Obstetrics
Your Birth Plan, Your Way. Our Exceptional Care.
The MDI Hospital Obstetrics staff is committed to providing you with compassionate, personalized care during your labor, delivery, and post partum experience. We provide you and your family with the support and education you need throughout your pregnancy and the follow-up attention and care you need following your birth. Our secure, state-of-the-art maternity department offers a relaxed, warm atmosphere and first-class nursing and clinical support. Our Obstetrics staff are here to help you customize your birth plan to fit your needs and preferences.
Let us guide you throughout your pregnancy and beyond. Begin with a tour of our department and then join our free childbirth education, breast feeding support, or sibling adjustment programs. When you choose MDI Hospital, you have the peace of mind knowing that our nurses are available to support you 24-7 during your pregnancy and after you and your child are home.
Click here to take a virtual tour of MDI Hospital’s Obstetrics Unit!
Amenities
In order to make your experience as exceptional as possible, we offer the following amenities:
- One-on-one labor support
- Childbirth classes
- Department tours once a month
- Labor tub
- Family bed for post partum
- Labor ball
- Labor stool
- CD and DVD players
- Private rooms
- Private bathrooms with spacious showers
- Kitchenette for patient and family use
- Specialty menus
- Post partum gifts for baby and family
- Rooming for infants
- Neonatal resuscitation credentialed staff
- Breastfeeding support and education
- Surgical services for cesarean sections
- Infant security system
- Personal support services welcomed (doula, acupuncture, massage)
“It’s like a home birth with the security of already being in the hospital.”
“The family bed was very comforting for our new family.”
“The best milkshakes in the world.”
Women's Health
The Lisa Stewart Women’s Health Center is all about women’s health – mind, body, and spirit – from adolescence through all stages of womanhood. See more
Birthing Classes
Mount Desert Island Hospital offers several classes during your pregnancy to help alleviate these stresses as you prepare to embark on the magnificent journey of parenthood. See more
Infant Safe Sleep
The National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program was created by Cribs for Kids®, the only national infant safe sleep organization. Based in Pittsburgh, PA, Cribs for kids is dedicated to preventing infant sleep-related deaths due to accidental suffocation. As a Nationally Certified Safe Sleep Hospital, Mount Desert Island Hospital is recognized for following the safe sleep guidelines recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and providing training programs for healthcare team members, and family caregivers.
According to Judith A. Bannon, Executive Director and Founder for Cribs for Kids®, “The certification program launched in 2015 in Pittsburgh, PA, home of the Cribs for Kids® national headquarters. Hundreds of hospitals across the US are certified. We welcome Mount Desert Island Hospital to this expanding group of committed hospitals. This will have a profound effect on the saving babies’ lives.”
For more information on the Cribs for Kids® National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification program visit https://cribsforkids.org/hospitalcertification/
For more helpful links, see the list below:
https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/safe-sleep/healthy-children-safe-sleep-articles/
https://www.saferproducts.gov/
Pediatrics
Offered through our primary care practices in Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor and Trenton, our pediatric services provide the specialized care necessary to treat children from birth through college age. See more
Family Planning
Offered through our health center-based family practices, Family Planning at MDI Hospital includes comprehensive education and health services to help women and families remain healthy as they decide whether or when to have children. See more
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MDI Hospital
MDI Hospital
10 Wayman Lane
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
207 288-5081
At Mount Desert Island Hospital, we provide comprehensive care for you and your family through our hospital in Bar Harbor and a network of health centers across Mount Desert Island.
You can contact our Obstetrics Department at 207 288-5081, ext. 1252
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Our Providers
Katherine Gassman, DO
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