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St Vincent's Birmingham: labor and delivery in Birmingham, AL

St Vincent's Birmingham is a hospital in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama that delivers babies. It handled 3,184 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 30% delivered by C-section (1,130 such births). That is above the Alabama rate of 28% and above the U.S. median of 26%.

30%First-birth C-section rate
3,184Deliveries in 2025
YesBirthing-Friendly designation
398Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
2 of 5Patient survey stars
3 of 5Overall hospital stars

Birth services at St Vincent's Birmingham

Newborn care: Level III NICU
Lactation consultants
Childbirth and parenting classes
Birth center tours
OB hospitalists on staff
High-risk pregnancy and maternal-fetal medicine care

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

Address and phone

810 St Vincent's Drive
Birmingham, AL 35205
Jefferson County

Call (205) 939-7000 Directions

Emergency department: Yes
Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
Ownership: Nonprofit, Private

How St Vincent's Birmingham compares

Measure, 2025	This hospital	Alabama	U.S.
First-birth C-section rate	30%	28%	26% (median)
Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries	398	382	285
Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000	67	–	68

Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Middle 50%.

In Alabama, St Vincent's Birmingham has the 22nd-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 33 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: 2 of 5 stars
69% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
65% 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

St Vincent's Birmingham 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 Birmingham

Hospital	City	Miles	First-birth C-section rate	Deliveries, 2025	Birthing-Friendly
University of Alabama Hospital	Birmingham	0.8	35%	3,033	Yes
Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital	Birmingham	3.2	–	3,026	Yes
Grandview Medical Center	Birmingham	6.5	26%	2,910	Yes
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System	Bessemer	16	37%	463	Yes
Walker Baptist Medical Center	Jasper	34	16%	719	Yes
Coosa Valley Medical Center	Sylacauga	39	–	101	Yes