Birthing Centers
Welcome to the Sinai-Grace Hospital Birthing Center
Having a baby is one of the biggest joys you can experience. At the Sinai-Grace Hospital Birthing Center, located in Northwest Detroit, we provide a complete array of services to ensure that the childbirth experience is safe and pleasant for mom and the whole family.
The Sinai-Grace Birthing Center welcomes nearly 1,100 babies every year. Here are some demonstrations of Sinai-Grace’s commitment to optimizing the health of mothers and babies:
- Sinai-Grace is a Level II maternal care verified facility by The Joint Commission’s Maternal Levels of Care (MLC) Verification program, in collaboration with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). This achievement demonstrates Sinai-Grace Hospital’s commitment to providing high-quality care for expectant mothers, including those with moderate to high-risk pregnancies.
- Sinai-Grace participates in Michigan AIM (Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health), a national maternal safety and quality improvement initiative whose goal is to implement maternal safety bundles in hospitals to improve care, prevent complications during labor and delivery and reduce maternal deaths. For 2024 (the latest data available), Sinai-Grace received the Silver Level Designation for MI AIM.
- Sinai-Grace is a participating hospital for the Obstetrics Initiative (OBI), a state-wide quality improvement project that is currently focusing on lowering cesarean delivery rates among low-risk patients.
Our Facility
Our spacious, private birthing suites off private care from labor through recovery, with comfortable sleeping accommodations for fathers. Other features include:
- Experienced OB-trained nurses teach new moms how to care for their baby
- Anesthesia; a variety of pain relief options are available
- 24 hour security camera monitors
- Hearing tests for all newborns as required by state of Michigan
- A lactation consultant is available to provide hands-on assistance and tips to help make breastfeeding a successful experience
- Social workers for mothers in need of resources and assistance
Labor and Delivery Options
Every expecting mother wants to have a unique birthing experience that meets her needs. The Sinai-Grace Birthing Center is pleased to offer a variety of birthing options:
- Anesthesia – a variety of pain relief options are available
- Showers During Labor – available in each of our private labor/delivery rooms
- Birthing Ball – can help women get into positions that may alleviate discomfort, help position the baby for delivery, prevent back strain and encourage the progression of labor
- Music Therapy – available for patients who want to bring and play soft music during their labor
Post Delivery Options
We offer a range of support after you deliver your bundle of joy including lactation and pelvic pain/incontinence services. To learn more, visit the General Obstetrics Services page.
My Labor & Birth Preferences
Please download and complete or ask your provider for a copy during your next visit. This indicates your preferences to help us better personalize and prepare for your labor.
Please discuss labor and delivery options with your physician or healthcare provider.
We understand every pregnancy journey is unique, especially for those facing high-risk conditions. Our OB Nurse Navigator Program offers personalized support throughout your pregnancy, delivery and postpartum journey.
Led by experienced OB nurse navigators, our program helps to ensure every woman receives the guidance, access to resources and compassionate care needed to help achieve the healthiest outcome for both mom and baby.
No woman wants to hear that there may be complications with her pregnancy. If this happens, you’ll want to know that you’re in highly-skilled hands. Sinai-Grace Hospital has maternal fetal medicine specialists, also called perinatologists, who focus on the diagnosis and treatment of women who are at high risk for problems during pregnancy. These providers:
- Are obstetricians who have also completed additional years of training in high-risk pregnancy, and have experience with medical complications during pregnancy, higher risk pregnancy-specific conditions, obstetric ultrasonography, prenatal genetics, prenatal diagnosis and fetal therapies.
- Work with your obstetric provider to coordinate prenatal care along with specialized testing and procedures to ensure the best possible outcome.
Additionally, Sinai-Grace has three surgery suited located on the OB unit for planned and emergency Caesarian sections.
For those born prematurely, or with special needs, we have comprehensive resources to provide the special care your child needs.
- A dedicated Neonatal Intensive Care Unit that provides advanced medical treatment for critically ill infants and newborns needing specialized care
- We have a dedicated neonatologist on staff 24 hours a day.
- Our partnership with Children’s Hospital of Michigan and its comprehensive number of pediatric specialists enables access to the most advanced critical care for babies born with congenital or special health needs.
- PANDA One, the state's only pediatric and neonatal dedicated ambulance, is on-call to provide specialized transportation for children and newborns that need to receive care at Children’s Hospital of Michigan.
We offer classes to help you prepare for childbirth and life with a new baby, in addition to guided tours of our Labor and Delivery unit.
