Postpartum Care at St. Elizabeth Healthcare

As you prepare to deliver your new little one, we want to thank you for trusting us with your care. Our postpartum care team is here to help you have the safest, most comfortable recovery and post delivery care experience possible.

After your baby arrives, you’ll recover in one of our private suites and receive postpartum care while in the hospital until you are discharged (go home). Our compassionate team can address many common concerns new moms have – for themselves and their baby.

The Postpartum Unit at our Edgewood location in Kentucky, private suites are designed to encourage a positive mother-baby bonding experience. Postpartum care also supports a positive healing process after delivery and focuses on common concerns affecting mom and baby. We design our services and the care we provide to meet each new mom’s needs.

St. Elizabeth Edgewood Outpatient Postpartum Care Center

Your provider, or your baby’s provider could ask you to visit the Outpatient Postpartum Care Center. Common reasons for returning to the Postpartum Care Center could include, but are not limited to blood pressure checks, infant weight check, bilirubin check. The Postpartum Care Center is conveniently located on the same floor near the first floor just steps away from the Postpartum Unit.

Postpartum Care for Mom

During the ongoing postpartum period, our team can address any concerns you might have about your recovery and how you feel physically, emotionally and socially. We can address common and complex issues.

Your Physical Recovery After Childbirth

After childbirth, you might experience different health concerns, including:

Postpartum Mental Health Care

Feelings of postpartum depression and postnatal anxiety can occur during the postpartum year following pregnancy. These concerns arise in 10-15% of new moms. Our skilled and compassionate team is available to support your needs, including:

Common Newborn Parenting Concerns

After childbirth and during the first year of your newborn’s life, we can support you as you face different questions or concerns around:

Postpartum Care for Baby

When you access services through our Postpartum Care Center, our team can address concerns related to your newborn, including:

Our pediatricians care for children at every stage of growth and development, from newborns to teens. Access family-centered, personalized care that addresses your child’s health needs through St. Elizabeth’s pediatricians.

Becoming a new parent can be both exhilarating and overwhelming, but with the Beyond Delivery group, you don’t have to do it alone.

Led by our incredible team of experts, Beyond Delivery offers new parents free support, education and fellowship during the first six months following their baby’s birth.

You may choose to work with a St. Elizabeth lactation consultant during and after your postpartum stay. This can be very helpful in addressing feeding, latching, engorgement and other breastfeeding questions.