in addition to the doctors, especially the nurses. They really are a big part of the reason we've chosen NWH for our care time and time again. They’ve been loyal to us, and we’ll be loyal to them."

Brandee and Poppy’s Story

"A community reputation means a lot, so I rely on word of mouth when I need an important referral. When I was struggling with infertility, a friend recommended I go to Newton-Wellesley to see IVF specialist Dr. Rachel Ashby. I was thrilled to become pregnant after one round of IVF! When complications developed at 31 weeks, I was admitted to Newton-Wellesley and had an emergency C-section at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. During that frightening time, Dr. Ashby reassured me, ‘You have the best of the best behind you and your baby right now.’ Poppy Christina was born weighing just 3 pounds 1.4 ounces, and stayed in the NICU at Newton-Wellesley. I’ve never felt so safe at a hospital. Now, whenever I’m away from Poppy, the first thing I write on my care instructions is, ‘If Poppy ever needs medical attention, TAKE HER TO NEWTON-WELLESLEY!’"

Aleena and Alan’s Story

"When getting a great recommendation really matters, I always turn to my family or inner circle of friends. They’re my go-to advisors. That’s how I chose Newton-Wellesley and Dr. Beatty to deliver my two sons. My mom had made that very same choice 30 years ago. And I wanted to give my babies the same great start in life that my brother and I had been lucky enough to have. During both my pregnancies and deliveries, Newton-Wellesley had a network of specialists that worked as a team to care for me and my sons. Their communication was smooth, so there were no redundant questions for me to answer. Newton-Wellesley was the right choice for my family’s latest generation. I should have known: They had already been vetted by the best!"

Partnerships that help provide better care for you.

Newton-Wellesley Hospital is a member of Partners HealthCare, a network founded by Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. This Partners affiliation allows us to provide patients with seamless accessibility to the finest community-based medicine as well as the most advanced specialty care in the world.

Massachusetts General Hospital

Brigham and Women's Hospital