Pregnancy Care

Congratulations on this special time in your life! Our experienced and compassionate team are here to help you welcome your newest addition. From pregnancy information and childbirth education classes before your baby is born — we're here to support you throughout this special experience. 

Your OB/GYN or midwife also serves in our Birthing Center, ensuring continuity of care for our delivering mothers. With established healthcare relationships that have developed during prenatal visits, our mothers are comforted by the familiarity of receiving the same compassionate, competent care they’ve come to know and trust.

Our brand new Birthing Center, completed in August 2020, offers single room maternity care where women can labor, deliver, recover and stay after delivery—with your new baby—all in the same comfortable, private suite.

Services & Amenities

  • Care for low and high risk pregnancies, deliveries, and postpartum

  • Single-room maternity suites

  • C-section suite available on the unit

  • Exceptionally trained nurses in the birthing process, including labor, delivery and postpartum recovery

  • Secure newborn nursery

  • Pregnancy & postpartum support groups/classes (including childbirth education, breastfeeding, pumping, and postpartum anxiety and depression)

Lactation Services

Now offering virtual lactation visits! This virtual option will allow moms to get one-on-one assistance with our nurse and lactation consultant, Nicole, from the comfort of home.

Any patient who has been seen in our OB/GYN Clinic will have access to this free service as part of their experience delivering at Broadlawns. To book a virtual appointment, please call the OB/GYN clinic at (515) 282-2340. To attend your virtual visit, you will need to log into the patient portal.

Additionally, our in-person support group is held the First, Second, and Fourth Friday of the month from 4:30 pm to 6 pm and the Third Saturday of the month from 10:30 am to 12 pm for general support and weighted feeds. We also have our Facebook Breastfeeding Support Group, which provides on-going, free assistance.

Brand New Birthing Center