Maternity Services
There is no more important delivery than yours.
Welcome your little one in a comfortable setting surrounded by experienced, expert, compassionate caregivers. Novant Health’s comprehensive maternity services include:
- Educational services, including maternity, parenting, breastfeeding and childbirth classes
- Lactation and breastfeeding services before, during and after your delivery:
- Daily bedside nursing support from certified lactation consultants during your hospital stay
- Ongoing, free breastfeeding and chestfeeding support resources like assessment, private appointments, classes, breast pumps, and feeding supplies and aids
- Care for high-risk pregnancy and delivery (such as gestational diabetes and preeclampsia)
- Labor/delivery support, including treatments for pain management and resources on what to expect with a C-section
- Emergency obstetrics services and dedicated maternity surgical suites
- Newborn services, including complete pediatric and surgical services, hearing screening and a newborn nursery
- Advanced infant security system
- Professional photography of your newborn that you can purchase to easily share and create birth announcements, gifts and keepsakes
- Doula verification
- Bereavement support
We set the standard.
At East Cooper Medical Center, you can expect next-level care. Some of our recent honors include:
- "A" Safety Rating, The Leapfrog Group, 2024
- High-Performing Hospital, U.S. News & World Report, 2023-24:
- Orthopedics
- Knee Replacement
- Hip Replacement
- Advanced Primary Stroke Center, The Joint Commission
- Zero Harm Certification, South Carolina Hospital Association
- Surgical Quality Partner, The Americal College of Surgeons
The East Cooper delivery experience
When you deliver your baby at East Cooper Medical Center, rest assured that our compassionate, experienced care team will do everything they can to make your experience comfortable. Expect to be listened to, safe, and for your needs and wishes to be accommodated wherever possible.
Level II NICU in Mount Pleasant
When your newborn needs extra care, Novant Health East Cooper Medical Center's Level II special care nursery is here to put you at ease. The only such nursery in Mount Pleasant, we provide expert medical attention tailored to your baby's needs, such as:
- Incubation
- Tube feeding
- Respiratory therapy
- Nutritional guidance
Our multi-disciplinary team of neonatal specialists will be with you every step of the way to guide and support you.
If you are discharged from the hospital before your infant is ready to leave the nursery, we invite you to stay in one of our free "Rest Easy" rooms so can still be close to baby at all times and participate in their care.
Events designed to help you thrive
Novant Health is by your side as you prepare to navigate new life experiences. Our maternity classes and events in SC — including infant CPR; comprehensive pregnancy, labor, and preparing for birth classes; grandparents classes; breastfeeding classes; newborn care classes; and maternity tours of our facilities — are designed to help expectant parents enter this new phase of life with confidence.
Novant Health hospital preregistration
Preregister for a faster and easier check-in when you arrive to deliver your baby. After registering, you will receive information about what to expect and how to prepare for the arrival of your little one.
