E-mail or telephone (541) 222-7074 Our goal at Sacred Heart Medical Center is to meet the needs and welcome the birth plans of individual families. Our dedicated team of physicians, midwives and nurses is committed to providing compassionate care and specialized training to ensure the best possible birthing experience for you.

Our 16 private, spacious birthing rooms are designed to provide a comfortable, safe, home-like environment for your labor, delivery and recovery. We invite you to tour our birthing facilities at Sacred Heart Medical Center and sign up for our Pregnancy and Parenting Education classes. Se habla español.

Planning for your birth day
 
Before the birth: Take a tour, create a birth plan, pre-register for your hospital visit.
What to bring from home
Where to check in on the big day. See map and directions links to the right.
What we offer: A safe, comfortable place for your baby’s birth
Baby @lbum: Sharing your newborn’s photo
Breastfeeding consultation for a healthy start
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: For high-risk and premature newborns

More resources

Nurse Midwifery Birth Center: Another option for low-risk births.
Pregnancy & Parenting Education for before and after the birth
Special Delivery: A month-by-month guide to your pregnancy
Children’s Health Manual  
PeaceHealth’s Health Information Library has books and videos on pregnancy, labor, breastfeeding, parenting and children’s health care
Floor plans of the Women’s & Children’s Services areas at RiverBend

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Before the birth

Take a guided tour of our birthing facilities at Sacred Heart. After a brief introduction, you’ll visit the maternity unit and get acquainted with birthing practices and options available to you. We gladly answer your questions and will help you determine how we can best support you during your hospital stay. This is also a good time to pre-register for your admission and to sign up for free classes. 

Review our Birth Plan Worksheet and then fill out Your Birth Plan. Our goal is to meet your individual desires and needs while providing a safe and satisfying childbirth experience.

Pre-Admission Form: 
Download and fill out this form before the birth and send it to Sacred Heart. Pre-registering will speed your admission at Sacred Heart when the time comes.


Where to check in

Parking is free in all garages.

Patients: Mother/Baby and Labor/Delivery patients should park in Garage H. Take the elevator to the Main Lobby, which is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Laboring patients may be dropped off at the Main Lobby entrance. Hospital staff are available at the reception desk and will call for an escort from the lobby.

Visitors: Park in Garage S. Enter the hospital on the first floor and follow the signs to the Main Lobby. 
 

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What we offer

Our 16 private birthing suites help you feel at home during your entire birthing experience, from labor and delivery through recovery. Your support person and family are welcome. A day bed is provided for your partner or coach. Each room has a TV/VCR, a shower, a private phone, and meals and snacks available for the mother around the clock.

We provide a wide range of options to help birthing mothers have the childbirth experience she wants. Birth balls, squatting bars, a Jacuzzi tub, rocking chairs, and adjustable beds with lumbar support are particularly helpful to those choosing non-medicated pain relief. Childbirth anesthesia is available 24 hours a day and includes patient-controlled epidural anesthesia (PCEA) for labor discomfort. 

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To ensure a safe, healthy delivery, each of our birthing suites is supported by state-of-the-art medical equipment and procedures. They include an ambulatory fetal monitoring system, allowing the mother freedom of movement during monitoring of her baby.

Should the need arise, our two Cesarean delivery rooms are located right down the hall from the birthing rooms, and a neonatologist specializing in the care of newborns is available 24 hours a day in our Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for high risk newborns and premature infants. The Unit includes 36 private private rooms for patient families.

After the birth, mother and baby are cared for by the same nurse in our 32-room Mother-Baby area, where they receive individualized attention from birth through early breastfeeding and baby care. These rooms are also furnished with day beds for a support person and TV/VCRs, with which new parents can view the Newborn Channel, offering up-to-date information on baby care and breastfeeding 24 hours a day. Personalized breastfeeding support from certified lactation consultants is available every day. With our Hugs Infant Protection System, bracelets worn by each newborn baby automatically trigger an alarm and lock the doors if the baby is carried too close to any exit, and video cameras provide additional security.

Newborn screening is part of getting a good start. Metabolic testing for Phenylketonuria (PKU) is routinely provided as well as non-invasive transcutaneous bilirubin testing to screen all newborns for jaundice. Hearing and blood sugar may also be tested if the need arises.