La Mesa - Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns Grossmont

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Labor, delivery, and gynecologic care in La Mesa center on Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns Grossmont, the East County extension of San Diego's nationally recognized women's hospital on the Sharp Grossmont campus. The birth center shares the campus with the Sharp Grossmont Hospital Emergency Department, enabling immediate surgical and neonatal-emergency escalation when obstetric complications require rapid intervention. The original Sharp Mary Birch Hospital opened in San Diego in 1992 as the largest freestanding women's health center in Southern California, and the Grossmont extension brings that infrastructure to East County families across the 91942 ZIP. Services span antepartum through postpartum care, including high-risk pregnancy monitoring, lactation support, and comprehensive gynecologic surgery within the 562-bed Sharp Grossmont Hospital complex. The hospital's integrated maternal mental-health screening identifies postpartum depression and anxiety risk factors, connecting patients to outpatient behavioral-health support through A Counseling Collective in the La Mesa network. Highest-acuity capabilities include emergency cesarean delivery with full surgical team activation and neonatal resuscitation protocols aligned with American Academy of Pediatrics NRP guidelines.