LABOR AND DELIVERY

At Mid-Valley Hospital’s Birthing Center, our focus is entirely on you, Mom. Your special needs and your individual style guide a safe and pleasant birthing experience for parents and newborns. Your birthing experience here has been designed to promote family togetherness in a secure environment.

Our birthing suites are much larger than traditional hospital rooms and feature a private bathroom and shower, a rocking chair, television, telephone, radio, and other amenities. Our facilities and medical team are prepared and equipped for any situation during the birthing process. If you need a Cesarean section, an operating suite is located close by for immediate use. Our promise is to make your delivery day as smooth and comfortable as possible.

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  • Individualized labor support based on your personal birth preferences.
  • Private rooms offer a home-like atmosphere to make your hospital stay enjoyable.
  • You may always keep your baby with you.
  • Nurses are available to help with breastfeeding.
  • Lactation consultants are available to work with you and your baby for successful breastfeeding by appointments or Doctor’s orders.
  • Newborn hearing screens prior to discharge.
  • Infants and moms are banded with identical bands at birth.
  • Immediate post-delivery skin-to-skin contact as newborn/mother’s health allows.

For Mom:

  • Items that you want for labor – exercise balls, back rub lotion, music…
  • Comfortable nightgowns
  • Robe & slippers
  • Toiletries, such as shampoo, soap, toothpaste, makeup
  • Loose fitting going-home outfit.

For Baby:

  • Going-home outfit
  • Car seat

Support Person:

  • Camera
  • Extra change of clothes
  • Toiletry kit
  • Books, magazines, personal electronics

Patients may have whomever they desire at the delivery. There may be 2 support persons for a delivering mother per day. (This includes the Doula). Once the mother has delivered and recovered (approx. 2 hours) the 2nd support person will need to leave. Only 1 support person will be allowed for the remainder of the stay.

Regular visiting hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. although new fathers/support person are permitted at any time. There is one bed in each postpartum room available for the father/support person to stay in overnight if desired.

Visitors with any kind of disease such as colds, flu, or chicken pox should wait until they are better before visiting the new baby.