Kennedy Birthing Center
Serving Southern Orange County, NY
and Sussex & Passaic Counties, NJ.
Your pregnancy and the birth of your baby will be one of the most exciting and emotional experiences of your lifetime.
At St. Anthony Community Hospital, we are honored to have the opportunity to share this extraordinary event with you and your family. More than 500 babies are born each year at St. Anthony Community Hospital. The warmth and expert skills of our staff will guide you through a safe and memorable beginning with your newest family member. We are looking forward to meeting and caring for you and your family.
Thank you for choosing St. Anthony Community Hospital!
FAMILY BIRTHING CENTER
Having a baby is one of life's most joyous experiences. Our goal at St. Anthony Community Hospital's Kennedy Birthing Center is to make your childbirth a wonderful experience for everyone involved.
The Kennedy Birthing Center is a state-of-the-art maternity unit, providing you and your family with many new options and amenities. It combines modern technology with a comfortable, family oriented atmosphere. With beautifully decorated, single birthing suites, the Kennedy Birthing Center was built to cater to your needs, providing homelike surroundings for a more natural labor, delivery and recovery. At the Kennedy Birthing Center, you will labor and deliver your baby right in the birthing suite during a complication-free birth process. Our Board Certified Obstetrical and professional nursing staff will take care of you before, during and after your baby's birth.
The Kennedy Birthing Center also has a C-Section Suite, a large, cheerful nursery and several gynecological rooms.
VISITING HOURS
Infant safety is very important to us. Please take a moment to look over our visiting guidelines:
We support the family unit and welcome fathers and significant others to stay with mother and baby.
Healthy visitors 12 years and older and siblings of the newborn are welcome between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8 pm.
Hand washing is required before touching or handling the new baby. Help us protect our precious new babies.
DIRECTIONS / LOCATION
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MATERNITY CONSULTANT
St. Anthony Community Hospital’s Maternity Consultant is a registered nurse who will help you access any of the hospital’s services that might be needed during your pregnancy, hospital stay and even after you’ve returned home. She’ll assist in the arrangement for prenatal and childbirth classes, help you customize your birth plan and coordinate efforts to meet any special needs you have identified, assuring that your birth experience is just what you and your family expect.
We believe the birth of your baby is a miracle that belongs to you and your family.
Call Weekdays 845-987-5300 or
Click here to ask the Maternity Consultant. A response will be returned promptly.
TOURS
Tours are given with all childbirth education classes. Your may schedule a private tour by contacting the maternity consultant. Click here to see our online Slide Show Presentation.
CHILDBIRTH THROUGH PARENTING EDUCATION
At St. Anthony Community Hospital we provide comprehensive care with an emphasis on family education. This is a time for learning, which will empower you to make informed decisions regarding maternity and newborn care. Classes are taught by expert, certified instructors and will help you prepare for pregnancy, birth and life with your new baby.
Programs Include:
- Prepared Childbirth Education- Lamaze
This class is designed to provide education on pregnancy, labor, vaginal delivery/ cesarean birth and post delivery care. Lamaze preparation includes, stress management exercises, relaxation, breathing and medical pain management. Tours of our units will be included. Sessions are offered as a 5 week series.
- Prenatal Yoga
A yoga class which helps you gain and maintain strength and flexibility during pregnancy, as well as teach you how to use yoga for labor and delivery.
Learn how to safely strengthen your abdominals to maintain postural integrity during pregnancy, and to help you prepare to push! Experience breathing and
meditation techniques, and postures for labor and delivery. All levels of yoga and all stages of pregnancy are welcome. Advance registration is required. Class size is limited. Signed doctors release. Call Diane DeFreest Maternity Consultant at 845-987-5300 to register.
Fees - $75 for 6 week series
Location: Saturdays (9:30 or 11:00 am) in the 3rd floor conference room -Warwick NY campus
- Parenting
This series of three classes provides active participation and instruction in feeding, bathing, dressing, diapering, and safety skills. Information on setting up a nursery and how to choose a pediatrician are also covered.
- Infant Massage
A certified infant massage instructor will teach the caregiver relaxation and stroking techniques. Benefits of infant massage include: relief of colic and gas, organization of the nervous system, promotion of parent-infant relationships, and improved infant sleep patterns.
- Breastfeeding Education
This one session class taught by a registered nurse prepares expectant mothers for the early days and weeks of breastfeeding. Topics include breastfeeding advantages, nutrition, returning to work and pumping and storing of breastmilk.
- Childbirth Refresher
This refresher course is a review of the mechanics of labor and delivery. Lamaze and relaxation techniques are practiced in a supportive environment.
- Sibling Class
This class provides an introduction to the hospital where mommy will be staying and encourages a positive parent child experience for when the new baby arrives. The class includes a tour, a story of what its like to have a new sibling, and newborn care. Recommended ages two to ten years old.
