Saint Luke’s East Hospital Maternity Center

Saint Luke’s East Hospital Maternity Center was designed with you in mind—providing family-centered care for our littlest patients and their parents. Our services range from low intervention, natural childbirth with our certified nurse midwife, to high-tech care for high-risk pregnancies.

Saint Luke’s East maternity care has been nationally recognized by U.S. News & World Report for four consecutive years.

With our centralized location, we conveniently serve eastern Jackson County in Missouri and Johnson County in Kansas.

Our maternity center offers:

• Spacious private rooms with accommodations for your support person
• Room service meals and refreshments available for mom and sleeping accommodations for your support person
• A Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with space for parents to room-in with baby and designed specifically for twins
• A secure environment with restricted access, a separate entrance, and 24-hour security
• Breastfeeding support from certified lactation consultants during your hospital stay and after discharge
• Missouri “Show-Me 5” recognition by the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services for our adoption of evidence-based maternity care practices that support breastfeeding

Take a virtual tour to learn more about important locations, such as our Level III NICU, spacious birthing suites, and parking.

Call us at 816-347-5287 or contact us online.

Classes

Saint Luke’s offers a variety of online classes to help prepare for a new baby. Our interactive online courses cover essential information about childbirth, breastfeeding, and newborn care.

Online classes include access to:

• Videos, animations, optional read-along audio
• Quizzes, interactive exercises, notes pages, and extended activities
• Contraction timer
• Audio library with soothing sounds, lullabies, and relaxation exercises

View classes.

Online Pre-Registration

Delivering at Saint Luke’s? Complete your paperwork today.

Register now.

NICU

Saint Luke's Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) are specially designed nurseries in the hospital that provide around-the-clock care to premature babies and those who need additional support. They are staffed by neonatal health care experts who have special training and equipment to provide the individualized care your baby needs.

Saint Luke’s East Hospital offers a Level III NICU, providing specialty care for babies born at 30 weeks gestation or greater, as well as babies born with critical illness at all gestational ages.

Learn more about the NICU.

High-Risk Pregnancy Care

Saint Luke’s Hospital Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialists provide expert and personalized care for high-risk pregnancies. At Saint Luke’s, close monitoring and consistent communication let us better coordinate a personalized care plan.

Learn more about the conditions we treat.