Record number of deliveries?

Specialties Ob/Gyn

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I'm from the Portland,OR area and all of the hospitals here are posting record numbers. I was wondering is this a trend everywhere or is it some freak baby boom for us? We are a Level IIa, have 42 LDRP rooms and average 380-400 babies a month. In May we had 435 and June was 479. On several occassions we had to send patients to our med-surg floor because we needed birth rooms. Just curious if other facilities are brimming with new families.

Specializes in PERI OPERATIVE.
I got pregnant in late October/early November. At the time, there were 4 other girls at my job who had gotten pregnant at the same time. Our babies were due in June/July. I was told that the time of year that I got pregnant was "baby making season". and that was before I conceived. :imbar

Oh, to add to our busy days, 4 of our RN's were pregnant and delivered all around the same time (April-May). Thankfully, they are all coming back now!

Specializes in Labor and delivery, NICU, PP.

Deliveries per month:1200-1400

Per year: over 17,000

Most in 24hrs: 78

36 LDRs

200 PP beds

80 bed NICU

And finally a mag recently noted us as the busiest maternity unit in North America!

We are about the same and will probably have done a bit better than last year. Like everyone else, we are crazy busy sometimes and quiet at other times. We do about 800+ deliveries a year.

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