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The Women's Pavilion offers a supportive and comforting
atmosphere for the birthing family. Highly trained maternity nurses,
lactation consultants, doulas, midwives and physicians are all available
to help make the adjustment (both physical and psychological) to
being a new mom as easy as possible.
The new mom and her family are supported in having
the kind of birth experience they want. Although safety for mom
and baby are our first concern, we also believe that childbirth
is a profound experience for women. To that end, satisfaction and
comfort are also very important.
You will be asked at around 36 weeks to fill out
a birth plan. This document along with the childbirth education
classes, will help you become familiar with the different choices
you have in creating the birth you want.
Some of the birth experiences that require special
preparation are as follows:
Water Birth: At the Women's Pavilion
we believe that water birth is a safe birthing alternative. We have
a special tub for planned water birth. Although there are tubs in
each room, this large tub is more conducive to a water birth. We
encourage women to use the smaller tubs for comfort during labor.
If you think this is a style of birthing that you are interested
in, please talk to your midwife or physician. You will be asked
to watch a video, discuss the pros and cons of this choice at length
and sign a special consent form prior to the start of your labor.
Cesarean
Birth: We believe that whether unplanned or planned, a
cesarean birth, although surgery, is still a special birth of a
child. We try to make this experience as safe and as satisfying
as possible for the mother and her family. In a true emergency,
sometimes many things are happening all at once and it can be quite
frightening. We try to have one nurse or staff person with the mom
at all times. We also think it is very important to keep the father
and other support persons involved and well-informed about what
is happening. When the cesarean is planned (or a non-emergency),
as the mom is being readied for surgery, the support person who
will accompany her is also getting dressed. That support person
will then rejoin the mother once the anesthesia is in place and
we are ready to start the surgery. We try to create a soothing atmosphere
by doing such things as dimming non-essential lights, using aromatherapy
for relaxation, playing soothing music, talking softly when baby
is born and allowing mom and dad to hold the baby as long as is
feasible.
We offer many childbirth education classes.
To view them click here.
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