Mälarsjukhuset, Sweden
2023
Sensory Delivery Room
The Wavecare sensory delivery room at Mälarsjukhuset in Sweden has become so popular that many pregnant women specifically request this room when giving birth. The hope is now that the maternity ward can expand with more rooms in 2026.
Delivery Room No. 6 at Mälarsjukhuset in Eskilstuna, Sweden, has been transformed into a Wavecare Sensory Delivery Room since May 2024.
Now, the room has become so popular that it is a trending topic on social media among expectant mothers in Sörmland. Many women request the birth room upon arrival, and several later share that it was a positive experience:
“It’s almost like being in a spa,” said Johanna Bjarnevi to Region Sörmland when she gave birth to little Clara in the sensory birth room as one of the first in May.
Noura, who became a mother to little Zain in September 2024, also felt that the sensory birth room helped her during labor:
“It went well and quite quickly. I believe the calming sounds and dimmed lights helped slow my breathing. For example, you can use the sound of waves: four seconds in, four seconds out,” the new mother told Vårdfokus.
At the maternity ward at Mälarsjukhuset, the focus is on supporting a safe birth in a calm and secure environment.
“Everything we do is about creating an environment that is peaceful, safe, and harmonious to help the woman and her partner relax. This system contributes to that,” says Anna Uhlin, midwife and project manager, to Vårdfokus.
“It’s almost like being in a spa”.
Johanna Bjarnevi, New Mother
The staff in the department also experience firsthand how the calming atmosphere in the room has a positive effect on them.
Project manager Anna Uhlin will conduct an evaluation in the coming period on midwives’ and birthing women’s experiences with the sensory room.
The maternity ward is the first in Sweden to implement Wavecare sensory rooms. The experiences have been so positive that there is a strong desire to establish Wavecare sensory birth rooms in all delivery rooms when the department moves to newly built facilities in the summer of 2026
Located in Eskilstuna, Sweden, Mälarsjukhuset is one of the main hospitals in the Sörmland region. Mälarsjukhuset in handles over 2,100 births annually.
In Denmark, the first sensory delivery room was established in 2012. Today, Wavecare sensory delivery rooms are set up in several Danish hospitals, while Wavecare sensory rooms are used in psychiatric settings.
A study from North Zealand Hospital (2014-2015) compared births in sensory delivery rooms with those in standard delivery rooms. An important result of the study is that: sensory delivery rooms.
Direkte fra sanserum nr. 6 på Mälarsygehuset i Eskilstuna
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