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Best hospital in St. Louis?
I am going to be traveling to St. Louis at 35 weeks in my pregnancy. In case I go into labor, what is a really good hospital with a great NICU unit? I just want to be prepared and safe. Thank you!
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Mercy (where I will be delivering) I believe has the highest level of NICU in the STL area. It handles more births than any other hospital in the area, so they really know what they're doing. It's located at the I-270 / I-64/40 interchange.
The next two hospitals would either be Missouri Baptist or St. Lukes, both located just down 40/64 from Mercy. Both are excellent hospitals as well.
Mercy. I delivered there last time and everything is state of the art and they recently remodeled all the rooms a few years ago. I will be delivering again there soon.
Hands down, Barnes Jewish Hospital. It is ranked #1 overall in Missouri. It is nationally ranked in 12 specialties, including gynecology (#20 in the USA). http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/mo/barnes-jewish-hospitalwashington-university-6630930. The hospital has a special care nursery which is for babies that need constant care, but not so bad they have to go to the St. Louis Children's Hospital (which is literally connected to the building). The staff is fantastic. It is my understanding it is the same staff that works in the NICU at the children's hospital. The special care nursery took great care of my baby last year.
It is also attached to St. Louis Children's Hospital, which is nationally ranked in 10 specialties, including neonatology (#13 in the USA). http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/mo/st-louis-childrens-hospital-6631180.
There are other good enough hospitals, which others will suggest, but if you want the best there is to offer, you want Barnes Jewish Hospital/St. Louis Children's Hospital.
@HB215,
HB215,you are right.I do my monthly chekup here.
Mercy is best in STL! Known as the baby factory for how many babies born there. Best NICU too! My SIL just had a very traumatic birth experience with emergency csection at 41 weeks. They saved her daughters life after placenta had detached. She couldn't rave enough about the wonderful nursing care.
You can't go wrong with: Mercy, BJH (big Barnes), or MOBap. They all have the facilities for preterm babies and will transfer babies if necessary.
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