To give you as much information as possible about the Birthplace at Baystate Franklin Medical Center, we have compiled the data below. The definitions are to help you understand and use the information so you can know what to expect, learn more about your choices, and plan for your baby’s birth.
Most of the numbers are percentages of all the deliveries at the hospital during a given year. For example, if one birth out of five is by cesarean section, the cesarean rate will be 20%. If half of births use the external electronic fetal monitor only, the number given will be 50%.
The numbers by themselves cannot be used to say one hospital is doing a better job than another. If a hospital does fewer than 500 births a year, just a few births can change the numbers a lot. If a hospital has more high-risk births (those with complications), it may have higher rates of many of the interventions listed. However, the Department of Public Health has found that even though the cesarean rate differed widely from hospital to hospital, very little of the difference was due to how many high-risk clients it served.
This information/data does not tell you about your own doctor’s or midwife’s practice. You can ask them if their own practice is similar or different. In this way, you can use the information to help you discuss your choices and wishes for the birth. We also encourage you to take childbirth preparation classes and to read books about childbirth to learn more about your options and help you decide what you want this birth to be like.
This information is being shared with you in compliance with Massachusetts law.
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Massachusetts Maternity Statistics
For Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Total Deliveries, October 1, 2008 to September 30, 2009 = 483
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13%
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Primary C Sections
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66%
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Women who received Intravenous in Labor/Delivery
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7%
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Repeat C Sections
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2%
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Women who had Episiotomies
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21%
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Cesarean Sections
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32%
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Labors that were monitored by continuous External mode
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63%
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Vaginal Birth after a Cesarean
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4%
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Labors that were monitored by continuous Internal mode
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77%
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Percentage of Deliveries in Birthing Rooms & Labor-Delivery-Recovery Rooms
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36%
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Labors that were monitored by continuously by External and/or Internal mode.
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23%
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Percentage of Deliveries in Surgical Delivery Room
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25%
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Labors that were induced
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33%
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Labors that were Augmented
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0%
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Women who delivered by forceps
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1%
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Women who received General Anesthesia
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76%
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Percentage of women breastfeeding on discharge
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15%
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Women who received Spinal Anesthesia
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76%
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Women delivered by a Certified Nurse Midwife
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35%
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Women who received Epidural Analgesia/Anesthesia
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6%
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Waterbirths
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IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL:
THE BIRTHPLACE, BAYSTATE FRANKLIN MEDICAL CENTER
164 HIGH STREET
GREENFIELD, MA 01301
TEL. # (413) 773-2253
