Whether you are a first-time mom or adding another member to your family, you’ll find Summa Health System to be the premier source of information and healthcare services regarding preconception planning, childbirth education, labor and delivery options and high-quality mother-baby care.
As an expectant mom, you have choices on how you want to labor and deliver. If you are at low risk, you have the option to deliver in a home-like birth environment. If you are high risk, take comfort knowing you are laboring and delivering in a facility that provides the highest level of medical expertise and care, supported by the most advanced technology for ensuring your well-being and that of your baby.
From natural childbirth to an epidural for pain management, C-sections to hydrotherapy, the professionals at Summa work with you to make your labor and delivery safe and comfortable as your baby is born.
For your convenience, Summa has three birthing locations: Summa Akron City Hospital, Summa Barberton Hospital and Robinson Memorial Hospital, an affiliate of Summa Health System.
Summa Akron City Hospital
Summa Akron City Hospital accommodates low and high risk pregnancies and is one of the few hospitals in the region to offer a Level III Perinatal Center which addresses the following high risk conditions:
- Cardiac disease
- Diabetes
- Diagnostics including antepartum testing and fetal monitoring
- High blood pressure
- History of pregnancy loss or stillbirths
- Multiple gestation
- Premature rupture of membranes
- Pre-term labor
- Sickle cell anemia
- Vaginal bleeding
Other birthing services include:
- Akron Children’s Hospital Special Care Nursery
- Free post-partum support group
- Birthing balls
- Childbirth education classes
- Intermittent auscultation
- Kangaroo Care
- Lactation (Breastfeeding) services
- Room service for meal delivery
- TV, radio, DVD/VCR player
- Wi-Fi internet access
Summa Barberton Hospital
Summa Barberton Hospital offers exceptional services for low-risk pregnancies, and has surgical suites for unexpected emergencies. Birthing services include:
- Centering Pregnancy® program
- Family-centered care unit
- LDRP rooms - stay in same room your entire stay (labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum)
- Private rooms with shower
- Surgical suites and post-surgical rooms (available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.)
- 24/7 Anesthesia available
- Birthing balls
- Childbirth education classes
- Intermittent auscultation
- Kangaroo Care
- Lactation (Breastfeeding) services
- Room service for meal delivery
- TV, radio, DVD/VCR player
- Wi-Fi internet access
Our medical staff includes male and female OB and family practice physicians plus a nurse midwife.
Summa Akron City Hospital recognized as one of the safest childbirth environments in the state receives one of only two statewide awards for patient safety.
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