Breastfeeding Class

This class will teach you everything you need to know about getting a good start with breastfeeding. Learn how to read your baby's cues, determine if breastfeeding is going well, how to tell if your baby is getting enough milk and how to identify and manage breastfeeding challenges. Expectant mothers are urged to bring their partner, support person or family member. Classes are taught by a board-certified lactation consultant.

Breastfeeding Services (Lactation Consults)

For those mothers who choose to breastfeed, a board-certified lactation consultant makes rounds to rooms, consults with you on positioning and provides any other breastfeeding assistance that you may need. They are also available after you leave the hospital.

Cesarean Birth

Cesarean delivery (also called a cesarean section or C-section) is the surgical delivery of a baby by an incision through the mother's abdomen and uterus. This procedure is performed when it is determined to be a safer method than a vaginal delivery for the mother, baby, or both.

Childbirth Preparation Classes

This class helps the expectant mom and support person learn what to expect during labor and delivery, signs of early labor, Lamaze relaxation and breathing techniques, Ceasarean birth and pain management choices. Important information is given on infant care, safety and adjusting to parenthood.

Dilation and Curettage

Dilation and curettage (also called D & C) is  a minor operation in which the cervix is dilated (expanded) so that the cervical canal and uterine lining can be scraped with a curette (spoon-shaped instrument).

Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring

Electronic fetal heart monitoring is done during pregnancy, labor, and delivery to keep track of the heart rate of your baby (fetus) and the strength and duration of the contractions of your uterus. Your baby's heart rate is a good way to tell whether your baby is doing well or may have some problems. Two types of monitoring, external and internal, can be done.

Gift Shop

An on-site gift shop is available.

Gynecological Care and Exams

The medical specialty dealing with health of the female reproductive system.

Health Library

The full-service Health Library has a librarian that can assist you in searching for trusted health information through the most up-to-date journals, texts and databases available today.  

Hospital Tours

Tours of the hospital facility are available.

Hysterectomy

Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus. Different portions of the uterus, as well as other organs, may be removed at the same time.

Hysteroscopy

Hysteroscopy is the visual examination of the canal of the cervix and interior of the uterus using a thin, lighted, flexible tube called a hysteroscope. The device is inserted through the vagina.

Incontinence Treatment

Urinary incontinence, an inability to control urination, is common in patients of all ages. Simple therapies, such as diet modification, avoiding liquids before bedtime, or changing medications can immediately improve urinary incontinence. However, when an infection or serious illness inhibits a patient's ability to control bladder function, more aggressive treatment may be needed. Non-invasive outpatient procedures, biofeedback, medications and surgery are among several options.

Infant Massage Classes

A certified infant massage instructor will teach you the latest massage techniques for your baby.

Infant Safety and CPR Class

Teaches parents infant safety, CPR techniques and provides hands-on practice with a model.

Maternity Classes

A variety of classes designed to prepare women and their partner for the birth of a child.

Maternity Pre-Registration

It is important that you pre-register to deliver your baby. It is best to complete this pre-registration at least four months before your due date.

Maternity Tour

You and your family are welcome to tour our hospital facilities. These free tours are offered both evenings and weekends.

Menopausal Care

Care for women who have reached the time in their life in which the menstrual cycle ends.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

A unit for treating premature and critically ill newborns. Neonatologists (physicians who specialize in the care of premature and sick babies) work closely with a team of specially trained registered nurses, respiratory therapists, medial social workers and other neonatal professionals.

Newborn Care

Treatment received by a newborn child from the date of birth until 30 days following discharge from the hospital.

Newborn Hearing Screens

Trained staff members of the hospital use a procedure called Automated Auditory Brainstem Response (AABR). The screener sends sounds through small earphones which are placed over each ear. Small sensors which are attached to your baby's skin pick up your baby's response from the brain to the sounds he/she hears. Your baby's response to the sounds are analyzed by the screener.

Nutrition Counseling

Developing a heart-healthy eating plan can help you reduce your cholesterol and maintain a healthy body weight, both of which are important in the prevention of heart disease. Nutrition counseling provides individual consultations with a nutritionist designed to create a healthy eating plan that is right for you. The nutritionist will review your blood lipid profile, discuss your current eating patterns and provide you with educational materials on foods that will lower your cardiovascular disease risk.

Nutrition Planning

Nutrition services offer an opportunity to receive expert advice from a dietitian. A diet analysis and consultation will benefit you whether you are looking to control weight loss or gain, implement a health eating pattern, or looking for a plan to assist in the prevention of disease.

OB Anesthesia

There are many options available to laboring mothers to help manage the pain including:

• Analgesics: medications to relieve pain
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  Non-medicated measures: special techniques including relaxation, touch, imagery, meditation, and breathing
• Anesthesia: medications that cause loss of sensation and block the pain such as epidural anesthesia, local block, spinal anesthesia, and general anesthesia

Online Nursery

An online nursery allows family and friends to access a secured Web site and view the baby's first official photos.

Parents with Siblings Classes

This one-session program helps prepare brothers and sister for the new baby. Parent watch their children learn how to diaper and hold the baby. A Family Maternity Center tour included. Recommended for children ages 3-10. Class is free.

Pelvic Floor Repair

Surgical repair of the pelvic floor, which refers to the pelvic diaphragm, the sphincter mechanism of the lower urinary tract, the upper and lower vaginal supports, and the internal and external anal sphincters. It is a network of muscles, ligaments and other tissues that hold up the pelvic organs (vagina, rectum, uterus and bladder). When this system is torn or weakens, the organs may shift, bulge and push outward or against each other. As a result, women may suffer from urinary or fecal incontinence or obstruction, vaginal prolapse, vaginal pain, sexual dysfunction, and other problems.

Pelvic Organ Prolapse Treatment

Post-Menopausal Care

Specialized care to address the different health concerns women have after menopause, such as hormonal changes, cardiovascular risks, and osteoporosis.

Sibling Class/Tour

A special class and facility tour designed for the siblings of a new baby.

Ultrasound

An ultrasound, also called sonography, is a diagnostic imaging technique which uses high-frequency sound waves and a computer to create images of blood vessels, tissues and organs. Ultrasounds are used to view internal organs as they function, and to assess blood flow through various vessels.

Ultrasound Densitometry

This measures bone in the heel, shinbone or kneecap. It is also used as a screening tool and while not as precise as absorptiometry techniques, it is still effective, inexpensive, portable and uses no radiation. This technique is primarily used as a screening tool to predict fracture risk.

Urinary Incontinence Treatment

Loss of bladder control is not a disease. Rather, it is a sign that a problem may exist. Regular leakage of urine can occur with certain movements, during pregnancy or times of stress. When leakage of urine becomes frequent or severe enough to become a social or hygienic problem, it is called urinary incontinence. Leakage of urine that cannot be controlled should prompt the patient to see a doctor. Proper diagnosis and treatment may correct the problem and ease the symptoms of urinary incontinence.

Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)

This term describes the delivery of an infant through the birth canal for women who had previously given birth by Cesarean section.

Volunteer Services

Volunteers help with many aspects of customer service at our facilites, such as:

• Visiting patients to ask about non-medical needs and offer emotional support
• Serving as reception and information clerks
• Assisting visitors and patients with directions
• Transporting patients throughout the hospitals
• Assisting in hospital gift shops

Yoga for Childbirth

Enhance awareness of and confidence in pregnancy, labor and birth through yoga. Learn and practice postures, breath work, meditation, and visualization that are both beneficial and enjoyable for the rest of pregnancy and during labor.