For your privacy and safety, you are allowed three visitors in your room during labor.

During delivery, you are allowed two visitors in the room. Your support person is considered one of the visitors. We also encourage you to call the Birthing Center or ask your OB Nurse Navigator for our policy on cameras during labor and delivery.

During Delivery

During delivery, your nurse, a nurse for the baby, your physician and an OB tech to assist your physician will be in the room.

One or two nurses will be in the room with you for one to two hours after you give birth. This is to ensure you and the baby are recovering properly.

Also, after delivery and throughout your stay, our housekeeping staff will clean your room daily.

We do our best to offer our patients mother-baby care. Mother-baby care means the same nurse will be taking care of you and your baby.

HALO SleepSacks

The HALO SleepSack doubles as a swaddle and a blanket. The HALO SleepSack wearable blanket is superior to loose blankets that can cover a baby’s face and interfere with breathing.

The HALO® SleepSack® was developed by a parent who lost an infant to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

SIDS is the unexpected death of an infant, one month to one year old, where the cause of death remains undetermined after an autopsy and death scene investigation.

Safe practices such as swaddling an infant can help prevent SIDS. Swaddling also helps newborns sleep easier by immobilizing their arms preventing Moro, the startle reflex.

HALO Bassinest

OSF St. Joseph Medical Center is one of the first hospitals in Illinois to offer a new concept in the world of bassinets for newborns – the HALO® Bassinest®.

It’s the only hospital bassinet designed to safely keep baby closer to mom during those first important moments.

The HALO Bassinest is equipped to swivel 360 degrees providing convenient access to the baby from bed, which is ideal for moms recovering from a C-section or with physical disabilities. It also can be used to support breastfeeding efforts and bonding between mom and baby.

A clear, retractable side wall provides mom better accessibility to care for her baby. The baby also has its own safe sleep space even though mom is right here next to their little one.

Leaving the Hospital

Before leaving the Birthing Center, your nurses will need an order from your obstetrician and pediatrician to process all of the necessary paperwork.

We will give you special instructions and literature explaining what to expect in the next few weeks. All instructions will be reviewed to ensure all of your needs have been met.

Medications will be called to the pharmacy of your choice or delivered to your room from Eastland Pharmacy, located in Eastland Medical Plaza I (Entrance C).

The entire discharge process may take a few hours. We want to take the time to make sure you are fully prepared to go home with your new baby.

When you are ready to leave, your support person should bring the car to the front of the Birthing Center Entrance and bring your baby's carrier to your room.

You will be escorted in a wheelchair by a member of our patient care staff. We will be happy to help you get your baby in the car seat if it hasn't been checked.