High Risk Obstetrical Unit (HRU) - St.Vincent Women's Hospital

St.Vincent Women's Hospital is proud to provide a state of the art High Risk Obstetrical Unit adjacent to Labor and Delivery and our Level IIID Newborn Intensive Care Unit. The facility is designed to provide a holistic approach to antepartal (before delivery), intrapartal (during labor and delivery) and postpartal (after delivery) care for patients experiencing medical complications related to pregnancy.

Our twenty-six private patient rooms offer a comfortable home-like environment equipped with:

• Television
• DVD/VCR/CD player
• Cable television
• Local phone
• Internet data port and Wi-Fi access
• Refrigerator
• Recliner
• Private bath with handicap shower accommodations
• Fold-out bed for the primary support person to remain overnight, if desired
• Reading materials, videos and laptops are available for education and entertainment at no cost to the patient. 
• Video phones are also available to rent so moms can stay connected with their families at home.

The High Risk Obstetrical Unit serves pregnant patients with various health needs, including but not limited to:

• Asthma and pneumonia
• Diabetes
• Hyperemesis
• Multiple gestations (twins, triplets, quadruplets)
• Postoperative recovery
• Pre-eclampsia
• Premature rupture of membranes
• Preterm labor
• Cardiac disease

A staff of board certified maternal fetal medicine specialists, certified ultrasonographers (AIUM), numerous obstetricians and labor and delivery nurses comprise the medical team for the High Risk Obstetrical Unit. Other members of the health care team include social services, pastoral care, pharmacy, dietitians, lactation consultants, home care services, and respiratory, physical and occupational therapists. Neonatologists from the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) are available to assist families with information regarding babies with special needs.

St.Vincent Women's Hospital is dedicated to providing a comfortable and safe environment for patients and visitors. In order to do this, we ask the following guidelines be followed while visiting in the High Risk OB Unit:

• Visitors are welcome from 10 am to 8 pm daily.
• Patients who are extremely ill may require limited visitation, as their rest and health are our primary concern.
• Children may visit with their mother, provided another adult accompanies them while they are on the unit. Children should be healthy (no fever, cough, congestion, rash, diarrhea) and not have been recently exposed to communicable diseases, such as colds, coughs, chicken pox, etc. They should also have not had immunizations within the past 7-10 days.
• Family members and friends are welcome, if they are also healthy and without exposure to communicable diseases. 
• No overnight stays are permitted (except primary support person).

For more information on the St.Vincent High Risk Obstetrical Unit, or if you are a medical facility needing to make a referral to the HRU, please call 317-415-7900 or 1-888-788-4762.