- Obstetric (OB) House Physician: in house, 24/7 to care for women before, during and after delivery
- Medical Doctor of Anesthesiology (MDA): specialize in anesthesia care, pain management and critical care medicine
- Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA): advanced practice nurse in house, 24/7 to administer and monitor patients receiving anesthesia and other medications
- Neonatologist: on staff and available for the treatment and care of newborn babies requiring specialized care
- Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) physician: on staff, specially trained to diagnose, monitor and treat pregnancy complications in women and their unborn children
- Neonatal Nurse Practitioner – in house, 24/7 to care for babies
- Certified Nurse Midwives: registered nurses (RNs) with a graduate degree in midwifery that see and triage women during pregnancy
- Nurse Navigator: a registered nurse (RN) that offers personalized support throughout pregnancy, delivery and postpartum care
- Registered Nurses (RNs): obstetric nurses have been trained with neonatal resuscitation, advanced cardiac life support and electronic fetal monitoring
- Respiratory therapists
- Neonatal pharmacist
- Social Workers
- Audio Technician
- Lactation Consultant: a registered nurse (RN) who helps moms to breastfeed as well provide prenatal education and preparation for expecting couples
- Pre-register For Your Visit – download, complete and bring it with you to help expedite and plan your admission
- How to add your baby to your health insurance
DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital
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About DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital
About DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital
Located in northwest Detroit, DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital is a full-service community teaching hospital. One of eight hospitals/institutes composing the Detroit Medical Center (DMC), Sinai-Grace Hospital has access to the entire network of DMC physicians and clinical staff.
A Look at Our Noble Past
Since 1888, two hospitals with roots in the community boldly consolidated services under one roof in April 1999. The former Sinai and Grace hospitals joined to create the leading community academic hospital in northwest Detroit and relocated to the former Mount Carmel Hospital building.
Grace Hospital, founded in 1888, was named after one of the founder's daughters, Grace McMillan Jarvis. Sinai Hospital's roots go back to a clinic opened by Harry Saltzstein, M.D., in 1922. Sinai Hospital first opened its hospital doors in January 1953 to give Jewish healthcare professionals a place to practice and as a central institution for the Jewish community.
LifeTrees Sculpture Symbolizes History and Future
Sculpture of LifeTrees centrally-located in the new expansive lobby of Sinai-Grace are the commissioned artworks of The Nordin brothers from The Detroit Design Center. Fitting with DMC's quest to be an important part of Detroit and support Detroit entrepreneurs, the "LifeTrees" sculptures symbolically tell the story of Sinai-Grace's rich and impactful past, while strongly signaling a bright and influential future in the health of Northwestern Detroiters and the surrounding communities it serves.
Awards and Recognition
Comprehensive Stroke Center DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital is a Comprehensive Stroke Center, reflecting the highest level of competence for treatment of serious stroke events, by DNV Healthcare USA Inc. This three-year certification is awarded to hospitals that meet rigorous standards designed to support quality, advanced stroke care. This recognition reflects our commitment to continual quality improvement and to providing coordinated, evidence-based stroke care for our community.
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Get With The Guidelines®- Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus with Advanced Therapy with Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll The American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines®- Stroke Gold Plus achievement award demonstrates our commitment to following up-to-date, research-based guidelines for the treatment of heart disease and stroke, ultimately leading to more lives saved, shorter recovery times and fewer readmissions to the hospital.
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Level II Maternal Care Verified Facility from The Joint Commission The Sinai-Grace Birthing Center has been recognized as a Level II maternal care verified facility by The Joint Commission’s Maternal Levels of Care (MLC) Verification program, in collaboration with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). This achievement demonstrates DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital’s commitment to providing high-quality care for expectant mothers, including those with moderate to high-risk pregnancies.
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AORN Go Clear Award™ The Berry Surgery Center, an off-site location of DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital, is recognized as a Center of Excellence in Surgical Safety: Smoke Evacuation facility. This national recognition highlights our unwavering commitment to providing a safe and healthy environment for both patients and surgical staff by effectively eliminating the hazards of surgical smoke.
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Phone Directory
- Admitting/Registration: 313-966-3051
- Appointment Scheduling/Physician Referral: 313-966-4800
- Billing (Conifer Client Services): 800-346-0775
- Compliance/Ethics Action Hotline: 800-838-4427
- Health Information Management (Medical Records): 313-966-3155
- Inpatient Rehab: 313-966-1100
- Mammography Scheduling: 313-966-6060
- Outpatient Pharmacy (located next door in the Professional Office Building): 313-966-2979
- Patient Information/Main Lobby: 313-966-4500
- Patient Relations: 313-966-4565
- Security Department: 313-966-1000
- Spiritual Care Services: 313-966-3452
- Volunteer Services: 313-966-4565
Our comprehensive services include:
- Behavioral Health
- Cardiovascular
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Emergency Medicine
- Gastroenterology
- Gynecology
- Inpatient rehab
- Maternal Fetal Care
- Nephrology
- Neurology/Stroke
- NICU
- Obstetrics
- Orthopedics
- Primary Care
- Pulmonary Care
- Robotic & General Surgery
- Trauma Center
- Urology
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Monday: Open 24 hrs
Tuesday: Open 24 hrs
Wednesday: Open 24 hrs
Thursday: Open 24 hrs
Friday: Open 24 hrs
Saturday: Open 24 hrs
Sunday: Open 24 hrs