Top Birthing Experience

Top birthing experience

Congratulations! Your baby is coming soon! At Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, we know this is a special time for you, and we want your birthing experience to be joyful and memorable. Our goal is to exceed your expectations. By choosing our hospital, you’ll feel pampered while having the added security of knowing you’re surrounded by the most experienced team and best technology in the area.

Trusted care throughout your pregnancy:

• Breastfeeding resources:Women at our birthing center receive the support they need to be successful at breastfeeding.
• Pampered Pregnancy Program: Choose the birth experience you want, including individualized guidance and such perks as massage, manicure, pedicure and access to our fitness center. For REGISTRATION or more information about the Pampered Pregnancy Program, please call 847-842-2769, Samantha Pagliuco.
• Advanced services for high-risk situations:Our level II extended neonatal capabilities perinatal care facility gives you and your baby access to the highest level of neonatal and pediatric care available in Illinois.

Birthing center tour: Register online now for an in-person visit.

Pre-register for your delivery

Check one more thing off your pregnancy to-do list and pre-register for your delivery at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital.

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Experience our family-centered birthing center

We care about you, your family and your newest addition, so we strive to make your birthing experience as comfortable, relaxing, safe and supportive as possible. When you have your baby with us, here’s some of what you can expect:

Private birthing and recovery suites: Your labor, delivery and initial recovery will all take place in a comfortable, private suite, which features a bathroom, shower, Wi-Fi, movies and music. Your spouse, partner or support person is welcome to stay with you in the suite the whole time. After your initial recovery, you’ll continue your stay in another private room.

Pregnancy planner: We offer moms-to-be access to a pregnancy planner for free. Expectant moms can sign up for this service in their first, second or third trimester. The pregnancy planner will help you individualize your birthing experience. She’ll answer your questions, direct you to classes and programs and provide you with the personal attention you deserve.

Pampered Pregnancy Program: You can choose to register for our Pampered Pregnancy Program, which aims to give you the birth experience you want. It includes individualized guidance as well as such benefits as a complimentary massage, manicure, pedicure, even a 30-day membership at our fitness center. For more information about the Pampered Pregnancy Program, please call 847-842-2769.

Doula Partnership Program: Our nurses recognize the important contributions doulas offer moms, so we’ll work with yours throughout your delivery to ensure optimal satisfaction and outcomes.

Family bonding practices: We promote bonding through skin-to-skin contact and parent-assisted bathing as well as keeping mom and baby together during newborn admission and physical assessment.

Family-centered cesarean: Family is the focus of our gentle cesareans, which can decrease anxiety and lead to less pain medication for mom. With typical cesareans, a drape shields the sterile operating field. With a family-centered cesarean, the drape is placed so that mom can receive her baby immediately after birth and bond with him or her through skin-to-skin contact.

Advanced services, just in case: We’re a level II extended neonatal capabilities perinatal care facility that’s staffed 24/7 with access to neonatologists, OBs and pediatric hospitalists. If your baby needs an even higher level of treatment, we’re backed by the resources at Advocate Children’s Hospital, which offers the highest level of neonatal and pediatric care available in Illinois.

Team of experts helps moms before, during and after birth

Our team of experts helps moms throughout pregnancy and beyond with classes, bonding support and breastfeeding assistance.

 

 

 

Breastfeeding assistance

We work with women throughout pregnancy and beyond to make sure they’re successful at breastfeeding. We even offer a breast milk donors program to help babies whose mothers have a low milk supply, are ill or on certain medication s.

Breastfeeding support

• Before delivery:We offer prenatal breastfeeding classes on a regular basis to help you prepare. Register online for one today.
• During your stay:All of our OB nurses have special training in breastfeeding support and can help you get started. If you need more assistance, a lactation consultant is available by appointment.
• After birth:We offer a complimentary Baby Bistro breastfeeding support group every Monday at the hospital. There’s no fee or registration required. Stop in at any time between 12:30 pm and 2 pm. Call 847-842-2769 for the meeting location.

Milk donation

Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital is a milk depot for the Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes. This allows approved local donors to drop off their frozen breast milk at our hospital rather than ship or drive it to the milk bank in Elk Grove Village. When the milk from the depot arrives at the milk bank, it’s pasteurized and processed according to the standards of the Human Milk Banking Association of North America.

For more information on becoming a breast milk donor, call the Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes at 847-262-5134 or Advocate Good Shepherd’s Holly Pilarek at 847-842-5569.

Classes & resources

We offer a variety of classes and resources that can be helpful to you and your family during your pregnancy and your newborn’s first months.

Register for a class

Select a class to learn more and register online. You can also register by calling 1-800-3-ADVOCATE and mentioning the class code.

 

Childbirth classes:

• Great Expectations Early Pregnancy Class (3B09)
• Childbirth Education Series (3B05)
• Additional Comfort Techniques for Labor (3B20)
• Refresher Childbirth Class (3B08)
• Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (3B03)

Classes to prepare everyone:

• Twins or More! (3B04)
• Breastfeeding (3B10)
• Parenting Workshop (3P22)
• Newborn Basics (3B01)
• Sibling Class (3P03)
• Grandparenting Class (3B07)
• CPR for Family and Friends (3C11)

Classes for baby:

• Happiest Baby on the Block (3B16)
• Infant Massage (3B13)
• Baby Is Here (3B02)
• Yoga, Exercise and Play With Baby (3B22)

Support groups

Baby Bistro: We offer a complimentary Baby Bistro breastfeeding support group every Monday at the hospital. There’s no fee or registration required. Stop in at any time between 12:30 pm and 2 pm. Call 847-842-2769 for the meeting location.

Postpartum Support Group: After your baby is born, you might want to meet with other moms to share experiences and support. We offer a group for mothers — up to 18 months after giving birth — who are challenged by depression, anxiety or other emotional changes that can occur. This group meets weekly with day and evening sessions available. It costs nothing to participate, and you don’t have to register. Learn more now, or call Holly Pilarek at 847-842-5569 for more information. If at any time you believe you’re experiencing an emergency situation, call 911 right away.

Additional resources

Advocate Health Care offers a range of resources for moms and babies, including baby pictures and hearing tests.

The level of care during and after birth and delivery is what differentiates Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital.

Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital’s Special Care Nursery

Our special care nursery encourages a positive bonding experience between moms, dads and their newborn baby.