Family Birth Center at Dignity Health - Mercy Medical Center - Merced (CA)

4 /5 Samantha F: I gave birth 4 days ago here and I had a really great experienced! I’d like to first acknowledge Stephanie. She was my nurse for my actual delivery and she was absolutely amazing! I had some complications and she made me feel so calm and like she was there specifically for me and to support me. She single handedly calmed my anxiety and fears regarding a lot of things, delivery being one of them. She coached me through delivery and pushing. Afterwards, in my most raw and vulnerable moments, she delicately cleaned me up. I cannot thank her enough. I had a few other nurses who were notably kind and supportive as well. Linda was one of them and she was soooo kind. I really appreciate her and everything she did for me postpartum. I’d also like to just show some love and appreciation to Dr. Johnston. I know he is technically his own practice, but he delivered my baby here. He came rushing in to deliver my daughter, and made sure she and I were both taken care of both before birth and after. He is really great at what he does and we are so so thankful for him. There was only 1 complaint I had, and that was the temperature of the postpartum rooms. They said they would send engineering to fix the thermostat after our room climbed up to 80 degrees. Engineering didn’t show and it just got so hot. We asked to be moved and they did oblige, however we were moved to another room that felt like the surface of the sun. lol. Aside from that, our care was top notch. Our care team was 95% amazing and we would definitely recommend to anyone looking to give birth.

4 /5 RealLo Dorl: The nurses at the maternity ward are awesome especially the Phillipino lady gosh she took such good care of me. I had about 4 different nurse that would check on me regularly and attentively during my delivery. After delivery I was transferred to a recovery room from there I had a nurse that was not very attentive nor informative she did not introduce herself. She would barge in, do her thing then leave. Our baby had jaundice and had to sleep under a strong light. She had the light so close to our baby that he was burning. Later a different nurse came in and adjusted the light immediately, saying it was too low! My OB only checked on me one time and was burdened to acknowledge my concerns about constipation but the nutritionist nurse was very nice. UPDATE: I am happy to share that my recent delivery experience was just as exceptional as my first, despite having a nurse who made mistakes with my IV administration just like last time. I made sure to request no students in the delivery room and eventually had a swift delivery. Furthermore, we were presented with a generous bag of goodies upon discharge, which we did not receive for our first child.