- Infant and Child Safety and CPR
This one session class for expectant parents or new parents and other caregivers is designed to promote infant and child safety, injury prevention, and CPR. Upon completion students will receive a course completion card from the American Heart Association.
- "Mom & Me" Post-partum yoga
A postpartum yoga class which is specifically designed to strengthen your body after giving birth, and allowing you to practice yoga with your baby. You will regain the strength of your abdominal and pelvic floor muscles, develop inner and outer strength, and meet other new moms and babies. For Moms and babies, 6 weeks to crawling. Advance registration is required. Class size is limited. Babies must be at least 6 weeks old. Call Diane DeFreest Maternity Consultant at 845-987-5300 to register.
Fees - $75 for 6 week series
Location: Mondays (11:30 am or 1 pm) in the GreenBriar Room Mt. Alverno
- Refresher Lamaze
Class meets on Tuesdays from 7:30-930 PM in the Cafeteria, $40 per couple. Please call Diane L. DeFreest, RNC (845)987-5300 to register.
- New Moms Support Group
Class meets on the first and third Friday of each month, from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM in the Greenbriar Room. Please call Diane L. DeFreest RNC, (845)987-5300 to register.
Call the Maternity Consultant at 845-987-5300.
PRE ADMISSION REGISTRATION
Completion of your hospital pre-admission forms, which will be mailed to your home, will enable you to proceed directly to our Kennedy Birthing Center when you arrive for delivery. Prompt return of these materials in advance to your Maternity Consultant will ensure the coordination of your admission.
PHYSICIAN REFERRAL SERVICES
We will be pleased to refer you to one of our experienced Obstetricians and Pediatricians to care for you and your newborn. We can also help you if you prefer the philosophy and methods of a Certified Nurse Midwife. Please call St. Anthony Community Hospital's Physician Referral Service, 1-800-972-4023 for a referral to the medical professional of your choice.
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ANESTHESIA AND PAIN RELIEF OPTIONS
The Department of Anesthesia is proud to play a part in the delivery of your baby. An anesthesiologist specially trained for neonatal and maternal emergencies is on-call or in the hospital 24 hours-a-day, for the comfort and safety of both mother and newborn. A member of the Department of Anesthesia attends all Cesarean sections. We recognize that childbirth is an individual process, and that every woman's wishes and needs are different.
During your prenatal visits you should discuss your pain management options with your obstetrician or midwife. A detailed description of these options is included in the Prenatal Education Classes offered at St. Anthony Community Hospital.
There are several options that are available to you:
- Lamaze Childbirth Preparation: This relaxation and breathing technique, often called "natural childbirth" is designed to reduce the perception of pain during labor.
- Medications: Different types of intramuscular medications are available and may be ordered by your obstetrician to ease labor pain.
- Epidural anesthesia and combined spinal epidural analgesia: These popular anesthesia methods provide continuous pain relief during labor and delivery and are safe and effective. Pain management is individualized to meet each patient's needs. Most women maintain full motor control and may be able to walk around the unit with assistance.
These pain relief techniques can be used alone or in tandem. Mothers may begin with natural childbirth, then decide to have epidural anesthesia as labor progresses.
- Anesthesia for Cesarean Section: Should you require a Cesarean Section, an epidural, spinal or general anesthesia is used depending on your medical needs. After a Cesarean Section, each patient is followed by a number of the anesthesia departmentto insure a post-operative comfort level that allows mother and baby to bond.
Our goal is to make your experience at St. Anthony Community Hospital as comfortable and pleasant as possible. We encourage you to talk with a member of the Department of Anesthesia during the third trimester of your pregnancy. If you have any questions about anesthesia care, please contact the Department of Anesthesia at 845-987-5175.
For further information regarding Obstetrical Anesthesia, please feel free to visit the following sites:
Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology
www.soap.org
Educational Resources for Patients and Colleagues
www.soap.org/patient_education.iphtml
American Society of Anesthesiology
www.asahq.org/homepageie.html
LACTATION SERVICES
St Anthony Community Hospital provides a Breastfeeding Support Program. Education support and guidance for the breastfeeding family is facilitated by our registered nurses and lactation coordinator.
Program Includes:
- Prenatal Breastfeeding Classes
- Inpatient support and consultation
- Telephone follow up
- Bi-monthly mother’s support group
WELCOME NEWBORN
Welcome Newborn is a free service offered to all of our new parents. A free standing kiosk and a camera enable new moms and dads to develop a web page with their newborns picture on it so family and friends far and wide can see the new addition immediately.
Thank you for choosing St. Anthony Community Hospital. We are looking forward to meeting and caring for you and your family.
Please contact our Maternity Consultant for more information at:
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