For many expectant couples, the day you go to the hospital to have your baby is a day of excitement and anticipation. Discuss with your doctor the symptoms of labor and how to contact him/her prior to your arrival at Riverside Regional Medical Center.

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Parking
If you arrive between 7:00am and 5:00pm:
We encourage you to use our complimentary valet service, available Monday through Friday. Simply drive to the Main Entrance where a member of the valet staff will greet you. Your visitors can also use the free valet service.

If you arrive before 7:00am or after 5:00pm:
Valet service is not available before 7:00 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m. Please park in our special “Expectant Mother” parking area or in any of the Patient/Visitor parking areas. You may walk to the Main Entrance or ride in one of the Riverside Shuttle vehicles to the Main Entrance. The Shuttle picks up patients and visitors from parking areas throughout the Riverside Regional Medical Center campus.

If you arrive between 9:00pm and 5:00am:
Our Main Entrance is usually locked overnight. Simply press and release the call button that you’ll see at the Main Entrance. Tell the person answering that you are here to have your baby.

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Checking-In
When you enter the Main Lobby, please go directly to Labor and Delivery, located in the West Wing of the second floor. You’ll take the elevators from the Main Lobby to the second floor, turn left at the Admissions Nursery and this will guide you to the entrance of Labor and Delivery. One of our Labor and Delivery nurses will help you settle into your room. A member of our Admitting Department will visit you in Labor and Delivery if we need additional registration details. We encourage all patients to pre-register before delivery day.

Labor And Delivery
Our Labor and Delivery (L&D) suite has 12 Labor, Delivery and Recovery (LDR) rooms, two operating suites for Cesarean births, a three-bed post anesthesia care unit and a triage area. Visiting in the L&D suite is unrestricted. We suggest, however, no more than four visitors at a time. Big brothers and big sisters are welcomed too but we ask that someone other than your labor support person care for the children. 

Pain Management
Some women manage the discomfort of labor by using prepared childbirth techniques, the birthing ball, warm showers, and/or systemic medication administered through an IV.

Other women choose to have epidural analgesia. This is a commonly used method to provide complete relief from the pain of labor or cesarean birth. It involves an injection into the epidural space through your lower back. Riverside Regional Medical Center is the only Peninsula hospital to offer obstetrical anesthesia coverage 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can speak to one of our anesthesiologists about this option on the Expectant Parents Tour.

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Photographs and Video during Delivery
Many families take photographs and videos at the delivery, but please discuss your plans with your physician prior to your delivery date and with your Labor and Delivery nurse.

Wireless Access
Wireless access is available for our guests in the 2nd Floor Lobby near the elevators, as well as in the Medical Center Main Lobby.

Your Privacy
For your privacy, our staff will not release information about your progress over the phone. Every Labor and Delivery room and Mother/Baby room includes a telephone that you and your family may use to keep loved ones informed of your progress. If you or your family members have cell phones, they will need to be turned off while in the hospital because their signals may interfere with hospital equipment.