Delivery
Delivery at Poudre Valley Hospital, a Magnet Hospital for Nursing Excellence
- Normal vaginal delivery
- Cesarean section and repeat cesarean section
- Operative vaginal delivery (vacuum and forceps)
- Trial of labor after cesarean
- In-house Anesthesiology for Epidural
- Nitrous oxide for pain relief in labor
- Private rooms with a sleeper sofa
- Soaking tubs, as available, if no contraindications
- Highest level Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) between the Denver metro area and Rapid City, SD
- Level III NICU routinely cares for critically ill babies born at 27 to 44 weeks (26 weeks on a case-by-case basis)

