We want to help make your baby's birth a memorable and meaningful experience.

Created with new parents in mind, the Maternity Care centers at our hospitals are warm and calming places, where we're passionate about caring for women and their growing families. We offer:

• A variety of prenatal classes 
• Family centered care
• Home-like birthing suites
• Waterbirth
• Special care nurseries for ill or premature newborns
• Lactation consultants
• Pregnancy and infant loss support groups

HealthEast Maternity Care centers are at:

• St. Joseph's Hospital
  45 West 10th Street
  St. Paul, MN 55102
  651-232-3022

• St. John's Hospital
  1575 Beam Avenue
  Maplewood, MN 55109
  651-232-7550

• Woodwinds Health Campus
  1925 Woodwinds Drive
  Woodbury, MN 55125
  651-232-0022

Start out right

Now that you are having a baby, you might be wondering, "What now?" We can help!

Our pregnancy guide, Starting Out Right, gives you information about your pregnancy, labor, birth and the early days at home with your newborn. We're here to help you meet your goal of a healthy pregnancy and a safe and satisfying birth.

You can download the Flash Flip Book or PDF version to read on any mobile device, including iPad, NOOK, Kindle, Kobo and more.

• Flip Book: Starting Out Right (Flash Player required)
• PDF: Starting Out Right

Download instructions

Right click on the PDF link above and select "Save link as..." You can save the document to your computer, then use any document management program, for example the free Adobe^® Digital Editions, to load it on to your mobile device.

For your convenience, you can link to any section of your Starting Out Right guide from the table of contents.