Pregnancy and Childbirth Services in Norman, OK
Treating Your Growing Family Like Our Own
Norman Regional Health System takes a family-centered approach to labor, delivery and recovery, designing our services to allow you to bond with your baby from birth through discharge.
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Why Deliver Your Baby at Norman Regional Hospital
Considering giving birth at the Norman Regional Hospital? We would love to be a part of your growing family! We have you covered from the time you check in until you take your baby home. We’re also here for you if any emergencies happen along the way during your pregnancy or delivery.
Don't have an OB-GYN yet? Norman Regional has multiple OB-GYNs within our system in Norman who are ready to offer you quality and compassionate care throughout your pregnancy and delivery. Click here for tips on choosing an obstetrician.
Tour Our Units Virtually
Don't know what to expect when you get here? Take a peek inside our units! While we do not offer in-person tours of our units, you can watch the video below to virtually tour our Labor and Delivery and Women's and Children's units.
A Team of Obstetrical Experts
Norman Regional’s team of experts is ready to care for you as you welcome your new addition into the world, with board-certified physicians, registered nurses, lactation consultants and many others. Our exceptional clinical care team works with families to ensure every experience is tailored to their specific needs and desires while ensuring safety every step of the way.
Labor and Delivery Unit
As you prepare to welcome your bundle of joy into the world, your birthing experience at Norman Regional Hospital will begin in our Labor and Delivery Unit, which includes a team of experts ready to care for you every step of the way. Board-certified physicians, registered nurses (RNs) and other clinicians work together to make sure your experience is personalized to your needs and wishes.
Women's and Children's Unit
After giving birth, mom and baby are moved to the Women's and Children's Unit, offering 28 rooms. We take a family-centered approach so baby can stay with you from birth through discharge, allowing your family to have more time for bonding. New moms and one guest are also served a special, fine dining meal during their hospital stay.
Norman Regional Hospital also has on-staff pediatric hospitalists who provide quality and compassionate care for your newborn until you discharge home.
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Our Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Norman Regional Hospital offers critical care to premature and critically ill newborns needing a higher level of care. The NICU team of experts includes neonatologists, advanced practitioners, Level III NICU trained nurses and respiratory therapists. Our highly skilled NICU team attends every high-risk delivery, ensuring that if your newborn needs help, they will be there.
Obstetrical Emergency Department (OBED)
Our Obstetrical Emergency Department (OBED) located at Norman Regional Hospital provides a board-certified OB hospitalist 24 hours a day, seven days a week to evaluate you and your unborn child if needed.
If you have a medical emergency, please call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. If you are pregnant and think your water is broken or you are in labor, you do not need to call the answering service. All unscheduled labor and delivery patients should go directly to Norman Regional Hospital’s Emergency Department entrance at any hour, located at the south east side of the hospital to be evaluated in the ER. From there you will be seen in the OBED by a board-certified OB hospitalist to assess your condition. The OB Hospitalist will work closely with your OB-GYN and provide appropriate treatment.
The OBED also treats postpartum concerns up to six weeks postpartum. Learn more about the unit on the OBED page.
Lactation Services
Norman Regional Hospital's Lactation Services team is made up of Internationally Board-Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs) who assist you and your baby to reach your feeding goals. Their scope of services include post-birth while you're admitted into the hospital, and outpatient services when you need additional help.
Childbirth Classes
We offer Childbirth Classes both in-person and online for soon-to-be parents. The classes for parents to enroll in include Childbirth, Breastfeeding and our Well Baby class. Visit our Childbirth Classes page to learn more and to sign up.
Discharge Instructions
It's important to know the basics of how to care for yourself after delivering a baby. We've provided a Discharge Instructions page to give you a few tips and guidelines for once you go home.
Outpatient Pediatric Offerings
Norman Regional provides pediatric care in our Women's and Children's Unit, primary care clinics through family medicine practitioners, Urgent Care and Walk-in Clinics, and Emergency Departments.
We do not admit pediatric patients for an inpatient stay in our hospital. Visit our Outpatient Pediatric Offerings page to see details on the care we offer to pediatric patients and what happens once we have stabilized a pediatric patient seeking emergency care in the ER.
Pregnancy and Childbirth FAQs
At Norman Regional, we receive common questions from soon-to-be parents and families. Check out our Pregnancy and Childbirth Frequently Asked Questions page to answer some of your questions.
Norman Regional's Maternity Services
We were the first hospital in Oklahoma to be certified in Perinatal Care, then later receiving an advanced certification status from the Joint Commission. We are proud to be the first certified Obstetrical Emergency Department (OBED) in the United States. Norman Regional's OBED also received first-in-the-nation accreditation by the CIHQ (Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality).
Safety and Entrances
The safety and security of our patients is a priority at the Norman Regional Hospital. Between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., the entrance to the Pavilion is locked and monitored by our security team. All visitors should use the Emergency Entrance on the south east side of Norman Regional Hospital during these overnight hours.
