Nursing Care
Your 
vital signs will be taken frequently during and following delivery. Full epidural services are available if needed. The nurse will check and massage your fundus (top of uterus) until it is firm. During this time, a physical assessment will be performed on your baby.
Memorial Hospital offers highly individualized care. Nursing staff will know you and your infant well and you will feel comfortable with the friendly, personalized care. I.D. bands will be placed on you and your baby. Also your baby’s footprints as well as fingerprints will be taken for your complete peace of mind.
Your new little one will not be a stranger very long in Memorial’s family-centered unit. Parents are encouraged to keep the baby in the room to allow for optimal bonding opportunities. Your postpartum room is private, with a private bathroom, and is uniquely decorated to make your first moments with the newcomer as homelike as possible.
Since our main concern is for the health and well-being of you, the new mom, and your baby, a nursery is available if you need additional rest. For this reason, we also ask visitors to leave by 10:00 p.m. Of course, fathers may stay as long as they want. We encourage dad to hold, feed, and bathe the baby.
If your new baby has brothers and/or sisters, they may hold the baby if you don’t mind. Grandparents, too, with your permission may cuddle the newcomer .
