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At Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, we believe that birth is one of the most joyous and exciting times that a family will share. Our goal is to do all that we can to insure that the birth experience reflects the needs and desires of every mother and family.

New Beginnings Family Birth Care offers innovative, state-of-the-art care in a comfortable, nurturing, family friendly environment. The New Beginnings model provides a unique birthing experience for each mother and her family.

Birth care services are provided in The John M. Gibbons Pavilion for Women, located on the fourth floor of Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center's Patient Care Tower. The pavilion is named in honor of John M. Gibbons Jr., M.D., for his leadership as director and chairman of Saint Francis' Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology from 1970 to 1994, and in recognition of generous gifts from the department, the Gibbons family and the Catherine and Frederick Peyser Trust.

It offers enhanced privacy features, attractive and comfortable surroundings and the latest medical technology. Facilities include:

• 14 labor/delivery/recovery rooms
• 30 postpartum beds
• 26-bassinet well baby nursery
• 28-bassinet Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• 2 cesarean section delivery rooms
• State-of-the-art antepartum diagnostic center

The experienced staff works to create a positive and supportive environment. Among the features of the Saint Francis birth experience:

• Fathers or other support persons can share in the labor experience
• Unlimited visiting for partners; cots for those who wish to stay overnight
• Sibling visiting in the postpartum rooms
• Rooming in for newborns
• Sibling classes to prepare siblings for baby's arrival
• Childbirth education classes and refresher classes
• Lactation consultant
• If necessary, for infants with medical problems, there is a Special Care Nursery on site and access to the Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit within the pavilion. The unit offers parenting rooms and feeding rooms where parents can visit with their infants.

Outpatient prenatal care is offered at the Center for Women's Health on the Saint Francis Campus and the Burgdorf/Fleet Health Center on the Mount Sinai Campus.

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