Obstetrics
Due to a decade of significant recruitment and physician workforce challenges, The Newton Clinic is announcing they will no longer continue to pursue recruitment of physicians dedicated to obstetrics for labor and delivery services. As a result, maternal care partner MercyOne Newton Medical Center must pause labor and delivery services indefinitely after October 15 to investigate other care models and options to provide obstetric care in our rural areas. Learn more.
Labor and Delivery
Having a baby is a joyous, miraculous experience – one made even more special for new moms and their loved ones by the personalized, one-on-one care given in the nurturing, family-oriented environment at MercyOne Newton Medical Center. Our staff members enjoy making your stay as pleasant as possible.
Our beautiful, private birthing suites combine all the comforts of home with modern medical technology. You'll experience labor, delivery and your postpartum stay in the same comfortable room. During your labor and delivery, you'll have access to the latest in pain control techniques (including epidural anesthesia) through your physician and our anesthesia department.
The safety of you and your child is our top priority. That is why we use the United Hospital Services Hugs Infant Security System. Designed to prevent infant abductions, the system utilizes a “Hugs” radio transmitter tag contained in a small casing, attached to the baby using a tamper-proof strap.
This system features skin-sensing technology, which activates as soon as the band is placed on the baby in the minutes after birth. If this band is cut, removed or tampered with, alarms will sound to alert staff and the unit will go into lockdown status to ensure the safety of the baby.
We will shower you with individual attention during your stay, including room service that lets you eat what you want, when you want. By the time you return home with your baby, you'll have very special memories of the way we helped your family grow.
Birthing-Friendly designation from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recognizing our commitment to high-quality maternity care.
Our providers
The following physicians deliver babies at MercyOne Newton:
- Dr. Sarah Florence
- Dr. Tara Gravenstine
The following providers see newborn babies in our hospital:
- Dr. Zack Alexander
- Dr. Sarah Florence
- Dr. Tara Gravenstine
- Dr. Duane Jolivette
- Michael Brooks, pediatric nurse practitioner
Contact us
To learn more about the labor and delivery services we provide for expectant mothers and families in Newton, Jasper County and the Des Moines area, call 641-791-4357.
