Our staff of talented nurses and physicians is supported by a full array of modern medical technology to ensure that you and your baby receive expert medical care. Yet, Expectations also includes a warm, homelike place where you and your family can be together. Our Labor/Delivery/Recovery rooms nurture a comfortable, private setting for your birthing experience. Expectations provides the following:
|
Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Highest Level of Neonatal Care in the Area)  |
|
Perinatology Clinic |
|
Prenatal Classes |
|
Tours of the Labor/Delivery/Nursery Area are Available Upon Request by Calling 966-4188 |
|
Experienced Labor and Delivery, OB & Nursery Staff |
|
Labor/Delivery/Recovery Rooms |
|
Breastfeeding Program and Support with Certified Lactation Consultant (offering breast pump rentals & sales); Gift (Guided Infant Feeding Techniques) Certified Facility |
|
Rooming In Available |
|
Baby's First Portrait Package Available |
|
Diaper Bag |
|
Hearing Screening Test |
|
Internet Nursery |
|
Infant CPR Instruction |
|
Newborn Educational Videos Available for Viewing on Television in Hospital Room |
|
Shots for Tots Program is available at St. Francis Community Health Center every Wednesday evening from 3-7 pm. Call 966-4700 for more information |
|
WIC Clinic is available at the St. Francis Healthy Kids Clinic located at 414 Wood Street, Monroe. Call 966-6165 for more information. |
Breastfeeding Program
In the event you are breastfeeding, we can provide you with breastfeeding support and assistance. In fact, St. Francis has a full-time internationally-certified lactation consultant on staff to help you with concerns you may have about breastfeeding.
St. Francis is proud to be a Gift (Guided Infant Feeding Techniques) Certified Facility. This certification is from the Louisiana Maternal and Child Health Coalition and the Louisiana Perinatal Commission. St. Francis is the only hospital in Northeast Louisiana with this certification, and one of only 11 hospitals statewide. In order to receive this certification, St. Francis successfully met the criteria as documented through the "Ten Steps to a Healthy, Breastfed Baby." St. Francis received the Golden Gift Breastfeeding Award in recognition of its efforts in protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding as the preferred and normal method of infant feeding.
For information on breastfeeding, breast pump sales/rentals, please call 966-4044.
Internet Nursery
Share the wonderful news of your child's birth with family and friends all around the world through St. Francis Medical Center's "WebNursery." Simply tell your nurse you'd like to have your child included in the Web Nursery located on our website, www.stfran.com.
|
