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Maternity Care (Katena Center for Mother and Child)

Overview

We delivered our very first baby back in 1953 as a small community-based hospital. Since then, we have grown exponentially welcoming thousands more babies into the world. Today we reside in our 48,000 square-foot, state-of-the art Katena Center for Mother and Child, yet proudly we offer that same personalized care, treating every family like our own.

Award-winning maternity care services, ahead of the curve technology and upscale, luxury amenities provide the expertise, comfort, and peace of mind that expecting families have come to know and trust. Saint Clare’s Denville Hospital is a part of Saint Clare’s Health, an award-winning network of hospitals and healthcare facilities located in northwest New Jersey. As a full-service hospital, we are nationally recognized by several known healthcare recognition organizations including Healthgrades, American College of Emergency Physicians and The Joint Commission.

Our multidisciplinary team of experts is committed to providing advanced care in a patient-centered environment that is tailored to meet the needs of each individual and their family. Your comfort, wellbeing, and privacy are our top priority while in our care. Along with the latest medical advances, we are pleased to offer twenty-three all-private mother/baby suites, family-centered support services, and a warm, welcoming staff.

Maternity Care

Get To Know What the Katena Center has to Offer

Katena Center for Mother and Child

The team at the Katena Center is dedicated to the care of mother and baby, before, during and after birth. Providing the necessary tests, services, education, and resources are essential to both new mothers and growing families alike. Your full team of experts and specialists include expert obstetricians, Pediatricians, Lactation consultants, Childbirth educators, highly trained nurses, 24/7 OBGYN hospitalists, 24/7 Neonatalogist group

Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialists

Obstetricians may refer women who are pregnant or trying to get pregnant, to our department of Maternal Fetal Medicine. Our specialists provide perinatology
consultations, high-resolution ultrasound studies, genetic counseling, genetic  diagnostic procedures, and more. With state-of-the-art testing, imaging, and
charting technologies, our comprehensive team of Maternal Fetal Medicine specialists, are equipped to give our high-risk patients comprehensive, compassionate, and personalized prenatal care.

Education and Support

Childbirth Education Classes are offered at different times throughout the year to support you before, during and after
baby arrives. Classes are offered online and in-person. Some classes offered include:
• Accelerated Childbirth
• Lamaze Refresher
• Newborn Care
• Multiple Birth Class
• Sibling Prep Class
• Siblings at Birth Class
• Adoptive Parenting

 

Your Team

Your team at the Katena Center includes expert obstetricians, pediatricians, lactation consultants, childbirth educators, and highly-trained nurses to provide the necessary tests, services, education, and resources essential to new mothers and growing families alike. We also offer a full slate of Maternal Fetal Medicine specialists – including a board-certified perinatologist, genetic counselors, and perinatal sonographers – to ensure high-risk pregnancies are handled with care.

Classes

We are offering childbirth e-classes and breastfeeding e-classes online. In addition to the e-classes we are also offering in-person childbirth classes.

Call to schedule classes: 973-625-6387

Companion Rules

  • Patients who have COVID-19, have tested positive for COVID-19, or are under investigation for COVID-19 must remain masked at all times.
  • A known COVID-19 companion will not be permitted into labor and delivery or the post-partum unit.
  • One designated companion for the entire stay in labor and deliver and postpartum.
  • Designated companion may come and leave to go home. You may go to the cafeteria or vending machines, as well as order outside food to be picked up at the front desk of the hospital.
  • Designated companion must use the bathroom in the assigned labor and delivery room.
  • Designated companion will be provided meals by the hospital.
  • The designated companion can stay with the patient until they are moved to the post-partum unit. THE SAME POLICIES WILL APPLY TO POSTPARTUM, AS APPLY TO LABOR AND DELIVERY – Designated companion will remain in the mom’s room with the door closed.

Our Location

The Katena Center for Mother and Child at Saint Clare’s Denville Hospital
25 Pocono Road, Denville, NJ 07834
Phone: 973-625-6387

Maternity Hospital Forms

PREADMISSION FORM

Please read the instructions contained in the cover letter before you complete the form. You can fill out the form on this page by clicking on the text icon in the PDF menu on the top right (image example to the right). Please print the form and submit as soon as possible prior to your delivery date.

Visitation Policy

Mother/Baby

  • Postpartum patients may designate or exclude visitors of their choosing while in the Postpartum Unit.
  • It is at the discretion of the mother whether or not to have the baby in the room during visitation hours.
  • Open Visitation Hours
    • From 2:00pm-7:00pm, 7 days a week
    • Companions may come and go at any time. Siblings may visit during regular visiting hours.
    • Provided that visitation does not interfere with the care of the patient, or at the discretion of the nurse. There are no restrictions to the number of visitors a patient may have during open visitation hours, however only two (2) at the bedside at a time. The father and siblings will not count as visitors.
    • All visitors must wash their hands using the available hand sanitizer prior to entering the patients’ room.
  • Quiet Time
    • From 1:00pm-2:00pm the Maternity Department participates in a quiet time for the mother and newborn. The mother may request to limit visiting during these hours.

Additonal visitation is based on the needs of the patient as determined by the clinical care team.

Labor and Delivery

  • Companion is allowed at the bedside at any time during labor.
  • Second visitor is allowed upon approval of the attending Obstetrician.
  • No children are allowed to visit in labor and delivery.