Women's care

The labor and delivery services at Summerville Medical Center are focused on providing a smooth, comfortable experience personalized to your desired birth plan. We offer spa-like birthing suites with mood lighting and advanced technology. Our experienced delivery team and support staff members are committed to making you feel supported from the moment you arrive.

Some of the childbirth services we provide include:

• Breastfeeding support from lactation consultants
• Newborn classes
• OB/GYN hospitalist program for 24/7 obstetrics coverage at the hospital
• Obstetric emergency room services
• On-site neonatal services for expedited care
• Postpartum mental health support
• Skin-to-skin bonding time
• Wireless fetal monitoring during labor

Summerville Medical Center's Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic is open five days a week to offer specialized care for expectant mothers—and their unborn babies—if your pregnancy is classified as high risk. Conditions that contribute to a high-risk pregnancy include hypertension, previous complex pregnancies, being pregnant with multiples, genetic history and age.

Our perinatologists (maternal-fetal experts) evaluate high-risk mothers-to-be on a consistent basis while also tracking fetal development. Services include:

• Advanced ultrasound services
• Fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
• Genetic counseling and testing
• Perinatal evaluation and treatment plan for each high-risk patient.
• Prenatal testing

Consistently evaluating your breast health is paramount to the early detection of breast cancer. A full spectrum of breast imaging and diagnostics, including mammograms and biopsies, are performed at the Trident Breast Care Center and Summerville Breast Center, plus normal ultrasounds and screening for osteoporosis.

Additionally, we offer mammograms at Moncks Corner Medical Center, so you don't have to travel far from home for a breast cancer screening.

Should you receive a breast cancer diagnosis, Trident Health's cancer care program offers advanced treatment options and support throughout your cancer journey.

Conditions such as uterine fibroids and endometriosis require surgical intervention. Our gynecological surgeons are trained in minimally invasive robotic surgery for a variety of these types of procedures, including:

• Endometriosis resection
• Myomectomy (fibroid removal)
• Single-site hysterectomy

Robot-assisted surgery allows the surgeon to be extremely precise and requires smaller incisions than traditional surgery. The potential benefits of robot-assisted surgery include less pain, reduced blood loss, shorter hospital stays and faster recovery.

In 2022, Summerville Medical Center launched an Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency Program, marking an important milestone for our growing women's and children's program and helping train the next generation of caregivers across the Lowcountry.

Our urogynecological program focuses on providing personalized treatments in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. Urogynecology is the board-certified surgical subspecialty of comprehensive female pelvic health encompassing related urology, gynecology, colorectal and neurologic conditions. Our treatment services include conditions such as:

• Incontinence (urinary and/or fecal)
• Pelvic or lower back pain
• Vaginal, bladder and rectal prolapse

Often, pelvic floor therapy can be helpful. When surgery is needed, some pelvic floor disorders can be treated with minimally invasive robotic surgery. To schedule a pelvic floor therapy appointment, contact (843) 970-5020.