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Portsmouth Regional Hospital: labor and delivery in Portsmouth, NH

Portsmouth Regional Hospital is a hospital in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire that delivers babies. It handled 510 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 25% delivered by C-section (205 such births). That is below the New Hampshire rate of 28% and below the U.S. median of 26%.

25%First-birth C-section rate
510Deliveries in 2025
YesBirthing-Friendly designation
94Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
3 of 5Patient survey stars
3 of 5Overall hospital stars

Birth services at Portsmouth Regional Hospital

Doula support
Lactation consultants
Childbirth and parenting classes

Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.

Address and phone

333 Borthwick Ave
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Rockingham County

Call (603) 436-5110 Directions

Emergency department: Yes
Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
Ownership: For-profit

How Portsmouth Regional Hospital compares

Measure, 2025	This hospital	New Hampshire	U.S.
First-birth C-section rate	25%	28%	26% (median)
Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries	94	227	285
Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000	54	–	68

Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Top 25% (fewest complications). Not counting transfusion-only cases: Middle 50%.

In New Hampshire, Portsmouth Regional Hospital has the 3rd-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 14 hospitals that report one.

The first-birth C-section rate counts first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby. Complication rates are adjusted for patient risk. Our data explains each number.

What patients say

Patient survey summary: 3 of 5 stars
71% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
68% of patients rated this hospital 9 or 10 out of 10

Survey results cover all patients at the hospital, not only maternity patients.

Birthing-Friendly designation

Portsmouth Regional Hospital holds the federal Birthing-Friendly designation. Hospitals earn it by taking part in a perinatal quality collaborative and following maternal safety practices.

Other hospitals that deliver babies near Portsmouth

Hospital	City	Miles	First-birth C-section rate	Deliveries, 2025	Birthing-Friendly
Exeter Hospital Inc.	Exeter	9.2	25%	560	Yes
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital	Dover	11	23%	1,738	Yes
Anna Jaques Hospital	Newburyport	18	33%	599	Yes
Holy Family Hospital	Methuen	30	29%	788	Yes
Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital	Lawrence	30	35%	1,314	Yes
Elliot Hospital	Manchester	33	32%	2,435	Yes