Personalized Nursing Care
In most hospitals, labor nurses are responsible for two or three laboring patients at any given time — which makes it hard to feel like any one nurse is yours. But at Iredell, a labor nurse is responsible for only one laboring patient at a time. So, if you get the feeling she’s all yours, well she is.

It’s part of our belief in personalized nursing — something new moms really appreciate.

Special Care Nursery
Most babies are born completely healthy, happy and free of complications.  However, in the event that your baby needs extra special care, our Special Care Nursery at the Birth Place is equipped and staffed to handle emergencies.  Capabilities include stabilization of infants requiring oxygen or artificial ventilation, administration of intravenous therapy and cardiac/respiratory monitoring. In some instances, it is necessary to transport very sick or premature infants to a neonatal medical center.

Home Visit
After your discharge from the hospital, your physician may feel your baby would benefit from follow-up visit by a registered nurse and will request that a nurse from our Home Health staff come by your home. Your insurance will be billed for this visit.

If your baby doesn’t need a home visit, you will still have the opportunity to return to the hospital for a Mom/Baby visit with Pam Speight, RN, our Pampered Pregnancy Program Coordinator. Pam will answer any questions you may have and will be glad to clarify the information you received while you and your baby were still in the hospital. She will also weigh your newborn and is available assist in other ways if requested by your physician. There will be no additional charge for these services. 

For information about any of these services, call The Birth Place Program Office at 704-878-4555.