Pregnancy care at Ascension Sacred Heart

Your OB-GYN and maternity care team provides specialized care throughout your pregnancy. We know that having a baby comes with a lot of questions. We take the time to listen to you and answer all your questions — big and small.

Throughout your pregnancy, we monitor the health of you and your baby. At Ascension Sacred Heart, you are connected to all the maternity care you need, including high-risk pregnancy care.

Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola has a dedicated OB emergency room. Specially trained doctors, nurses, and care team members deliver 24/7 emergency care for pregnancy-related emergencies.

Ascension Sacred Heart and Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast are recognized as baby-friendly hospital for providing quality care to infant feeding in the first few days of a child’s life. 

At Ascension Sacred Heart campuses, your care team helps you and your baby with breastfeeding. To help you get started on your breastfeeding journey, register for a breastfeeding class or talk to a lactation consultant near you:

Our certified nurse midwives work with your care team in Pensacola to provide:

• Prenatal care
• Care during labor and delivery
• Postpartum care
• Breastfeeding support
• Emotional and mental health support

Ascension Sacred Heart has two birthing centers:

• Ascension Sacred Heart Maternity and Women's Health
• Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast - Family Birth Place

From the moment you enter the doors of our birthing centers, you are met with compassionate care. You are supported by a care team that listens to you and supports you – from labor and delivery through postpartum recovery. We get to know you and your birthing preference, so we can create a birth experience that’s right for you.

Our maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) specialists work with your OB-GYN to deliver care for high-risk pregnancies and other health concerns, including high blood pressure, diabetes, heart problems and genetic disorders. We also provide genetic and preconception counseling. Learn more about high-risk pregnancy care at Ascension Sacred Heart.

Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart has the region’s only Level III NICU — delivering advanced care for preterm and critically sick babies. As a Level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), we provide advanced care for critically ill newborns and those born prematurely. From our NICU, we provide on-site consultation and care from 30 different pediatric specialties.

On our Emerald Coast campus, we have a Level II NICU. As a Level II NICU, we deliver advanced care for babies born sick and premature newborns

By choosing Ascension Sacred Heart for the birth of your baby, you can establish a relationship with a Studer Family Children's Hospital pediatrician before delivery. Your pediatrician takes the time to explain what to expect after your child is born and answers your questions about preparing for your newborn

If your child needs specialty care after they are born, you are connected to pediatric specialists at Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart — Northwest Florida’s only children’s hospital.

• Find a pediatrician

During your first prenatal check-up, you’ll learn about support services, such as tours and classes that are available to you. By taking a tour and childbirth classes, you can learn more about your birthing options and know what to expect.

Choose one of the hospitals below to see what tour and class options are available: 

• Take a childbirth class
• Take a tour of the birthing center at Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola
• Take a photo tour of the birthing center at Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast

Having a care team that listens and understands you is important. Your birth designer at Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola helps you understand your choices to create a birthing experience that is right for you. For more information about Monogram Maternity and designing the birth plan that is right for you, call 850-416-6378, email monogrammaternity@ascension.org or complete the form below.

• Request Monogram Maternity Birth designers
• Learn more about Monogram Maternity

• Pumping guide for NICU parents and mother's milk log (English, Spanish)
• Your complete guide to breastfeeding (English, Spanish)
• Your complete guide to breastfeeding - Crestview, Miramar Beach or Watersound (English)

• Patients of Ascension Medical Group OB-GYN - Pensacola, Milestone or Pace (English, Spanish)
• Patients of Ascension Medical Group OB-GYN - Crestview, Miramar Beach or Watersound (English)