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Sandpoint, ID 83864

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Family Centered Maternity Unit

Having a Baby is a Special Time in Your Life

Maternity Unit

Bonner General Health offers the services that are most important to you and your baby.  From your first prenatal visit through labor and delivery, our team of physicians and nurses provide the excellent care and personal attention you and your baby need every step of the way.  You’ll be in experienced, caring hands.

We combine a comfortable home-like setting with the latest technology and experienced, caring health professionals. Our portable monitoring equipment will allow you to move freely during labor and special birthing beds will help achieve a smooth delivery.

Dad or another support person can stay overnight in your room.

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After your delivery, you’ll be moved to our comfortable, private post-partum rooms, where we use rooming-in with couplet care, meaning the same nurse cares for both you and your baby.  This practice helps ensure continuity of care and enables you to develop a bond with your baby before leaving the hospital.

If you have any questions or would like a tour of our facilities, please call our Family-Centered Maternity Unit at (208) 265-1246.

Click HERE to view our Labor & Delivery Virtual Tour.

For information on care during your pregnancy, go to Sandpoint Women’s Health or call 208-263-2173.

  • 24-hour anesthesia support
  • Certified lactation consultant to assist breastfeeding mothers
  • Collaborative network with Kootenai Health, Deaconess and Sacred Heart hospitals
  • Family-centered atmosphere including rooming-in for fathers-to-be.
  • Follow-up by our nursing staff after you go home
  • Highly-trained physicians and nurses
  • Individualized care based on your personal birthing plan
  • Newborn hearing screening for all infants
  • Nursery for mothers who prefer assistance in caring for their newborn
  • One-day education classes to guide you through pregnancy and childbirth
  • Post-resuscitation and pre-transportation stabilization care for critically-ill infants
  • Private rooms for mothers and their new babies after delivery
  • State-of-the-art electronic fetal-monitoring
  • Anesthesia and episiotomy use
  • Delivery participants
  • Delivery positions
  • Fetal monitoring
  • Labor induction
  • Medication options
  • Type of delivery
  • Breast-feeding or bottle feeding
  • Circumcision
  • Examinations
  • Newborn screening and hearing tests
  • Vaccinations
  • Change of clothes to wear home (5 month pregnancy size)
  • Nightgown
  • Nursing bras
  • Robe and slippers
  • Toiletries and cosmetics

For Dad: (if staying overnight):

  • Change of clothes
  • Comfortable clothes
  • Pajamas or robe
  • Toiletires

For Baby:

  • Cap or hat
  • Infant car seat (installed in your car’s back seat, facing backwards)
  • Large blanket or shawl
  • Outfit to take baby home in
  • Receiving blanket
  • Socks or booties

Optional Items:

  • Camera or video recorder (battery operated)
  • Portable music player (battery operated)
  • Other personal comfort items

4-week sessions are held on Tuesday evenings from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at no cost.

Topics Covered:

Week 1 –  Labor & Delivery:  What to expect, coaching, birthing plans, and medication options.  Speaker:  Rosie Pollard, BGH Maternity Department Labor Nurse.

Week 2 – Breastfeeding & Facility Tour:  What happens when you go into labor, where do you go, what to expect, and breastfeeding techniques and lactation.  Includes a tour of the Labor & Delivery Department.  Speaker: Angie Shadel R.N., Certified Lactation Consultant.

Week 3 – Newborn Care & Pediatrician:  Baby basics on care and safety, car seat information, what to expect when you go home, developmental expectations. Speakers:  Jessica Janssen, RN and a Pediatrician from Kaniksu Health Services.

Week 4 – Postpartum Mom Care:  Protecting your back and pelvic muscles during pregnancy, delivery, & beyond.  Speaker:  Laurie Myers, MSPT at Performance Therapy Services and one of our Sandpoint Women’s Health Providers.

UPDATE: Childbirth Education classes are currently taking place online via Webex.

To reserve your space call Sandpoint Women’s Health at (208) 263-2173.  Call Deniya in our Family-Centered Maternity Unit at (208) 265-1246 for more information about Childbirth Classes and Education.

Click HERE to view our Labor & Delivery Virtual Tour.

Car Seat Safety

Bonner General Health cares about the safety of your children.  We are proud to offer car seat safety checks, provided by a Nationally Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST).  A certified child passenger safety technician provides community presentations and child safety seat checks where parents and caregivers receive education and hands-on assistance with the proper use of child restraint systems and seat belts.

This service is for anyone with a child requiring a car seat and there is no charge to the family.

To schedule a car seat safety check call:

(208) 263-1441 ext. 3210

If you are unable to purchase a car seat for your child please call the number above.

 

Safe Sleep

Bonner General Health is committed to providing Safe Infant Sleep Education to parents, grandparents, babysitters, brothers, sisters, and anybody who cares for an infant. While you are in our care you will learn how to keep your baby safe during sleep.  Your education includes the “ABCs” of infant sleep, proper swaddling, and using Halo Sleeping Blankets.  We are proud to announce our application with the Cribs for Kids National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification program to become a GOLD Level Certified Hospital.

If you are in need of a safe space for your infant to sleep, (crib, bassinet, pack-n-play) please contact us at:

(208) 263-1441 ext. 3210

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