What to expect during your stay at Women & Babies Hospital
We want you to have the delivery experience you hope for. During your pregnancy, we encourage you to make a birth plan detailing your labor and delivery wishes. Our attentive staff follow your plan as closely as possible, keeping the health and safety of you and your baby as our top priority.
If you’d like a natural childbirth, and it’s safe for you and your baby, our providers from obstetrics and maternity care and midwifery services can help you deliver without medication. Our labor and delivery nurses are also trained in relaxation techniques to help you manage your pain, and we offer whirlpool tubs and showers for pain relief.
Our anesthesiologists are on site 24/7 to provide pain relief medication like an epidural. Fully equipped surgical suites are available for scheduled and unplanned C-sections (cesarean delivery).
Our maternal-fetal medicine specialists monitor you in our special care unit if you’re experiencing pre-term labor or have a high-risk pregnancy. If your provider has concerns that your baby may need special care after birth, staff from our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) attend the delivery and care for your baby.
After delivering your baby, you recover in a private, post-birth room. The comfortably furnished room is spacious to accommodate you and your partner, your baby, and visitors. Rooming in with your baby supports family bonding and helps you get to know your newborn. Our certified lactation consultants may visit you to offer breastfeeding and breast-care guidance.
Your nurse checks on you throughout the day and night to ensure you’re recovering well. We also have daily quiet time when you can rest. Staff try to avoid coming into your room during that time.
Your baby’s pediatrician will examine your baby in your room within 24 hours of birth. They’ll do newborn screenings and make sure your baby is doing well after delivery.
Amenities and services in your private couplet-care room include:
- Complimentary chair massage
- Hair dryer
- Mini fridge
- Private bathroom with shower
- Restaurant-style meals
- Space for your partner to sleep
- TV
- Wi-Fi
To ensure your family’s safety, we have 24/7 on-site security equipped with the latest technology. Only registered visitors and staff have access to your room.
We offer new parents a complimentary professional photography session at your bedside. Before you leave the hospital, our photographers from WelcomeNewborn capture a few photos of your new family. There’s no pressure to purchase these photos, but we offer several packages to help you remember these precious early moments with your new baby.
Depending on your recovery and your baby’s health, you can expect to stay at Women & Babies Hospital for one to four nights. Checkout is at 11 a.m. each day. Our knowledgeable staff answers any questions you have about transitioning home and connects you to resources you’re interested in, such as support groups, newborn care classes, postpartum recovery care, and lactation services.
Before you leave, a maternity nurse guides you through our SAFE sleep program. We review safe newborn sleep practices, which includes placing your baby in their crib alone, on their back, on a firm surface, with nothing else in their crib. We also check your car seat before you leave, making sure you know how to install it and safely buckle in your newborn.