Labor & Delivery
Labor & Delivery
There are few things more precious in life than giving birth. At Wise Regional Health System, we are happy to be able to share in this joy. Individual attention and a more home-like atmosphere make labor and delivery at Wise Regional a rewarding experience.
Our spacious, private delivery suites allows for you and your family to remain in one comfortable, familiar room throughout the birthing process. The safety of our parents and their newborn is a priority for our hospital. The labor & delivery unit is accessible through a locked entrance and only patient approved visitors are allowed inside. Rooming-in is encouraged and a variety of education is offered, including infant care, breast-feeding and child safety.
Highly trained RN’s are on duty 24-hours a day, 7-days a week to provide care and support for new mothers and their infants. Nurses are trained in advanced cardiac life support as well as neonatal resuscitation. And with a low nurse to patient ratio, there is more time for individual instruction and care.
Wise Regional Health System is proud to be a Center of Excellence in Women’s Services and have board certified physicians who specialize in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Our OB/GYN’S are specially trained in all areas of pregnancy and postpartum, including: preconceptional health, labor and childbirth, genetics, and genetic counseling.
Level IIA Nursery
Wise Regional is the only American Academy of Pediatrics designated Level IIA Nursery in the region. This designation means that our nurses are trained to care for infants with moderate risk of serious complications related to immaturity, illness, and/or their management and have the ability to provide assisted ventilation for infants with respiratory problems. This means that your baby can remain at Wise Regional instead of being transported to another facility should the need arise.
Pediatric Hospitalist Program
Having a baby is one of the most joyous experiences in life. But despite your best efforts in planning, there are aspects of childbirth that are out of your control. If you have to have an emergency caesarean section or are a high-risk delivery, knowing you have the services of a pediatric hospitalist available can bring a little extra comfort. Wise Regional is the only hospital in our area that offers a pediatric hospitalist program.
What is a pediatric hospitalist?
A pediatric hospitalist is a board-certified pediatrician, located in the hospital, who cares for hospitalized children. From labor and delivery to the emergency department, hospitals with a pediatric hospitalist on staff can provide care for children 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Being located in the hospital, they are able to provide more timely care and are able to consult with a patient’s family more efficiently.
Pediatric hospitalists work with your pediatrician and other specialists to care for your child to provide high-quality care day or night.
Expecting the unexpected can help to prepare you, should your child face a stay in the hospital. Knowing you have someone dedicated to your child’s care 24/7 can bring peace of mind in a troubling situation.
Newborn Hearing Screening
According to the National Institutes of Health, nearly 12,000 babies are born each year in the United States with a hearing impairment. And according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, the treatment for these infants with hearing loss has the best results when the loss is identified and intervention begins before the child reaches six months of age.
Texas has one of the largest newborn hearing screening programs in the country and is continually ranked as one of the best. As part of this program, Wise Regional Health System has earned a Distinguished Certification for Newborn Hearing Screening by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
The program sets and measures performance standards for all Texas hospital-based hearing screening programs for newborns. The goal is to detect hearing loss in newborns as soon as possible and provide direction to services in order to prevent delays in communication and cognitive skill development.
Lullaby Button
The first sound a new mother looks forward to the most is the cry of her new baby. The second? At Wise Regional Health System it’s the classic, soothing notes of Brahms’ Lullaby.
From money raised by hospital auxiliary volunteers, a Lullaby Button was recently installed in the labor and delivery nurses’ station at Wise Regional. When a baby is born, 18 seconds of guitar notes from the familiar children’s lullaby is played softly throughout the hospitals main areas, letting everyone know a new life has arrived, uplifting spirits and reminding us of just how precious life is and allowing them to share the moment of joy and, in a small way, celebrate with the new parents.
When you’re a new parent you want to shout to the world and let everyone know about your new baby. Our new mothers delight when they hear it after they’ve delivered, it’s rewarding for them to be able to share their joy with others.
And for families who gather in the waiting room anticipating the arrival of the newest member, they rejoice when they hear the tune, knowing it is for “their” baby.
Wise Regional averages 60 births per month, so for full-time staff, it’s a welcome sound and not too overwhelming. One group of hospital volunteers noted, “We look forward to hearing it each day.”
What to pack for the hospital
As your due date approaches, you may want to start thinking about what you’re going to take with you to the hospital. Here are a few items to remember for you and baby.
For you:
- Comfortable, loose-fitting pajamas
- Robe
- Slippers/Socks
- Nursing bra if you will be breast feeding and undergarments
- Comfortable, loose-fitting clothes and shoes to wear home
- Camera
- Toothbrush/Toothpaste
- Hairbrush
For baby:
- Clothing for first picture
- Socks or booties
- Blanket
- Clothing to wear home
- Car seat
Education
Infant Security
- How parents can help
- Hospital Checklist
- Home Checklist
Newborn Channel
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, patients can watch over 40 programs covering critical parenting topics, including:
- Infant care
- New mom care
- Breastfeeding
- Car seat safety
- Development
- Family Life
- Immunizations
See our Events Calendar for:
Childbirth classes, breastfeeding classes, Pedi first aid, SIDS/CPR
