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Women & Family Center

Safe, Family-Centered Labor & Delivery in West Burlington

From prenatal care to childbirth and parenting, our experienced obstetrics team provides compassionate care and comprehensive services for moms, babies and families.

At the Women & Family Center, we understand the many emotions you are experiencing and the countless decisions you have to make. We want to make your choice of where to have your baby easy and stress-free. We provide a committed multidisciplinary team of professionals who will care for you and guide you through your birthing experience. This team includes:

  • Your obstetrician or certified nurse midwife
  • Labor and delivery nurses
  • A certified lactation consultant
  • A surgical team (if needed)
  • Your pediatrician or family medicine physician

Women who deliver their babies at Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center-West Burlington have the comfort and convenience of remaining in one room for the labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum experiences. Each spacious private room has a bathroom with a jetted tub and shower, guest sleeper chair and view of our campus.

Cesarean-section births are performed in a surgical suite the Women & Family Center.

The Women & Family Center encourages skin-to-skin contact between mothers and babies for the first hour of life. It helps newborns adapt to their post-birth environment by stabilizing temperature, heart rate and oxygen level. Early “kangaroo care” also can make breastfeeding easier and improve babies’ sleep.

A lactation consultant meets with all mothers to discuss newborns’ nutrition needs.

Breastfeeding Clinic

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays
Women & Family Center

Certified lactation consultants help new and experienced mothers who have questions about breastfeeding, pumping and storing breast milk, and weaning. Babies are weighed to check for appropriate weight gain. The clinic’s services are not intended to replace routine pediatric health visits. If you have questions about breastfeeding, would like more information or need additional help, please call at 319-768-2618.

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