BIRTHING CENTER
LifeCare Birthing Center provides quality medical care and personalized attention during a very important milestone in your family's life. We offer the comforts of private suites with the Labor, Delivery, Recovery and Post-partum concept -- allowing families to have their entire birth process in the same room.
State-of-the-art healthcare is available from your provider in the comfort of a room with a home-like atmosphere.
PRENATAL CLASSES
Prior to delivery, LifeCare Medical Center staff is proud to offer Prenatal Classes to our community. These classes are done through a partnership with Roseau Community Education. Topics such as how to prepare for your birth experience, breathing and relaxation, pain management, mom and baby care, baby safety, breastfeeding, immunizations, and car seat safety are discussed at the sessions. The sessions are held
at LifeCare Medical Center, one night a week for three consecutive weeks, from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. throughout the year.
2009 Dates as Follows:
January 6th, 13th & 20th
April 14th, 21st & 28th
August 3rd, 10th & 17th
October 6th, 13th & 20th
Night #1 Itinerary
Preparing for childbirth
Labor & birth process
Breathing & Relaxation
Pain Management
Unexpected outcomes
C-section
Labor/Delivery
Tour CPR
Night #2 Itinerary
Breastfeeding
Information
Physical Therapy
Body Mechanics
Pre & Postnatal Exercise
Night #3 Itinerary
Normal Newborn
Immunizations
Car Seat Safety
Baby Bath & Newborn Cares
SIDS
Shaken Baby
Infant Feeding
We recommend Preparing for
Childbirth classes to be taken during your fifth month of
pregnancy. Therefore, you will have time to practice the
breathing and relaxation exercises and will be able to discuss
concerns and plans for labor with your doctor in a timely
manner.
Instructors:
Samantha Olson, RN
Heidi Lien, RN
Joanne Lambrides, RN
Amanda Kvien, PT
Labor and Birthing Room Tours may be arranged if you are not
planning to attend prenatal classes. Call Donna Johnson, RN at
(218) 463-3211, ext. 171 or email Donna at
donnajohnson@lifecaremc.com with any questions or if you would
like to arrange a tour.
There are pain management options for you to discuss with your healthcare provider. Our obstetric patients may be offered Epidural or Intrathecal morphine methods of pain management.
Special teaching is offered during your hospital stay on lactation education and the care of both mom and baby in order to help mom become comfortable with all the new things that she will be experiencing. In addition, LifeCare Home Care Services is available to make a follow-up visit to all new mothers after discharge.
The usual length of stay is 2 days for a vaginal birth and 3 days for a C-section.
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