Labor and delivery
Just as every baby is unique, so is every delivery. As your trusted care partner, we work to provide a personalized birthing experience that begins long before your first contraction and continues well after delivery.
Labor and delivery care in San Antonio
If you have a baby on the way, we provide a wide range of services to support you and your family.
At Methodist Hospital Stone Oak, our labor and delivery team aims to exceed your expectations by providing personalized and family-centered care. Our obstetricians, perinatal navigators, lactation consultations and other specialists work together to develop a plan of care that meets your needs.
Related specialties
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Pre-register your delivery online
To ensure your visit to our hospital is as seamless as possible, you can pre-register for your delivery online. This convenient option allows you to save time upon arrival and focus on what truly matters—welcoming your new addition to the family.
To ensure your visit to our hospital is as seamless as possible, you can pre-register for your delivery online. This convenient option allows you to save time upon arrival and focus on what truly matters—welcoming your new addition to the family.
Our birthing center
Specializing in prenatal and postpartum care as well as high-risk pregnancy, our birthing center provides unrivaled services designed to enhance this miraculous experience.
We also believe in couplet care. This means, we minimize mother-baby separation. Your baby stays in your hospital room, even at night. This care facilitates family bonding, supports successful breastfeeding and creates a special experience for our mothers from childbirth throughout the inpatient stay.
Maternity and prenatal conditions we treat
- Multiples births
- High risk pregnancies
- Low risk and normal pregnancies
- Pre-term labor
- Pre-eclampsia
- Diabetes
- Premature rupture of membrane
- Hypertension
- Incompetent or weakened cervix
Services we provide:
Our team provides a wide range of services focused on supporting you and your baby throughout your pregnancy, including:
- Prenatal care
- Antepartum care
- Low, normal and high-risk labor and delivery
- Postpartum care
- Neonatology
- Maternal fetal medicine
- Safe sleep education
Methodist Hospital Stone Oak personalized maternity care
Knowing what to expect and where to go on the day of delivery can help ease any feelings of nervousness or anxiety. We offer an in-person tour of our facility, led by our maternity coordinator, who is an experienced labor and delivery nurse whose goal is to put our expectant mothers at ease. At the beginning of your journey, you may contact our coordinator at (210) 439-3601. Our maternity coordinator serves as an advocate and resource for you, and will be available to answer your questions and provide you with the support you need throughout your pregnancy and after you return home with your baby.
In addition to providing comprehensive labor and delivery services, we offer:
- Obstetrician and anesthesiologist 24/7 on-site coverage
- Highly trained staff in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- Our 24–bed Level III NICU combines advanced technology and trained healthcare professionals to deliver exceptional care. Inside our state–of–the-art facility, your newborn will be under the watch of a dedicated team of registered nurses, neonatologists, and a 24–hour on-site neonatal nurse practitioner.
- To promote family bonding, our NICU allows visitation at the bedside 24/7.
- We also have private rooms designed to facilitate breastfeeding, which include your own private refrigerator for expressed breast milk (EBM).
- Specialized infant security system
- Lactation consultants available 24/7
- Golden hour following childbirth to promote infant bonding
- In our care, we provide for all of your baby's needs, including diapers, wipes, and swaddles
- Luxurious private rooms for labor and delivery with a TV and Wi–Fi
- Ergonomically designed birthing beds
- Room-in options for family members
- Wireless monitoring designed for laboring in comfort, squat bars, round exercise balls, and peanut balls
- Valet parking available Monday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm. Be sure to keep your valet ticket and present to security after hours.
Suites
We offer upgraded options for your hospital stay after birth with our luxurious suites. Upgrading to a special amenity room includes all meals for you and your partner. You are also able to take advantage of complimentary valet parking during your stay.
Our suites offer a large private bedroom and bathroom for the patient, with a second room with a daybed for your partner, including its own television and restroom. The suites also include a snack and coffee bar.
Let your labor and delivery nurses know that you are interested in a special amenity room for your recovery. Fees for the upgrade must be paid at time of service, based on the expected stay for the patient.
Perinatal navigator
Our perinatal navigator helps high-risk mothers-to-be navigate through the complex healthcare system as they prepare for the delivery of their baby. The navigator partners with healthcare team members, providers and specialists to help develop a plan of care to achieve the best possible outcomes. You will be provided with the emotional support, education, and care coordination you may need along your journey.
Your hospital stay
During your hospital stay, we want your family to feel welcome and a part of this wonderful celebration of new life. One person that you designate may stay with you overnight in our private rooms or suites. Big brothers and big sisters of the baby are also encouraged to visit mom and baby upon transfer to Mother/Baby unit. Children are not permitted in Labor and Delivery and are not to stay overnight in Mother/Baby unit. We honor quiet hours each day from 2:00pm-4:00pm. This is a great time for you to get some rest.
How to find our labor and delivery unit
Methodist Hospital Stone Oak is located at the corner of Hardy Oak Boulevard and East Sonterra Boulevard. The hospital entrance is to the right of the V. Benson Pavilion facing East Sonterra Boulevard. Once inside, follow the signs to the second floor.
The front entrance and visitor parking lot are off East Sonterra Boulevard. Parking is free. We offer valet service free of charge. Valet is open Monday – Friday from 8:00am – 5:00pm.
Patient stories
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Videos about our Labor and delivery services
Virtual Tour: Labor and Delivery at Methodist Hospital | Stone Oak
At Methodist Hospital | Stone Oak, our state-of-the-art birthing center offers unrivaled services to enhance this miraculous experience. When you trust us with your family, we will treat you like ours. Take a tour of our labor and delivery experience and learn more about the amenities we provide.
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