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Overview

Having a baby is one of life’s most amazing and gratifying experiences. At L+M Hospital, our maternity services aim to give all parents and their newborns the safest, friendliest, most compassionate and highly competent care in the region. Lawrence + Memorial Hospital prides itself on its training, experience and state-of-the-art equipment, where the safety and health of you and your newborn is always our top concern.

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Maternity Unit

Located on the 4th floor of the main hospital, the 24-bed unit of L+M Maternity Services (often called LDRP, for Labor, Delivery, Recovery and Post-partum) has the area’s most respected team of doctors, midwives, nurses and support services, ready to care for women through all stages of their pregnancy.

Our maternity unit is equipped with the most advanced technologies, including central surveillance of all live fetal heart rate tracings, state-of-the-art labor/maternity rooms, a triage area for assessment and ante-partum evaluation, a fully staffed nursery and a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

There are also two operating room suites located on the maternity unit staffed with certified surgical technicians around the clock.

Many members of our nursing team hold specialty certifications in maternal newborn nursing, inpatient obstetrics, childbirth education, lactation, and all are certified in electronic fetal monitoring.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Our NICU – the only one of its kind in southeastern Connecticut – is a Level IIIA NICU and cares for any infant that requires extra medical services after delivery. L+M strives to keep the family unit together with our onsite NICU and neonatology practitioners who are at the hospital 24 hours a day, seven days a week, ready to care for any baby that may need their services.

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Additional Resources

Childbirth Education

L+M provides childbirth education classes to expectant mothers and their families during pregnancy, as well as a variety of programs to help support mothers after birth, including certified lactation counselors who provide support, education and encouragement to mothers who choose to breastfeed.

Community Programs

Access to community programs run by L+M is also available to qualified new mothers. For example, new mothers can be linked with the Nurturing Families Program, which can help mothers with parenting skills as well as monitoring critical developmental milestones for their child after discharge from the hospital.

  • Healthy Start - Connecticut health insurance program for uninsured, pregnant women and their children up to age 24 months. For information or to make an appointment, contact Jessica Resto at 860-442-0711, ext. 2486.
  • Nurturing Families - A state-wide program that assists parents, particularly high-risk parents, with the challenges of parenthood. The program engages & supports parents before their first child is born through intensive home visits, group-based parent education, information and other support. Contact Jill Larson at 860-442-0711 ext. 2457.
  • Lactation Services - Breastfeeding Basics and Breastfeeding Support Group are available. Contact Jessica Maksim at 860-442-0711 ext. 2124.
  • WIC referral - Referrals are made to the Women + Infant Care (on nutrition) at 860-444-0006.
Yale School of Medicine

Yale New Haven Health is proud to be affiliated with the prestigious Yale University and its highly ranked Yale School of Medicine.