Alta View Hospital unveiled a redesigned labor and delivery facility, intending to provide expecting parents with a supportive and comfortable birthing experience. Located in Sandy at 9660 S. 1300 East, the new unit prioritizes safety and serenity, featuring private suites, advanced medical technology and a team of highly skilled specialists. 

“We’re excited to offer a range of birthing options for our patients in our new women’s center and to provide support for their choices and provide personalized care,” said Janet Hintze, RN, chief nursing officer of Intermountain Alta View Hospital. “No matter how you wish to experience childbirth, our labor and delivery center offers a spacious, family-centered and comfortable environment for you, your partner and your family.”

The focus on individualized care allows parents to determine the childbirth experience that best suits their needs. Amenities like birthing tubs give women the opportunity to labor in warm water to reduce the discomfort of contractions while the LDRP birthing model lets mothers labor, deliver and recover in the same room. 

“We’re really excited to offer that for the patients and be able to have them stay in one area,” Hintze said. “That gives them the expertise of our teams and they’re able to bond with the staff and have the same caregivers take care of them for their entire stay.”

Alta View’s Simply Birth program is a low-intervention, unmedicated birth where patients can have home-birth freedom with the safety of accessible medical support nearby. Mothers can also request nitrous oxide (laughing gas) for pain management.

“Moms want to have control of whatever they desire in their birth plan,” Hintze said. “We want to involve partners and their families in whatever it is that they want to create for their birth. We want to create an optimal experience for them, so we focus a lot on whatever the patient wants for their experience.”

The Women’s Center at Intermountain Alta View Hospital is located on the third floor of the facility’s patient tower. With beautiful views of the Salt Lake Valley, big rooms and a central location, the center also includes a nursery with Intermountain teleHealth services, providing virtual access to neonatal care and specialists. 

The staff includes experienced OB/GYNs, certified nurse midwives and a team of highly-trained nurses to assist with labor and delivery. Hintze said the center offers many features patients can’t find at other hospitals. 

“For instance, we have a few rooms that have queen beds in them. That’s something the moms and the partners really love because the whole family can recover together,” she said. “We also have a TV just for the dads, and I know the dads enjoy that.”

Alta View Hospital held an open house for its new women’s center in January, inviting community members to tour the redesigned space. The event also included a teddy bear clinic for kids and the opportunity to meet Alta View’s team of OB/GYNs. 

The hospital has served patients for more than four decades and delivers nearly 1,000 babies every year. For more information, visit Intermountainhealthcare.org.

“Our goal is to provide personalized care for you and your baby,” Hintze said, “and to support your birth experience with a variety of birthing options that are tailored to you with experienced and highly-trained caregivers to support you every step of the way.” λ