Enjoy precious moments together
Mother-baby nursing grants families time to experience more special moments together, because your baby won’t have to leave your room for nursing care, physician exams, or shift changes.
Receive more personal attention
If you choose to breastfeed, mother-baby nursing has additional
benefits. Your nurses are aware of how feelings affect your baby and how
the infant’s responses and behaviors may affect you. Demand feeding,
which is important in establishing your milk supply, is made much easier
with mother-baby nursing.
UMC Mother-Baby Features:
- Baby’s admission exam occurs at the mother’s bedside
- The same nurse cares for both mother and baby together
- The mother decides when her baby leaves her room
- Nurses spend their time caring for the mother and baby, not moving the baby between the mother’s room and the nursery
- Each morning, the nurse and mother plan an individual daily schedule
- The nurse points out infant behaviors while caring for the baby in front of the mother
- The baby can remain in the mother’s room during visiting hours
- The nurse is the baby’s primary caregiver, but the mother is encouraged to do as much baby care as she wishes
- The baby stays in the mother’s room for routine care such as weighing, physical exams, and temperature taking
- The baby stays in the mother’s room during nursing shift changes
- “Happiest Baby on the Block” program