Birthing Model of Care

What to Expect from Your Birth Experience at Bassett

As a patient of Bassett, you will be a full participant in your care. Our Women’s Health practitioners see patients in Cooperstown, Oneonta (at Women’s Health at FoxCare), Cobleskill, Hamilton, and Herkimer – whichever site is most convenient for you and your family. Each site is staffed by an obstetric practitioner (nurse practitioner, certified nurse midwife, and physician) as well as nurses specially trained in providing prenatal care. 

We encourage at least one visit to the Women’s Health Center at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown in preparation for your delivery. This will allow you to get to know some of the other specialists who may be present at your baby’s birth, and enable you to become familiar with the location. We welcome you and your support person to be involved in your prenatal care experience as much as possible. 

In the event that the pregnancy is considered high-risk, the patient may be sent to a medical facility that offers a higher level of care.

Your Baby’s Birth

The Bassett Birthing Center has been designed to provide a family-centered birthing experience in a safe and caring environment. Our labor, delivery, and recovery rooms contain a birthing bed, whirlpool tub, shower, state of the art newborn monitoring equipment, and an island for immediate newborn care. We have birthing balls, birthing bars, and birthing stools available so patients can choose the birthing aid that they are the most comfortable with.

There is an operating room located in the Birthing Center for any scheduled or unplanned cesarean deliveries. Bassett supports vaginal birth after cesarean section (VBAC), and our Medical Center has one of the lowest C-section rates in New York State. 

After your birth, you will rest in one of our private postpartum rooms, furnished with a glider and couch for you and your support person. Rooming in with your baby is strongly encouraged.

Your Care Providers

The Birthing Center at Bassett follows the recommendations put forth by the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Association of Certified Nurse Midwives.