The process of childbirth is one of the most natural things in the world — and also one of the most overwhelming. You are excited for the new addition to your family, but also concerned about the unknowns and everything that comes after your hospital stay. Columbus Community Hospital is here to help.
We opened our new maternal child health department in 2021 so patients like you can feel more comfortable as you are undergoing this life transition. Many of the changes in the department help new mothers feel more relaxed with the process — such as our labor, delivery and postpartum rooms, which allow you to stay in the same room during your entire stay. The move expanded our department, nearly doubling its size from 10,200 square feet on the second floor to 18,400 square feet in the new location.
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Our maternal child health department features:
- Eight labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum rooms (LDRPs)
- A surgical suite
- Four postpartum rooms
- A larger special care nursery with private rooms
- A guest waiting room
- Two nourishment centers for families
When you stay on our unit, you receive care from a highly competent and skilled nursing team, including lactation counselors. Additionally, a group of certified pediatric hospitalists provides infant care as needed around the clock. Not only is the unit available for pregnant women and new mothers, but it also welcomes patients recovering from gynecological surgeries.
Our maternal child health department delivers about 600 babies each year, and we collaborate with local obstetricians and physicians to care for high-risk labor patients.
CCH is pleased to offer some of the latest advancements in maternal and child health, as well as other special touches to make your birthing experience the best it can be. For example, when your baby is born, we play Brahms' Lullaby on our overhead paging system so the entire hospital can share in your joy.
Education and classes
Staff at CCH also strive to provide you with the education you need to best care for yourself and your new baby. The maternal child health department offers childbirth, baby care and breastfeeding classes and tours of the unit.
CCH's Bump and Beyond prepared childbirth class teaches expectant parents about:
- The third trimester of pregnancy
- The labor process
- Comfort techniques
- Medical procedures
- Pain relief options
- Cesareans
- Postpartum care, including recognizing the signs of postpartum depression
- Newborn care
- Breastfeeding, and more
For more information on all our classes or to register to attend, call 402-562-3266.
For a full list of all the department's programs and services, see below:
Suites
The setting you choose for your birthing experience matters, and we have designed our suites to help you feel comfortable. Our LDRP private suites have comfortable furnishings and allow you to remain in the same room throughout your stay.
A central fetal monitor system, located at the main nurses' station, allows CCH's nursing staff to observe several women in labor. Nurses are able to monitor the mother's and child's well-being at all times during the labor process, not only within the room, but at the central station as well. If the doctor needs to be contacted, the system will allow them to view the fetal monitor strip from their office or home.
A separate operating room is located within the maternal child health unit; it's specifically for our patients who need to deliver via cesarean section. In keeping with our philosophy of a family-centered birth experience, CCH invites patients' significant others to attend the delivery for a cesarean birth.
CCH understands the importance of parents being close to their babies after delivery. Nursing staff members practice mother/baby couplet care. They allow infants to stay with their mother 24 hours a day to help promote breastfeeding, bonding and family-centered care.
The maternal child health department is a locked area. All babies are given an identification band, and the numbers are matched to the mother's band whenever the baby is brought into the room. Our babies are also given security "beeps" that lock down the unit whenever they are brought close to any exit. If a baby is near a door when it is pushed open, alarms will sound.