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The Birthing Suite at MCH
Welcome to The Monadnock Experience: A Serene Start to Your Journey into Parenthood
Welcome to the Birthing Suite at Monadnock Community Hospital—a calm, private space designed to support you through every stage of labor, delivery, and recovery. Whether it’s your first baby or your fourth, our experienced care team is honored to provide personalized, family-centered maternity care tailored to your birth preferences.
At our Award-Winning Birthing Suite, you and your newborn will be cared for in a peaceful, home-like setting that blends innovative birthing practices with the comforts of a serene woodland view. As a Baby-Friendly designated hospital, we prioritize practices that support mother-baby bonding, breastfeeding success, and individualized care.
Located in the heart of the Monadnock Region, our birthing suite offers a hyper-local alternative to larger hospitals—combining advanced medical care with a uniquely personal experience. From natural childbirth techniques to full epidural anesthesia, our team is here to support your choices and help you experience birth in your own special way.
Monadnock Community Hospital also offers safe, effective nitrous oxide for pain relief during labor—an option widely used and trusted in Europe and Canada.
For current updates and policies, follow the Birthing Suite at Monadnock Community Hospital on Facebook.
Babies Born in 2024
271
Welcoming 271 new lives into the world at Monadnock Community Hospital in 2024.
The Birthing Suite at Monadnock Community Hospital – Where Comfort Meets Expert Care
Birth Your Way, With Confidence: A Personalized Journey at Monadnock Community Hospital's Birthing Suite
At Monadnock Community Hospital, experience a personalized birth journey unlike any other. Our state-of-the-art Birthing Suite with soothing rain room and dedicated labor nurses empower you to create the birth plan that best works for you and your needs. We prioritize your comfort, choices, and well-being, having delivered thousands of healthy babies throughout the years. Welcome peace of mind – and your precious newborn – with confidence. Create lasting memories of your birth experience in our serene environment, fostering immediate bonding with skin-to-skin contact in the comfort of your private suite. We empower you throughout your journey with comprehensive prenatal education, breastfeeding support, and parenting workshops. Choose the Birthing Suite at Monadnock Community Hospital, where your birth plan guides our approach. Schedule a tour by calling 603-924-7191 x4170 today and discover the Monadnock difference – birth your way, with confidence.
Maternity / OBGYN Services
Before Childbirth
Learn about prenatal care services that we provide to help you become as healthy as possible prior to giving birth.
After Childbirth
Learn about the support you can receive during the days and weeks following birth.
Birthing Suite
Come to a place where care truly comes first. Have your baby at our Award-Winning Birthing Suite to have your baby.
Infant Nutrition & Care
Maternity practices in infant nutrition and care resources
Pediatrics Blog
Explore our blog for information on the amenities, medical support, and family-centered care provided in our state-of-the-art facility, designed to meet all your labor and delivery needs.
Congratulations to Monadnock OB/GYN
We are proud to share that Monadnock OB/GYN earned Gold for Best Women’s Clinic in the 2024 Keene’s Best Awards! Our award-winning Birthing Suite team is dedicated to delivering a family-centered, personalized experience. Thank you to our community for your continued trust and support!
Resources
Mother’s Milkbank Northeast Milk Depot
Monadnock Community Hospital’s Birthings Suite is a Mother’s Milkbank Northeast Milk Depot. Become a breast milk donor! Your special donation helps newborns thrive throughout New England. Once you are approved by the milk bank and have a donor number, you can call 603-924-7191 x 4170 to schedule your drop-off.
Text4baby.org
Health4Mom.org
Healthychildren.org
NHbreastfeedingtaskforce.org
Marchofdimes.com
LLLI.org
When Erika B. of Richmond, New Hampshire had a brand-new family member on the way, she turned to Dr. Elizabeth Johnsen and the Birthing Suite at Monadnock Community Hospital. She says, “I had the most wonderful and beautiful birth thanks to the best nurses and care provided by Dr. Johnsen. I am blessed to have had the best care from the nursing staff. I felt safe, extremely well cared for, and it was like I was their family. My baby and I can’t thank them enough.”
Monadnock Community Hospital is proud to be designated as a Baby-Friendly Hospital by Baby-Friendly USA, recognizing our commitment to evidence-based maternity and infant care. This means we follow the highest standards in supporting breastfeeding, bonding, and mother-baby care from birth.
Monadnock Community Hospital: Birth with Confidence
Why choose The Birthing Suite?
At Monadnock Community Hospital, our birthing suite provides a uniquely calming environment to make your childbirth experience extraordinary. With serene woodland views, customizable birthing options like water immersion and nitrous oxide, and a deeply personal approach to care, we combine the comforts of home with advanced medical support. As a trusted part of the Monadnock Region, we offer a hyper-local alternative to larger, impersonal hospitals, ensuring a safe, empowering, and personalized journey into parenthood.
We understand that birth is a momentous occasion. Our team of experts provides advanced medical care while fostering a warm, family-centered environment. We support you every step of the way with transparency, personalized care, and comprehensive education programs. Our commitment to safety empowers you to make informed decisions, leading to a positive and memorable birthing experience you can trust.
Do you expect to be expecting? Let us take care of you with expert, compassionate, award-winning OB/GYN and maternity care. We’ll make you feel right at home, close to home.
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By Dave Anderson Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Monday, November 4, 2013
(Published in print: Tuesday, November 5, 2013)
For more than 20 years, women giving birth in Canada, western Europe and Australia have had the option of using nitrous oxide to help them cope with pain during labor. But in the United States, where nitrous oxide is frequently used in dental offices, it has not been available in delivery rooms. But that’s about to change, and Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough is leading the way, the first hospital in New England and one of just a few in the country that has nitrous oxide equipment in its maternity unit.
“No one treatment is right for everybody,” says Dr. Fletcher Wilson, the chief of obstetrics at MCH. “The more options available, the better off you’ll be. [Nitrous oxide] is used by the majority of the world. Why aren’t we doing it?”
The hospital recently purchased two Pro Nox nitrous oxide delivery systems, which are relatively new to the U.S. market and have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The units, which can be wheeled into a birthing room, include both a mask and a mouthpiece, either of which can be used by the patient to breathe in a 50/50 mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen.
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By Dave Anderson Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Monday, November 4, 2013
(Published in print: Tuesday, November 5, 2013)
For more than 20 years, women giving birth in Canada, western Europe and Australia have had the option of using nitrous oxide to help them cope with pain during labor. But in the United States, where nitrous oxide is frequently used in dental offices, it has not been available in delivery rooms. But that’s about to change, and Monadnock Community Hospital in Peterborough is leading the way, the first hospital in New England and one of just a few in the country that has nitrous oxide equipment in its maternity unit.
“No one treatment is right for everybody,” says Dr. Fletcher Wilson, the chief of obstetrics at MCH. “The more options available, the better off you’ll be. [Nitrous oxide] is used by the majority of the world. Why aren’t we doing it?”
The hospital recently purchased two Pro Nox nitrous oxide delivery systems, which are relatively new to the U.S. market and have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The units, which can be wheeled into a birthing room, include both a mask and a mouthpiece, either of which can be used by the patient to breathe in a 50/50 mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen.
