Resources for Before & After Your Baby Arrives
We鈥檙e excited that you have chosen to deliver your baby at NYU Langone. As you prepare for your baby鈥檚 arrival, we encourage you to select an obstetrician and a pediatrician, complete a birth plan, and learn ways to maintain your health during and after pregnancy. We also provide tips on how to prepare for your newborn鈥檚 hospital stay.
To make the admission process easier when you are in labor, we ask that you fill out our pre-maternity registration packet. Please submit the completed packet to our obstetrics pre-admitting specialists by faxing it to 646-754-9572 or emailing it to ObPre-Adm@NYULangone.org. If you have questions, please call us at 646-501-3967.
Find a Doctor
We can help find the right doctor for you or your child. For expecting mothers, our obstetricians provide specialized care before and after your baby is born. Our pediatricians care for infants, children, and teenagers at Hassenfeld Children鈥檚 Hospital at NYU Langone.
Your Birth Preferences
To help us support the birth experience you want, we encourage you to make a plan ahead of time and then share it.
To get started, please fill out our birth preferences form. After completing it, review your responses with your OB providers and anyone else who will be with you during labor鈥攕uch as your support team.
Please remember that this form is a guide to help with decision-making alongside your care team. Birth can be unpredictable, so it鈥檚 important to stay flexible, as things may change unexpectedly.
We are committed to involving you in every decision during labor to ensure the best possible outcome.
We are also dedicated to helping you have a safe and empowering birth experience.
Psychological Wellbeing
At NYU Langone, our psychiatrists provide evaluation and treatment for women with pregnancy-related and postpartum psychiatric disorders. These include mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, postpartum blues, postpartum depression, postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder, and postpartum psychosis.
We can also answer questions about using psychiatric medications during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.
Pain Management During Labor and Delivery
Our doctors offer different types of pain management options during labor, based on your preferences and needs. Learn more about pain relief during labor and delivery.
Prenatal and Postpartum Exercise Program
Pregnancy and childbirth put a considerable amount of physical stress on the body. As a result, you might ache in places for the first time, such as your neck, lower back, pelvic area, and your joints. Some women also deal with female urinary incontinence.
You may find relief from this discomfort with the exercise and strength-training techniques taught in the women鈥檚 health program at Rusk Rehabilitation.
Routine Medications After Birth
All newborns receive a vitamin K injection and erythromycin eye ointment after birth. The vitamin K injection reduces the risk of bleeding due to a vitamin K deficiency. The erythromycin reduces the risk of severe eye infection. Both treatments are required by law for all infants born in New York.
Hepatitis B Vaccine
Hepatitis B is a serious and sometimes fatal liver disease caused by the hepatitis B virus. People who are infected with hepatitis B may or may not feel sick, but can still transmit the virus to others. When babies get infected, the virus usually remains in the body for a lifetime. Babies can get the virus from their infected mothers at birth or, more commonly, from an infected person who cares for the baby or works in the home.
The hepatitis B vaccine is a baby鈥檚 best defense against being infected with this virus. Experts from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention all recommend vaccination against hepatitis B as a routine part of a newborn鈥檚 hospital care, just like checking a baby鈥檚 hearing. It is our standard to offer and administer the hepatitis B vaccine to all newborns born at NYU Langone.