Your health care team will come and check on you as needed.
In our maternity unit at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, we provide nurturing care for new mothers and their babies, and for women who require hospitalization during pregnancy. We support you and your family as you welcome your new baby and prepare for your new life together.
Our staff partners with you and your family to provide a family-centered environment. We work closely with your obstetrician to provide you and your baby with the maternity services you need.
Our team members include:
We provide quick, 24-hour access to pediatric hospitalists, high-risk obstetricians, anesthesiologists, neonatologists and a full range of pediatric services should you or your baby require specialty care. We are right down the hall from Stanford Hospital & Clinics and can easily provide access to their adult specialists.
We are the only children's hospital in the local area—and one of the few in the country—to offer obstetric, delivery and newborn services all in one place.
We encourage you and your baby to participate in Couplet Care, in which your baby stays at your bedside if there are no medical issues. You and your baby benefit dramatically by remaining as close as possible after birth. Together, you can enjoy:
We honor your desire for privacy. That's why all of our labor rooms are private. Also, all our postpartum (maternity) rooms are private with rare exceptions during periods of very high demand. All rooms feature:
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We provide delicious, personalized room service at every meal. You can call to place an order from our full menu. We’ll freshly prepare your meal according to your order, and deliver it to your bedside. A daily afternoon tea and snacks are also served to you and your partner. You are also welcome to store food or drinks from home in our unit’s patient refrigerators.
Hospital-grade pumps are available for rent and can be delivered to your hospital room before your discharge. Let your maternity or lactation consultant know if you would like to rent a pump.
Your medical team will visit you and your baby throughout the day so we can address any medical needs or questions you may have.
Your health care team will come and check on you as needed.
Our nurses change shifts at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Each new nurse will come to talk to you, answer your questions, and conduct a physical assessment on both you and your baby.
The pediatrician you select will visit you and your baby daily. If you have not selected a pediatrician, a Packard Children’s Hospital pediatrician will visit.
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