Mother/Baby Unit
Generally, you’ll recover in Labor and Delivery for the first two hours after your baby is born. Then you’ll move to the Mother/Baby Unit for the rest of your stay.
You’ll be provided with a more comfortable bed and a private bathroom. Your partner in care will be provided with a sleeper chair, pillow, blanket, etc.
Your baby will stay in your room with you throughout your stay. This is also known as rooming in or couplet care. We do not have a newborn nursery. This time allows you to get to know your baby, start bonding and encourage breastfeeding. Rooming-in allows for mom and other caregivers to adjust to caring for the baby while in the hospital. Our goal is to have our nurses help the mom and caregivers, so they are more confident when it is time to go home.
Visitors
You are welcome to have visitors. However, we encourage you to rest after you have had your baby. Your partner in care is encouraged to stay to help you.
Quiet time hours are reserved for you, your partner in care and your baby. We ask that visitors respect this time and do not come between 2 p.m.-4 p.m. and 9 p.m.-6 a.m.
Baby Photos
Mom365 is a FREE photography service available to capture precious memories of your baby. A photographer will stop by your room during your stay to ask If you wish to take advantage of these services. They will provide a free keepsake photo and a login to share the photos with your family and friends.
Breastfeeding Help/Lactation Center
Top 10 reasons to breastfeed your new baby.
- Human milk is for human babies
- Your breast milk is designed for YOUR baby and their needs
- Nothing to prepare
- Breastfed babies are healthier (prevent illness, ear infections, etc.)
- The poop of a breastfed baby has no odor
- Passive immunity (what you are immune to will pass to your baby)
- Prevent childhood obesity
- Bonding with your baby
- Helps your body recover from pregnancy, your uterus returns to a pre-pregnant size more quickly and breastfeeding burns more calories so you can lose baby weight faster
- Save money, as formula can be a major expense.
Breastfeeding has many benefits for both mom and baby. The Lactation Center at UofL Hospital – Center for Women & Infants is designed to help new mothers and their babies overcome any difficulties with breastfeeding.
This service is available at no charge to ALL breastfeeding mothers in the community.
Our lactation center staff members are all international board-certified lactation consultants. They have more than 50 years of combined lactation experience. They also have extensive neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) experience.
Open Monday through Saturday, our team is prepared to help you through breastfeeding difficulties, such as:
- Poor latch/painful breastfeeding
- Engorgement (breasts are painfully full)
- Insufficient milk supply
- Poor infant weight gain
- Jaundice (yellowing of skin/eyes)
- Plugged ducts, mastitis and abscess
- Thrush (fungal infection in the mouth)
- Late preterm and premature babies
- Cleft lip and palate, Downs Syndrome and tongue-tie
- Preparation for return to work or school
- Safe pumping and storage of breast milk
- Induced lactation (breastfeeding without pregnancy) and re-lactation (bringing back milk supply)
Breastfeeding is also covered in the prenatal classes offered by The Center for Women & Infants.
Contact Us
- For breastfeeding information or lactation assistance: 502-562-6081
- Breastfeeding Hotline: 1-855-562-6081
- Fax: 502-561-5683
The Lactation Center is located on the third floor of UofL Hospital. It is in the hallway outside the Center for Women & Infants. UofL Hospital’s address is 530 S. Jackson St., Louisville, KY 40202.
