Expect a space and environment designed to make your experience easier. When you choose the Family Birth Center, you benefit from a facility with:
- 100 percent private rooms
- A comfortable space for your support person to rest
- Cordless and waterproof fetal monitoring, so you can shower, and move around easily
- Birthing balls, to use during your labor
- Peanut balls, which have a curved shape, and help position your hips and pelvis to move the baby lower more easily during labor
Often you’ll have the same room throughout your stay — from labor and delivery to recovery and postpartum parent-baby care. Sometimes ”baby booms”’ happen, and when they do, Community Hospital has rooms available just down the hall. All rooms are private, all nurses are mother-baby specialists, and all lactation services are still available — all that changes is the view from your room.
Your birth team will include nurses most of whom are trained in labor, delivery, and recovery.
Your birthing room is your space. Feel free to bring comforting items from home to help you feel at ease. Some popular options include:
- A custom birth playlist
- Aromatherapy diffusers
- Cozy blankets
- Flameless candles
- Fluffy socks
- Massage rollers
- Your favorite pillow
A familiar, safe environment helps you stay grounded and ease anxiety during your delivery. Have questions about preparing for your stay? Your InJoy Health Education Understanding Birth digital library includes videos and information about crafting a birth plan, packing helpful items, and using comfort measures. You can access this library after registering for delivery in MyChart.
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Pain management
You’ll have the freedom to choose how you want to cope with and manage your labor, whether that’s exclusively using coping methods, pain medications, or epidural anesthesia. Your InJoy Health Education digital library reviews all treatment options available at Community Hospital and can help as you start to form a delivery plan.
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Food options
Nourish your body during labor and recovery. You’ll have access to a patient pantry that is open at all hours and includes a refrigerator, freezer, and microwave. The Fountain Court Café has delicious grab-and-go choices, grill options, and award-winning hand-scooped milkshakes for you to choose from. You’ll be able to order nutritious meals and snacks from our menu [PDF] and have them delivered straight to your room.
Our routine care supports gentle birth and family bonding, including immediate and uninterrupted skin-to-skin bonding and delaying non-essential care until after the golden hour. We always defer to the health of the newborn to guide us.
Rooming-in
The Family Birth Center is a rooming-in facility, meaning you and your baby are together the entire time unless either of you have a medical issue. This approach is part of the reason Baby-Friendly USA labeled us a Baby Friendly® hospital.
Delayed cord clamping
Delayed cord clamping is our preferred approach. We will always defer to the health of the newborn to guide us.
Golden hour
The first hour after birth is often known as the “golden hour” because it’s such an important time for you and your baby to bond. You can rest assured our team is on your schedule. If you and your baby are healthy, you’ll have uninterrupted time to:
- Snuggle your baby and enjoy skin-to-skin contact
- Breastfeed your child for the first time
- Bond with your partner or support person
