Labor and Delivery
Join the family of Buckeye Babies
Because birth is a family event, your partner and family are included in the birth experience as much as possible here at the Maternity Center at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. We provide the comforts of home with the most advanced technology and experienced staff to give you the highest level of care, and peace of mind.
More than 5,200 Buckeye Babies were born at our Maternity Center last year. Our patients include women having vaginal deliveries, cesarean deliveries, vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) deliveries and high-risk deliveries including multiples and preterm deliveries.
World-class maternity care
We’re excited for you to see our new maternity care spaces located in the new University Hospital opening February 22, 2026.
Maternity Center in-person tour
Patients delivering Feb. 22, 2026 and beyond will deliver in the new Ohio State University Hospital. To learn more about our new maternity center opening Feb. 22, visit us here. Please do not register for an in-person tour at this time.
Patients delivering before February 22 are invited to join us for an in-person tour of our current maternity center. Tours are for patients in their 3rd trimester. We’ll explain where to park and how to get to the Labor and Delivery floor when you are ready to have your baby, and we’ll walk you through our labor and delivery and postpartum areas so you’ll gain an understanding of what to expect during your stay.Registration is free and includes you and your support person. Children are not permitted to attend tours at this time.
Tour length: 45 minutes
Pregnancy and childbirth education
At Ohio State, we offer helpful educational materials and classes to prepare you for labor, birth and caring for your new baby.
Maternity Center video tour
Maternity Center virtual tour in Spanish/Espanol.
Visitor policy
In addition to the general hospital visitor policy, labor and delivery has special visitor allowances and procedures. View labor and delivery visitor policy.
ARRIVING PRIOR TO FEB. 22, 8 A.M.
Parking prior
When coming to the hospital during normal hours, we recommend you park in the 12th Avenue Garage at 340 W. 12th Ave. and enter the hospital through the ground floor entrance opposite the parking garage. Take the Doan Hall elevator to the sixth floor. Please note: The 12th Ave. hospital entrance closes at 5 p.m.
You may also park in the SAFEAUTO Garage and enter the hospital through the 10th Avenue main hospital entrance. Take the Doan Hall elevator to the sixth floor.
After hours arrival
If arriving between 5 p.m. and 6 a.m., please enter the hospital through the Emergency Department, which is located on the north side of The James, accessible from 12th Avenue via the road between the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute and Harding Hospital (Davis Drive). We recommend that you valet park. You can also self-park in the nearby 12th Avenue Garage and take the covered pedestrian walkway on the ground level to the Emergency Department entrance.
Download a map of the entrance to the Emergency Department.
ARRIVING FEB. 22, 8 A.M. OR AFTER
New location: The new University Hospital is located at 520 W. 10th Ave., just west of the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute.
Arrival and parking: When you arrive at the hospital, you’ll have the option to valet park at our front entrance or self-park in the adjoining Wexner Medical Center Garage at 527 W. 10th Ave. Our main entrance will be open 24/7 for drop-off or valet service. This service is free for admitted maternity patients and pregnant patients visiting the Ob-ED and is the most convenient entrance for labor and delivery. If you choose to self-park in the adjoining parking garage, park on the fourth floor and enter the hospital via the bridge connector to the second-floor hospital lobby.
Checking in: Upon entering the hospital lobby at the ground level or on the second floor from the parking garage, a patient representative will direct you to the elevators. If labor is progressing quickly, two express elevators are available to take you non-stop to Labor and Delivery.