10/28/2026
St. Joes closing its L&D is incredibly frustrating news in an area that already has extremely limited delivery options. I have a lot of thoughts and feelings about this, and not enough capacity to express them eloquently so I’ll simply leave you with options at this time 👇
Given the drive many will have to take to get to Boardman anyways, these will be comparable drives for many in Trumbull County:
• Summa in Akron
• UPMC Horizon in Farrell
• Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest
• AHN Wexford
• Ahuja
A little further but still an option:
• AHN West Penn
• The Midwife Center (highly recommend for those seeking physiological birth)** It’s the only English birth center near us.
• UPMC Magee
• Aultman Orrville
• MetroHealth
And of course — home! I have an entire list of home birth midwives that serve our area on my website:
Information on home birth and contact info for home birth midwives in Northeast Ohio