A Guide To Your New Family's First Weeks - Meriter Health Services
A Guide To Your New Family's First Weeks - Meriter Health Services
A Guide To Your New Family's First Weeks - Meriter Health Services
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If You’re Expecting....<br />
We look forward to making your baby’s arrival everything you want it to be... a warm, secure and memorable<br />
experience. Begin talking to your doctor or nurse midwife about your birth experience, and take the next<br />
steps today!<br />
Visit www.meriter.com/birthingcenter to:<br />
• Fill out <strong>Meriter</strong>’s secure hospital pre-registration form.<br />
• Register online for our childbirth and parenting classes.<br />
• Create a Birth Plan for your family.<br />
• Sign up for our Parent Review, a free weekly e-mail newsletter for expecting and new moms.<br />
• Learn more about Serendipity <strong>New</strong>born Photography.<br />
• Take a virtual tour of the Birthing Center and NICU.<br />
• Visit our <strong>Health</strong>y Living section, which contains a due date calculator, informative articles<br />
and more.<br />
• Print out directions and information for your Birthing Center visitors.<br />
• Read about other families’ birth experiences.<br />
• Learn about our Birthing Center, <strong>New</strong>born Intensive Care Unit and Perinatal Clinic.<br />
When to Call the Doctor: Signs of Illness.................................................. inside front cover<br />
Community Resources for Parents..................................................................... inside front cover<br />
Welcome to <strong>Meriter</strong>’s Birthing Center.......................................................................................6-7<br />
• Safety/Security<br />
• Hospital Safety<br />
The <strong>First</strong> Days: How to Plan..............................................................................................................8-9<br />
• <strong>Your</strong> Care from Delivery to Eight Hours<br />
After Birth<br />
• <strong>Your</strong> Care from Eight Hours to 24<br />
Hours After Birth<br />
Table of Contents<br />
• Information for Moms<br />
• Information for Fathers and Partners<br />
• <strong>Your</strong> Care from 24 Hours Until You Go<br />
Home<br />
• <strong>Your</strong> Family Checklist<br />
You should not consider the general health information provided in this publication as individual medical<br />
advice. If you have specific health questions, please talk with your health care provider.<br />
©The Birthing Center, <strong>Meriter</strong> Hospital – All rights reserved, 2010.<br />
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