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
A Registered Nurse from The Birth Place is available to visit you and your newborn in your home a few days after you leave the hospital.  The home visit nurse will stop by your hospital room and set up a day and time for the visit to your home.  The goal of the home visitation program is to help you feel more confident and comfortable as a new parent.  There is no charge for this and the service is optional.