Important Information about The Birth Place
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When Labor Begins & Your Arrival
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Delivering Your Baby at The Birth Place
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Visiting Policies at The Birth Place
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Keeping Your Baby Safe
When Labor Begins & Your Arrival
When labor begins,
call your physician immediately, unless he/she has given you other instructions. Please arrange to have
someone drive you to the hospital.
When you arrive, please check in with our Emergency Department, and the
staff will direct you to The Birth Place. If you are scheduled for a Cesarean
Section, please enter through the main lobby and go to The Birth Place
on the third floor.
What to Bring & What NOT to Bring
What to Bring
A pre-packed bag with your personal items:
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Clothes for you to go home in
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A blanket & outfit for your baby to go home in
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Nightgown or pajamas for yourself
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Robe
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Slippers
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Toiletries
If your physician has issued a Blood Type and RH card, please bring it with you.
What
NOT to Bring
Please do
not bring any of the following:
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Electrical appliances (i.e.: hair dryer, curling iron, etc.)
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Large quantities of cash
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Medications
ARMC provides you with all of your delivery needs.
Delivering Your Baby at The Birth Place
You will deliver in a labor, delivery, and recovery room (LDR) and will
stay 1-2 hours after birth (for vaginal delivery).
Immediately after birth, we practice skin to skin contact for an enhanced
bonding experience for newborns and parents.
Our staff has received special training to assist you with breast feeding.
The Birth Place also has a lactation consultant to assist you in breast feeding.
Your baby's security is very important to us. You will be informed
about the specifics of our infant safety procedure upon your arrival.
For information about the electronic security device placed on your baby's
ankle, please see our Keeping Your Baby Safe section.
Our
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is for babies that need observation, medication, or treatment. We will
inform you if your baby is transferred to the NICU.
Visiting Policies at The Birth Place
All visitors must wait outside the LDR for the first hour and a half after delivery.
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This private time is used specifically to acquaint the newborn with his/her parents.
After the skin to skin bonding, two (2) people are allowed to visit at
a time in the LDR. All other visitors can either rotate in to visit, or
they may wait in the Labor and Delivery waiting room.
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We understand that this is an exciting time for families and friends, but
due to fire department regulations, we cannot have people waiting in the hallways.
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Our two person visitation policy is also for the baby's protection
and infection control; we ask that visitors utilize the waiting room and
rotate visitation.
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Only siblings of the baby are allowed to visit. Other children may visit
if they are 12 and older.
Keeping Your Baby Safe
Keeping Your Baby Safe Infant security is a top priority at AHMC Anaheim
Regional Medical Center. We strongly encourage you to help us keep your
baby safe during your stay with us.
Here's how:
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NEVER leave your baby unsupervised.
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Please follow our visitor guidelines.
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Daily visiting hours are from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm.
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Unlimited visiting hours are provided to fathers/significant others.
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Children under the age of 12 are not allowed to visit unless they are siblings
of the newborn.
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Please limit the number of visitors in your room at all times; a waiting
room is available to help you accommodate this request.
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Visitors with signs of a communicable disease or infection, including colds
and flu, may not visit
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Try to keep your infant on the farthest side of your room, away from the door.
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Only give your baby to the appropriate staff members.
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Information about how to identify these staff members will be given to
you upon your arrival.
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If anyone comes into your room and suggests it is time for tests or lab
work that you don't know about, contact your nurse immediately.
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If you are ever unsure about who is taking your baby, check with your nurse
immediately.
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We never transport babies in our arms; we always use their cribs.
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If anyone tries to carry your infant out of the room, contact the nurses'
station immediately.
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Please make arrangements for your baby's safe arrival home by making
sure you bring clothes and a car seat for your baby's discharge from
the hospital.
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Discharge time is at 11:00 am.
Infant Security System
Your infant will have an electronic device placed on his/her ankle. Please
do not disturb or remove this tag during your hospital stay. This device
is used to identify your baby and will be removed when he/she is discharged
from the hospital.
You, your significant other, and your baby will have matching numbered
ID bands applied immediately after birth. Please do not remove these bands
during your hospital stay. They are a secondary form of identification
for you and your baby.
If you happen to lose your ID band, please notify your nurse immediately.
The bands will need to be changed and reapplied.