Northwest Health Hosts Baby Fairs for New and Expectant Parents
7/29/2019
Join Northwest Health for an exclusive event, free of charge, designed to inform and empower new and soon-to-be parents. Northwest Medical Center-Bentonville, Siloam Springs Regional Hospital and Willow Creek Women’s Hospital will host a Baby Fair from 4-7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 6 on each campus.
In addition to hand-picked exhibitors and vendors, we’ll have local experts to offer classroom-style seminars. Guests can meet and interview OB/GYNs and Certified Nurse Midwives, take a tour of the hospital’s labor and delivery department and also tour one of the low-intervention labor and delivering suites at two of the hospitals. Visit http://bit.ly/SummerBabyFairs to register for FREE today or call (479) 757-LIFE (5433).
“During pregnancy, we understand there are a lot of decisions to make such as choosing a name, how to decorate the baby’s nursery and also choosing the right provider and where to deliver,” said Juli McWhorter, chief administrative officer at Willow Creek Women’s Hospital and leader of Northwest Health’s women’s services. “The Baby Fair is an opportunity for mothers-to-be and their families to see what Northwest Health offers, meet the staff and providers and receive education on childbirth, safety, health and wellness during and after pregnancy for both Mom and baby.”
Already there are more than 20 vendors scheduled to participate and several speakers and topics lined up.
“In addition to our guest speakers, we’ll have vendors from the community participate and also informational tables from our hospitals providing information on breastfeeding, nutrition, options to manage pain and anxiety during natural childbirth and so much more,” McWhorter said. “You’ll also get to speak with our nurses and local providers and get to know them a little better, ask questions and see what our labor and delivery rooms look like as well as the low-intervention birth suites at the Family Birthplace at Northwest Medical Center-Bentonville and at Willow Creek Women’s Hospital.”
Low intervention birth is an option for women who want a non-medicated natural childbirth experience. With minimal intervention and technology, the Low Intervention Birth Program allows staff to support patients and families in their labor and birthing goals.
The suites offer a queen-sized bed, specialized labor tub, shower, birthing stool, labor balls and waterproof, wireless monitoring. The hospitals also provide a variety of options for comfort during un-medicated labor including nitrous oxide for pain relief and anxiety, aromatherapy, hydrotherapy and a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) unit to reduce pain.
“We’re also excited to share information on all of the classes and education our hospitals provide to the community,” McWhorter said. “We offer yoga and dancing classes, a workout studio on Willow Creek’s campus, childbirth classes, baby boot camps, breastfeeding support groups and a lot more. For a complete list of classes, visit our events page. Another exciting option we have for moms-to-be is the Supportive Pregnancy Care group at Willow Creek Women’s Clinic in Johnson.”
The March of Dimes Supportive Pregnancy Care (SPC) program offers prenatal care in a group setting with moms-to-be of similar gestational ages. At each group session, women learn to perform their own self-care by measuring and recording their own weight and blood pressure with the help of a facilitator. A new group is being recruited now and will begin on Aug. 8. Interested women – those in their first trimester of pregnancy – should call (479) 757-1730 or email CommunityRelations@nw-health.com for more information or to enroll.
Through the program, a licensed obstetric provider meets individually with each woman to perform a physical assessment and discuss specific concerns in a semi-private area within the group space. During each SPC visit, women benefit not only from prenatal care education, but also from the vital social and emotional support they receive from other mothers.
Each visit lasts 90 minutes to two hours – giving women up to 10 times more time with their provider than they would have during conventional individual prenatal checkups.
SPC also includes web-based tools and a social media platform to enable mothers to connect and socialize with each other online outside the group sessions and access helpful information on healthy pregnancies.
If you are interested in registering for the Baby Fair or would like more information, contact us at (479) 757-LIFE (5433) or email to CommunityRelations@nw-health.com.
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