Maternity
Planning a pregnancy or expecting a baby? We want to be your community hospital for maternity services close to home.
Madison Hospital is the first hospital in North Alabama and just the fourth in the state to earn the Baby-Friendly USA certification through the World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund. Madison Hospital has also earned the Alabama Breastfeeding Committee’s Better Bama Babies Award as well as the IBCLC Care Award from the International Board of Lactation Consultants.
To help prepare you for your delivery, Madison Hospital offers the following resources:
- Expectant Family Classes
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Board-certified obstetricians
- Board-certified neonatologists and neonatal nurse practitioners
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Board-certified nurse midwife
- Certified lactation consultants to assist with breastfeeding
- 7 labor/delivery/recovery rooms, several of which overlook our peaceful Healing Garden
- 19 spacious postpartum rooms located near our well-baby nursery
- Optional in-room newborn photography sessions by Simply Blessed Portraits
At Madison Hospital, we encourage skin-to-skin time, exclusive breastfeeding, uninterrupted time together, parent involvement with the first bath and rooming in. We invite you to view a virtual tour of our Maternity Department by clicking here or by calling (256) 265-7296.
Physicians delivering at Madison Hospital include:
Madison location:
Madison Medical 1
1041 Balch Rd., Suite 250
Madison, AL 35758
(256) 704-2229