Labor and delivery
Just as every baby is unique, so is every delivery. As your trusted care partner, we work to provide a personalized birthing experience that begins long before your first contraction and continues well after delivery.
Maternity care in Wichita, Kansas
At Wesley Medical Center, your comfort throughout the birth experience is always our priority.
As the first hospital in Kansas to be designated a Baby-Friendly Hospital, we understand that every birth is unique. That's why we offer private birthing suites where you and your baby can stay together after birth, and provide you with a dedicated nurse navigator to guide you through your pregnancy journey.
Related specialties
Learn more about our related specialties.
Our locations
We offer two locations for labor and delivery on our main campus—one in our main building within Wesley Women's Hospital, and the second right across the street at Wesley Birth Care Suites. Regardless of which Wesley location you deliver at, our goal is to help you make the birth of your baby the special occasion you want it to be.
Wesley Women's Hospital
Wesley Women’s Hospital, located within Wesley Medical Center, offers specialized childbirth rooms designed for more complicated deliveries.
All women—whether experiencing a routine or high-risk pregnancy—are welcome to deliver at Wesley Women’s Hospital, and it has all the amenities close-by for unexpected circumstances or complicated births. If additional medical services are needed, rest assured you are at a full-service hospital and will receive comprehensive, exceptional care.
Within Wesley Women’s Hospital is a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), where we care for premature or ill newborns.
Labor & Delivery Tour - Wesley Medical Center
Take a look at the labor and delivery process for the Labor and Delivery suites and also Wesley's Women's Hospital.
Wesley Birth Care Suites
Wesley Birth Care Suites, located on the north side of Murdock Street, provides a comforting, family-centered environment for women to give birth. Expectant moms who are 37 weeks pregnant without complications and think they are in labor (or their water has broken) may deliver at Wesley Birth Care Suites.
Wesley Birth Care Suites has 20 birthing suites and two surgical suites for cesarean sections (C-sections). Labor, delivery and your postpartum stay all take place in the same room. This location offers anesthesiologists, family medicine physicians, OB/GYNs, scheduled inductions and all the amenities for a healthy delivery.
Preadmission testing clinic
The Wesley Birth Care Suites pre-admission testing clinic (PAT) helps save time for expectant moms with scheduled C-sections or scheduled inductions for delivery. About 24 to 72 hours before the scheduled delivery, expectant mothers will meet with the PAT nurse to complete a series of documentation and lab work to prevent schedule delays.
The clinic is located at Wesley Birth Care Suites and is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or after hours by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, please call (316) 962 8824.
Wesley Birth Care Suites Virtual Tour
Wesley Birth Care Suites is specifically designed for women who are planning a family-centered birth. Located just north of Wesley’s main building, this facility is specifically designed to support the birth experience each expectant mother has and their newborn’s care and comfort.