A Celebration of New Life

At Archbold Memorial's new maternity center, families can count on familiar, high-quality care in a fresh setting.

Since 1925, Archbold Memorial has welcomed countless babies into the world. For nearly a century, key upgrades and renovations have helped continuously improve the service we provide to families. When our new Maternity Center opens next year, your labor and delivery experience will be even more memorable.

“We’ve always aimed to provide excellent care to our community in a welcoming, comfortable, state-of-the-art facility,” said Amy Griffin, RN, MSN, CENP, senior chief nursing officer at Archbold Memorial. “Our new Maternity Center will allow us to continue doing that for years to come.”

BUILT FOR YOU

Housed on the hospital’s second floor, the new Maternity Center will feature more space, increasing in size from 11,000 to 27,500 square feet. The Maternity Center will also feature an abundance of amenities carefully designed to enhance the labor and delivery experience.

Inside the center, a large, modern waiting area invites eager family and friends to gather in comfort as they await baby’s arrival. Further inside the Maternity Center, you’ll find:

• A centralized nursing station to ensure women and babies have easy access to the care they need
• Five large labor and delivery rooms
• Two operating suites for emergency and planned births via cesarean section
• Two recovery rooms for use after a cesarean section
• 11 postpartum rooms with plenty of space for mom to rest and visit with family and friends
• A private bereavement room where families can grieve the loss of an unborn child due to medical complications
• Three treatment rooms for outpatient visits and monitoring throughout pregnancy

To ensure excellent care for your new arrival, we also doubled the size of our nursery. Inside the 2,199-square-foot nursery space is an exam and procedure area, level 1 nursery, level 2 intermediate care nursery and isolation nursery.

“Our goal is to welcome and assist each patient and family member through the entire process of prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care,” said Kellie Odom, RN, MSN, HRM, CLNC, director of nursing at Archbold. “We’ve always provided excellent care, and we’re thankful our community has entrusted their care to us through the years.”

We also added special touches for our medical staff behind the scenes. We have built new lounges and added bigger locker rooms and a meeting room. Our providers can also count on quiet and comfortable on-call rooms where they can rest between cases and stay nearby for urgent needs.

A LABOR OF LOVE

To aid in funding the new Maternity Center, the Archbold Foundation developed the Archbold Centennial Campaign. The campaign began three years ago and will culminate in 2025 during the hospital’s 100th anniversary. The final goal is to raise $10 million for the Maternity Center.

A number of generous community members have already committed their support. If you have a heart for keeping quality care close to home, we cherish your financial gift.

“A patient and their family are happy to be in the hospital for the anticipated birth of a child,” said Vann Middleton, president of the Archbold Foundation. “We want to offer the finest birthing experience possible, and our community’s long history of giving back is making this possible.”

You can help ensure quality maternity care for generations to come by making a gift to the Archbold Centennial Campaign. Call 229.213.8062 or email evmiddleton@archbold.org to learn how