From the moment you learn you're expecting a baby, you want personalized healthcare, medical professionals you can trust, and a hospital that truly welcomes family and friends to be part of your experience. That's what we offer women in our region.

The Mother and Baby Unit at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital is carefully designed to accommodate mothers, new babies and their family members in comfort and safety. We offer quality medical care from skilled physicians and a staff of specially certified nurses. However, you'll also discover a feature that you might not expect: You'll benefit from continuity of care and individualized attention as labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum care are all provided in the same private room.

To learn more about the Mother and Baby Unit, please call 828-765-4201.

If you'd like more information about OB/GYN services, follow the link to Women's Services or call 828-765-0170.

Childbirth Education Classes
We're here to support you throughout your pregnancy with extensive childbirth education classes that are client-centered and tailored to individual participant's needs. Our certified Childbirth Educators prepare you for birth and beyond, with comprehensive classes covering:

• Self-care and healthy eating throughout pregnancy
  
• Stages of late pregnancy and labor
  
• Preparation for delivery – birthing process, natural delivery and comfort techniques
  
• Medical intervention – induction of labor, cesarean birth and anesthesia options
  
• Tour of the Mother and Baby Unit
  
• Postpartum changes
  
• Breastfeeding
  
• Infant care – dressing, bathing, sleep patterns
  
• Infant safety – CPR and car seat basics

If you have any questions, or would like to enroll in our Childbirth Education Classes, please call 828-766-3716.

Labor and Delivery
All of the rooms in our Mother and Baby Unit are spacious, private and beautifully decorated to create a home-like atmosphere. Large enough to allow family and friends to visit or share your birthing experience, each room has a day-bed so the new mother never has to be alone and that important person has space to relax and sleep. Women do not have to shuffle from one room to the next during their hospital stay….

Labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum care are all provided in the same room.

These unique rooms, called LDRP rooms, allow mothers to settle in and save energy for the process of labor, delivery and recovery. Each room is fully equipped with fetal monitors, beds that pull apart for delivery, and advanced medical equipment. After delivery, the rooms accommodate safe rooming-in with infant warmers and apnea monitors.

Women who choose Blue Ridge Regional Hospital for labor and delivery count on:

• Medical options to ease labor pain
  
• Anesthesiologists on site to provide epidurals
  
• Surgical suite located next to the Mother and Baby Unit for emergencies and cesarean sections

Mother and Baby
Our new mothers especially appreciate LDRP rooms after their baby is born. Unless a medical condition requires specialized attention in the nursery or intensive care, babies room-in with their mothers. This creates extra time for bonding and allows personalized attention from nurses trained in postpartum and infant care. We're here to answer questions and help you become comfortable with breastfeeding and caring for your new baby. During this time, quality healthcare continues in a safe and supportive environment:

• All nurses are trained in the Period of Purple Crying® and certified in:
  
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program
    
  • Advanced Fetal Monitoring
    
  • Advanced cardiopulmonary life support (ACLS)
    
  • CPR
    
  • Childbirth Educator
    
  • Maternal and newborn care
    
  • Car seat safety
    
  • S.T.A.B.L.E. – stabilization and immediate newborn care prior to transport
    
• Nurses provide newborn and postpartum care in the LDRP room
  
• Personal support and education for moms and families
  
• Breastfeeding support
  
• Nursery available for medical procedures
  
• Unit secured by alarm system
  
• Free DVD—"The Period of Purple Crying®"—that teaches about the danger of shaking a baby, ways to comfort a crying baby and when to seek a doctor's help

Open visitation is encouraged!
The policy of Blue Ridge Regional Hospital is to encourage all family members and friends to visit at any time so that everyone can meet the baby, celebrate and support our new mothers. We also ask everyone to remember that during this wonderful time, new mothers go through tremendous physical and emotional changes, so please be sensitive to their needs.

Important Security Information
Having an open visitation policy does not mean that we take security lightly. Our labor and delivery department remains locked at all times; only authorized visitors are allowed to enter the area. The unit is monitored with video surveillance equipment and windows are outfitted with an alarm system that not only alerts the staff if they are opened, but immediately notifies the police department.

Advanced Neonatal Care
Should your baby need specialized intensive care, be assured that the physicians and nurses at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital are experienced and qualified to assess and stabilize newborns. As part of the Mission Health System, we have procedures already in place to transfer newborns to Mission Children's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), where appropriate.

Mission's Infant Transport Team provides rapid critical care while transporting your newborn to the NIC via ground or air. Mission's Mountain Area Medical Airlift (MAMA) has two helicopters available and is fully prepared for neonatal transport.

Our Medical Team
The experienced, multidisciplinary team in the Mother and Baby Unit includes:

• Board certified OB/GYN physicians
  
• Board certified anesthesiologists
  
• Diagnostic imaging specialists
  
• Registered nurses with advanced certification and training

Appointments and Information

• Mother and Baby Unit – to learn more about our Mother and Baby services, call 828-765-4201
• Childbirth Education Classes – to enroll or obtain more information, call 828-766-3716
• OB/GYN Practice – appointments are available at Blue Ridge Medical Center's Spruce Pine Campus by calling 828-765-0170
• Women's Services – for more information about Women's Services at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital, follow the link to our web page.

Locations
Mother and Baby Unit
Blue Ridge Regional Hospital
125 Hospital Dr.
Spruce Pine, NC 28777

Blue Ridge Medical Center
Spruce Pine Campus
496 Altapass Rd.
Spruce Pine, NC 28777