Understanding Birth & Your Newborn (Online)
Prepare for your baby's arrival with this course focused on birth and newborns, including labor, comfort techniques, postpartum, newborn traits & behaviors, newborn health & safety, and more.
Family Birth Center – North Memorial Health Hospital
Family Birth Center – North Memorial Health Hospital
3300 Oakdale Ave. N.
Robbinsdale, MN 55422
Main Phone: 763-520-5200
The Best Place to Bring Baby Into the World
Meet your baby face-to-face in the quiet, cozy, and extremely capable North Memorial Health Hospital Family Birth Center in Robbinsdale. All are welcome here, from drug-free vaginal deliveries to complex C-section procedures, low-risk newborns to critical NICU care. Our priority is to provide the service your family needs and wants with respectful, compassionate, culturally competent care.
Pre-Register For Your Delivery
The Labor and Delivery Experience
- Our Labor and Delivery department is intimate and quiet. Families enjoy a private room with a calming environment for recovering and bonding.
- We are the only hospital in the west metro that practices the LDRP method of care, which means you labor, deliver, recover, and spend postpartum time all in one room. One unit, one room, one care team.
- Our nurses are highly experienced and devoted. They’ve provided tens of thousands of hours of care, and many nurses have worked here for two to three decades.
- We provide engaged laborist support on our unit 24/7. A laborist is a highly trained and experienced OB/GYN physician who practices exclusively within the hospital. Laborists specialize in managing any labor that comes through the door and have extensive experience with pregnancy-related complications.
- We respect and maintain cultural expectations.
- We provide epidurals without delay 24/7. We support VBACs (vaginal birth after C-section) and external versions.
- We offer birthing balls, nitrous oxide, bubble-jet tubs, and aromatherapy for labor relief, along with epidurals and IV pain medication.
- We have one of the lowest C-section rates in the state.
- We are prepared for any labor and delivery that comes through the doors and respond to critical emergencies seamlessly.
- We partner with our Level II NICU for critical care for babies 30 weeks of gestation and up.
- Our labor and delivery and NICU units offer meticulous care and resources, no matter what your birth brings. Keeping mothers and babies together is a priority.
- Parents can choose between family medicine doctors and pediatricians for those first-days checkups.
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Guest Information
Visiting Hours
We have open visiting hours to allow you to welcome your newest family member as you see fit.
Please only visit if you are healthy; visitors who have been sick or have tested positive for an illness such as COVID-19, influenza, or RSV in the last 10 days are not permitted in our hospital. Learn more about our visitor guidelines.
Parking Vouchers
We give families a limited amount of parking vouchers for use, valid for one parking day. Additional discounted parking packages are available at the gift shop.
Doula/Labor Coach
We are a doula-friendly hospital and endeavor to keep you with your doula if you choose throughout the whole labor and delivery process, barring an emergency.
A Healthy Baby is Worth the Wait
The March of Dimes and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists agree: Healthy pregnancies should last until at least 39 weeks gestation to give babies all the time they need to grow and develop. We make sure providers have a medical reason to deliver babies before 39 weeks.
Interpreter Services
We offer support options for deaf, hard of hearing, language assistance and translation services. These services are all free of charge and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for customers at North Memorial Health.
Services & Programs
Our highly experienced nurses and staff provide compassionate, evidence–based, open-minded, culturally sensitive care for each mother and baby. The North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale practices a model of one unit, one room, one team.
For complex cases, our nurses can refer you to our certified IBCLC lactation consultants for questions or concerns with lactation and breastfeeding.
Our Level II NICU is equipped to provide intensive care for sick and premature infants—30 weeks and up. Our specially trained, incredibly experienced, interdisciplinary staff includes your family in the daily care plan whenever and wherever possible.
Our care team makes sure mothers have all the information they need to get their family off to a healthy start, including evidence–based feeding and care information. You’ll labor, deliver, recover, and spend your postpartum time in the same room, minimizing shuffle and maximizing rest, recovery, and bonding time.
Partnership Practices Performing at North Memorial Health Hospital
Roots Community Birth Center
With an incredibly diverse care team, Roots Community Birth Center is a full-service freestanding birth center that provides care to low-risk people usually wanting a natural birth.
Voyage Healthcare
Voyage Healthcare, formally known as North Clinic, is an independently owned, multi-specialty practice. Voyage Healthcare provides the positive healthcare experience you deserve through every stage of life. Locations are located in the northwest metro.
Starting Your Journey
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Virtual Family Birth Center Tour
Watch our virtual tour to experience what you can expect when delivering at North Memorial Health Hospital.
TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR
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Birthing Education
Sign up for one of our child birthing preparation classes. We offer several classes and topics include: labor process, birthing options, breathing, relaxation and labor support, and more!
VIEW CLASSES
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MyChart Pre-Admission Form
Complete our secure, online Pre-Admission Form through MyChart. If you do not have a MyChart account you can sign up online. This form should be completed six weeks prior to your due date.
PRE-ADMISSION FORM
Groups & Classes
Get the support and education you need to live your best life. Consider this care beyond the clinic walls.
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