Pregnancy
Antepartum-High Risk Pregnancies
Saint Elizabeth takes great care to provide a comfortable and medically-appropriate setting for our moms-to-be and their babies who are at high risk even before birth. We know these moms-to-be are hospitalized by their physician because there is a high potential for serious medical issues to develop or worsen. We also know our moms recognize the need to be hospitalized because they want the best possible outcomes for their baby. We become a temporary “second home” for 30-45 moms-to-be a month. We have a number of rooms “reserved” just for them! |
 Sara Ruhman took a helicopter to Saint Elizabeth. Learn more |
At Saint Elizabeth ours moms-to-be tell us and others that we are successful in offering the best clinical setting and care for them.
Yes, we offer private rooms, cable TV, DVD/CD players, Wi-Fi internet access, a relaxing whirlpool, weekly massages, private bath facilities with easy-access designs, a nearby food galley for snacks, a recliner, room service, family-friendly pull-out sleeper/sofas for anytime rest or sleeping, a special family lounge with computer access for you and your family---and even a daily dessert cart that comes right to your room! But you can rest comfortably at Saint Elizabeth knowing that the medical experts you might need are truly close at hand. Saint Elizabeth is home to the only maternal transport team in the state and specialize in the transport of critical moms and babies. |
 Carissa Thelander enjoyed the dessert cart that came to her room daily. Learn More |
Saint Elizabeth has the state's ONLY trained maternal transport team to help assure that moms-to-be in distress reach our medical center and get the medical care they badly need. Learn more |
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Medical Experts just for you!
During your stay at Saint Elizabeth we have medical experts to care for your unique needs, before, during, and after you give birth.
• Nurses with advanced training in caring for high risk moms-to-be while not forgetting the sacrifices that sometimes need to be made to grow healthy babies.
• A maternal-fetal medicine physician located in our medical building attached to the hospital that specialize in high risk deliveries and ultrasounds
• For your support and education, we also have on hand people skilled in social services, pastoral care, pharmacy, nutrition (for you and your baby), certified lactation consultants, home care services, and respiratory, physical and occupational therapists (this was moved from below)
• If a problem arises and your baby might be born " early" (preterm delivery): we have special doctors and nurse practitioners who will visit you and explain what you can expect in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
• Advanced Baby Center birthing suites are just down the hall offering comfort and amenities such as a whirlpool in each of the private rooms and plenty of family space; if no problems arise, you will give birth in this suite
• Operating Suites on the same floor dedicated to maternity procedures
• Anesthesiologists expressly trained in options for birthing
• Nurses specially trained in caring for moms during labor and birth
• The state’s highest level NICU (newborn intensive care unit) for infants born very early or facing medical challenges
• Nurses specially trained in caring for newborns
• Neonatologists (physicians uniquely trained in caring for newborns) in the NICU should medical problems arise with your baby after birth
• Nurses specially trained in caring for moms after birth
• While we encourage newborns to stay in the room with their moms to enhance bonding, we have a nursery equipped to deal with minor medical needs of infants or care for newborns while moms get needed rest.
Meeting Special Medical Needs
We are prepared to provide high quality medical care for medical situations such as:
• Asthma and pneumonia
• Diabetes
• Hyperemesis (inability to maintain hydration)
• Multiple gestations (twins, triplets, quadruplets)
• Postoperative recovery (surgeries that happen during pregnancy)
• Pre-eclampsia (elevated blood pressure or increased seizure risk)
• Premature rupture of membranes
• Preterm labor
• Cardiac disease
• Any other maternal or fetal complication where close observation is needed