Wellstar Spalding Medical Center: labor and delivery in Griffin, GA
Wellstar Spalding Medical Center is a hospital in Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia that delivers babies. It handled 825 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 34% delivered by C-section (238 such births). That is above the Georgia rate of 30% and above the U.S. median of 26%.
- 34%First-birth C-section rate
- 825Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 592Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 2 of 5Patient survey stars
- 2 of 5Overall hospital stars
Birth services at Wellstar Spalding Medical Center
- Newborn care: NICU on site
- Private labor and delivery rooms
- Midwifery care
- Lactation consultants
- Skin-to-skin time after birth
- Birth center tours
- High-risk pregnancy and maternal-fetal medicine care
Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.
Address and phone
601 South 8th Street
Griffin, GA 30223
Spalding County
Call (770) 228-2721 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
- Ownership: Nonprofit, Private
How Wellstar Spalding Medical Center compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 34% | 30% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 592 | 343 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 47 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Bottom 25% (most complications). Not counting transfusion-only cases: Top 25% (fewest complications).
In Georgia, Wellstar Spalding Medical Center has the 54th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 64 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
- 56% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 62% 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
Wellstar Spalding Medical Center 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 Griffin
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piedmont Henry Hospital | Stockbridge | 19 | 28% | 2,071 | Yes |
| Piedmont Fayette Hospital | Fayetteville | 20 | 34% | 2,981 | Yes |
| Southern Regional Medical Center | Riverdale | 23 | 25% | 809 | No |
| Upson Regional Medical Center | Thomaston | 25 | 30% | 312 | Yes |
| Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Inc. | Newnan | 29 | 31% | 965 | Yes |
| Piedmont Rockdale Hospital | Conyers | 34 | 30% | 1,356 | Yes |
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