HillRom LDR Beds — Labour, Delivery, and Recovery Designed Around You
What Are HillRom LDR Beds?
LDR stands for Labour, Delivery, and Recovery — the three phases of birth that, at The Women's Hospital, take place in the same private room, in the same bed, with the same care team around you throughout. The HillRom LDR bed is the clinical centerpiece of that experience: a sophisticated, fully adjustable birthing bed designed specifically to support women through every stage of labor and delivery in a single, continuous, dignified environment.
Unlike standard hospital beds that require a woman to be moved between rooms for different phases of labor, the HillRom LDR bed transforms to support upright positions for active labor, provides full birthing support for delivery, and converts to a comfortable recovery bed once your baby has arrived — all without you needing to move. It is built for clinical precision and designed for human comfort, in equal measure.
How Does It Help?
Birth outcomes and birth experience are both affected by the environment in which labor takes place. A private, stable, familiar space where a woman can move freely, choose her position, and remain throughout the process without disruptive transfers supports both physiological and emotional aspects of birth.
Active Labor Support
The bed adjusts to support upright, seated, kneeling, and semi-reclined positions that are evidence-based for facilitating labor progress and reducing the need for intervention.
Delivery
How Is It Done?
Preparation
As part of your birth planning consultation at TWH, your midwife or obstetrician will walk you through the LDR room, show you how the bed adjusts, and discuss your preferences for positioning, movement, and pain relief during labor. There is nothing to prepare specifically — the room and bed are ready for you on arrival.
What Are The Benefits & Risks Of This Technology?
The HillRom LDR bed changes the birth experience in ways that are both practical and deeply human. Staying in one room, with one team, without transfers or disruptions, supports physiological labor, reduces anxiety, and protects the first moments of bonding between you and your baby. The clinical risks of any birth are specific to your individual pregnancy and delivery, and are discussed honestly and fully with your obstetrician as part of your birth plan.
Benefits
Continuity in a single room reduces the anxiety and disruption associated with transferring between rooms during different labor phases. Flexible positioning options support physiological labor and may reduce the need for intervention. Immediate skin-to-skin contact facilitated in the same space supports early bonding and breastfeeding establishment. A private, calm, familiar environment contributes to a more positive birth experience. Designed for full obstetric and neonatal access, so clinical safety is never compromised by the comfort-focused design.
Risks
The HillRom LDR bed is clinical equipment with no independent risk profile. All risks during labor and delivery are specific to the individual clinical situation and are discussed with your obstetric team as part of your birth plan.
