Our Maternity & Birth Centers

At CHI Health, our birthing centers are meticulously designed around what’s best for you and your baby, and they are located within full-service hospitals, so you always have the specialized care you need. You’ve got enough on your mind with your new bundle of joy - leave the rest up to us. When it comes time to deliver your baby, we want you to feel right at home!

Our birth centers provide a warm environment where women will find health care that meets their needs, respects their choices and encourages participation. The home-like atmosphere and professional yet personal nature of the staff embody the basic idea that birth is a normal and powerful event.

We help establish an intimate connection through personal prenatal care between the mother, the family and the midwife enhancing the power to give birth that lies within each woman. After delivery, there is no separation between mother and baby, unless unexpected complications arise. All exams and care of the infant is performed in front of the parents so that they may learn more about their baby.

Our Philosophy

CHI Health Birth Centers honor women throughout their lifetime. We believe in the sacredness of pregnancy and birth. We provide evidence based care that is medically safe, holistic and personal. We believe that when women are supported and involved in their care, that they are equipped to make wise decisions for themselves and their family.

Our Birth Centers

Learn more about each of the CHI Health Birth Centers

• CHI Health Birth Center at Immanuel
• CHI Health Birth Center Lincoln

No matter where you live in the area, there is a CHI Health Maternity Center close by. All birthing centers are meticulously designed around what’s best for you and your baby, and they are located within full-service hospitals, so you always have the specialized care you need. You’ve got enough on your mind with your new bundle of joy - leave the rest up to us.

When it comes time to deliver your baby, we want you to feel right at home. Our maternity suites are clean, private and spacious. Each room has a large bathroom, rocking chair, pull-out couch, so your partner is never far away, with access to snacks and Wi-Fi. The rooms are designed with your growing family in mind.

Delivering a baby can be exciting and exhausting. Keeping your newborn in your room is best for bonding - but if you need a break, know your baby is in good hands in our secure nursery just down the hall. Other features of our maternity centers include: 

• Specially appointed birthing suites - Our spacious, bedroom-like suites offer comfortable accommodations for your family, making it the perfect setting to get acquainted with your new baby. We even have space to accommodate an overnight guest to ensure you have the support you need.
• In-room Wi-Fi - Share pictures and updates with family and friends around the world using our complimentary Wi-Fi.
• Designated nap times - From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. every day, the entire maternity area settles into quiet mode. Lights are dimmed, and there are no housekeeping visits. Of course, you are more than welcome to have visitors during this time. Just let your nurse know that you don’t mind being disturbed.
• Private bath - Suites feature large, private baths, many with a Jacuzzi tub to help soak away those labor pains.
• Everything in one place - Each birthing center suite is equipped with the latest technology, with some locations allowing you to experience labor, delivery and recovery all in the same room.
• Designated Safe Sleep Hospital Champions by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.

CHI Health Maternity Centers

• Maternity Center at Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy
• Maternity Center at Immanuel
• Maternity Center at Lakeside
• Maternity Center at Mercy Council Bluffs
• Maternity Center at St. Elizabeth
• Maternity Center at St. Francis
• Maternity Center at St. Mary's
• Maternity Center at Good Samaritan

After months of waiting, your new baby is finally here. But if your baby arrived early, you had more than one baby, or your baby just needs a little extra attention, CHI Health has the experts and technology in place to give your baby the best care.
Our neonatal intensive care units, or NICUs, are staffed around the clock with board-certified neonatologists, neonatal nurse practitioners and specially trained nurses.  CHI Health specializes in meeting the developmental needs of high-risk infants and their families.  Whether your baby is here for a couple of days or a little bit longer, your child will stay in an environment designed to help him or her grow stronger every day. Our highly secure NICUs have private rooms that offer parents the opportunity to stay with your infant throughout the hospital stay. Our goal is the same as yours – to help your baby become healthy as soon as possible. CHI Health has NICU locations at these Maternity Centers:

• Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy (Level III)
• Lakeside (Level III)
• St. Elizabeth (Level III)
• Good Samaritan (Level II)
• St. Francis (Level II)
• Mercy Council Bluffs (Level II)

Our highly secure NICUs have private rooms that offer parents the opportunity to stay with your infant throughout the hospital stay. Our goal is the same as yours – to help your baby become healthy as soon as possible.

NICU Medical Team

Neonatologists are specifically trained to handle the most complex and high-risk situations of newborn care. Neonatologists are medical doctors who have completed three additional years of training specifically in newborn intensive care. Neonatologists receive certification from the American Board of Pediatrics and by the sub-board of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. Neonatologists work mainly in the special care nurseries of newborn intensive care units of hospitals.

Neonatal nurse practitioners (NNP) are master or doctoral prepared registered nurses who have pass a national certification examination. NNPs manage common health problems and chronic health conditions including prescribing treatment and medications. Another term for a nurse practitioner is an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN).

NICU nurses are registered nurses who have specialized education and training to care for the complex medical needs of sick and preterm infants.

Conditions Treated in the NICU

• Prematurity
• Distress Syndrome
• Apnea of Prematurity
• Infection
• Jaundice