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Fort Sanders Regional’s Complete Services for Pregnancy, Delivery, and Postnatal Care

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Comprehensive Care for Your Labor, Delivery and More

At Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, we offer expectant parents a full-service experience you can trust for all your prenatal, perinatal and postnatal care needs. That’s why we developed our signature Start Here, Deliver Here, Stay Here model of pregnancy care. 

We created a special, unique partnership that allows you and your new baby to receive comprehensive care, both during and after your pregnancy and birth. For all families, and especially those facing high-risk pregnancies, we ensure that both mother and baby receive excellent care and support throughout your time with us.

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Why Trust Our Unique Care Model for Your High-Risk Pregnancy Care?

When you’re facing a high-risk pregnancy, you need the best care for you and your baby. 

At Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, our special partnership allows high-risk mothers to start their pregnancy with Fort Sanders Perinatal Center, deliver at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, and stay with East Tennessee Children’s Hospital for neonatal intensive care and pediatric services as your baby grows and develops.

Our complete care model addresses all your pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum care needs, for both you and your precious baby.

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How Our “Start Here, Deliver Here, Stay Here” Care Model Works

When you trust Knoxville’s Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center with your comprehensive pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum care needs, you’ll partiicpate in a complete model of care that’s designed to carry you and your baby safely through your full birth experience. 

Our exclusive Start Here, Deliver Here, Stay Here model allows us to partner with top-quality area facilities to provide you with excellence in all-around mother and baby care services. 

The best part? East Tennessee residents can access these services close to home without worrying about where you’ll go when the time and need arise. You’ll know ahead of time where you’ll receive the high-quality care you deserve.

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More About Our Signature Method of Comprehensive Pregnancy and Childbirth Care

Start Here – Fort Sanders Perinatal Center

There’s no safer place for your baby’s beginning than at Fort Sanders Perinatal Center. We offer East Tennessee families complete high-risk pregnancy care. We’ve served thousands of women in East Tennessee for more than 20 years and have delivered over 20,000 high-risk babies. 

Our team of high-risk prenatal doctors (perinatologists), at Fort Sanders Perinatal Center provide complete care for high-risk women, including—

  • Those 35 years or older
  • Those having multiple births
  • Those experiencing pregnancy complications
  • Those with a history of birth defects
  • Those with medical problems and risk factors such as diabetes or hypertension.

Learn more about Fort Sanders Perinatal Center 

Deliver Here – Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

Your little one is on the way, and you want the best care possible. Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, has the staff and experience to safely deliver both routine and high-risk pregnancies. 

We’re one of 18 hospitals in the state to have earned the Tennessee Hospital Association’s and Tennessee Department of Health’s “BEST for Babies” award in 2019.

Learn more about Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

Stay Here – East Tennessee Children’s Hospital

When you’re expecting, you expect the best. But if the unexpected happens, parents turn to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee. We successfully treat more than 900 babies in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) every year. 

Your child’s care doesn’t end when they get to go home. East Tennessee Children’s Hospital has more pediatric subspecialties than any other hospital in our region to continue to support your little one, now and later. 

Learn more about East Tennessee Children’s Hospital

Lowering Your Risk for Pregnancy Complications

Did you know that eating a healthy diet can not only boost your overall health and well-being, but also help reduce your risk for pregnancy complications? The Centers for Disease Control provides additional information here, along with other steps you can take for a healthy pregnancy.

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a proud member of Covenant Health, our region’s top-performing healthcare network. To learn more about pregnancy and delivery care, treatment, and resources near you, view our full list of Covenant Health labor and delivery service providers today.

A not-for-profit, community-owned healthcare system

We are committed to improving the quality of life in East Tennessee through better health. In partnership with our generous donors, Covenant’s 10,000+ employees, physicians, and volunteers are providing outstanding care for our patients and their families.

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