About Lakewood Family Birthplace
Happy Healthy Beginnings
The birth of your child is one of the most important and exciting days
of your life. The TMC Lakewood Family Birthplace is here to give you the
best possible care from the moment you discover you are expecting to the day
you enter our doors to deliver your baby…and afterwards, as you
care for your newborn at home. We are dedicated to ensuring your baby will
have a happy, healthy beginning.
Your peace of mind and comfort are as
important to us as they are to you. You will stay in a large,
400-square-foot, private birthing suite, complete with an en-suite
bathroom, designed in soothing and relaxing colors and décor. The unit
is designed to meet your specific needs. In true LDRP style, or
single-room maternity care, your peaceful, comfortable room will be
transformed into a state-of-the-art delivery environment with the most
advanced delivery equipment in maternity care today.
Features
The TMC Lakewood Family Birthplace will provide the optimum in
family-centered birthing services for your special delivery. Our new
19,290 square foot facility features
- 19 beautiful
Labor-Delivery-Recovery-Postpartum (LDRP) suites.rooms. Each private suite
features a picturesque view of the Lakewood grounds.
- New families can
remain in the same room throughout their stay. New moms may opt to use the
traditional Hill-Rom delivery bed throughout the course of their stay or,
after delivery, move to queen-sized Murphy Beds for more home-like comfort.
- Two dedicated operating rooms.
- An upgraded four-bed patient triage area to
provide privacy and quiet in the early stages of labor.
- A large nursery with
a separate special-care nursery for privacy with the newborn or sick babies.
- Flat-screen TV and Wi-Fi in all rooms
- A spa with a jetted tub for
early labor and after-delivery comfort.
Amenities
- Fetal monitor telemetry to
allow mom to walk during labor.
- A birthing ball, great for
relieving discomfort during pregnancy and labor..
- Special front-open gowns,
designed to provide full coverage and comfort to mom.
- Epidural pain management is
available 24/7.
Peace of Mind for Parents and Families
Babies are our most precious assets, and keeping them safe and
secure is of utmost importance. The Lakewood Family Birthplace has a
state-of the art infant security system that includes:
Abduction prevention, which monitors all routes leading away
fromprotected areas.
Automatic linking of mother and infant, which prevents the possibility
of mistaken identity.
Additionally, TMC Lakewood’s security staff is on-site around the clock
and makes frequent rounds/security checks on the unit.
Visiting Hours
This is a joyous time in your life. We encourage your family to be
involved in your delivery experience. At TMC Lakewood, we believe dads are
important, too, and they are welcome to visit any time. We also have
generous visiting hours for siblings, extended family and friends after your
baby is born.
Since we want to help keep your newborn healthy and happy, we encourage
visitors who are not well to delay their visit. And, to help you
continue to feel your best, we recommend visits be limited to 30 minutes to
allow for as much rest as possible.
Questions or concerns? Your admitting nurse will be happy to help you.
Visitors are welcome daily from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.