Mother-Baby Center

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The Mother-Baby Center at Lankenau Hospital features comfortable, private patient rooms with homelike amenities, family waiting areas and kitchens, beautiful decor and large windows with scenic views.

In addition to new, private labor and delivery rooms, the Center offers spacious postpartum rooms with individual showers, new nurseries and a dedicated antepartum unit designed for women who need to be hospitalized during pregnancy.

Patient safety is our top priority. Lankenau Hospital provides the highest level of technology to ensure safety for mom and baby, including bar coding, electronic charting, safety systems for dispensing medication, and remote patient monitoring, which allows your physician to observe your status from any location.

Our Specialists

The maternal-fetal medicine specialists at Lankenau are renowned for their expertise in high-risk pregnancies. The department offers perinatal testing, genetic screening, counseling and support.

Physician specialists include:

• Nancy S. Roberts, M.D., Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Andrew G. Gerson, M.D., Chief of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
• Eric J. Carlson, DO 
• Alan E. Donnenfeld, M.D., Perinatal Genetics

Lankenau’s physicians are known throughout the region for their exceptional skill and dedication to patient care. We deliver 2,200 babies each year, and a physician, anesthesiologist and neonatal intensive care team are in the hospital at all times.