Delivering your baby at Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock
The day you welcome your child into the world is one of the most important days of your life, and at Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock, we make sure your labor and delivery goes as smoothly as possible.
Birthing Experience
We help you create the delivery experience you want. You’ll find an array of progressive services and birthing options available at Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock
- Birthing balls, peanut balls and birthing stool
- Doula as a support person
- Supportive, trained staff in labor positioning and natural deliveries
- Labor pain control options including nitrous oxide
- Private, spacious birthing suites (and coming soon, spacious postpartum suites)
- BHMC-Conway is also a certified Baby-Friendly hospital, where quality time between mom and baby is a priority.
You place tremendous trust in the hospital that delivers your baby. With our advanced services, exceptional amenities, security system, locked unit, and expert care team, we are more than equipped to make you feel confident in choosing Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock.
Parking & Check-in
When you arrive on the Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock campus, you will follow our labor and delivery signs to the back of the hospital, where you will find designated parking for our moms in labor. Please enter through the Northwest entrance on the ground level and take the elevator to the second floor. Once you reach the second floor, take an immediate left and follow the Labor and Delivery unit signs. Here you will be greeted and helped with the check-in process.
About Our Labor & Delivery Suites
Our labor and delivery suites offer many amenities for the whole family. For laboring moms, we have specialized labor beds that will allow different positions and spacious private bathrooms. The infant care center, equipped with an infant warmer, is provided to care for your newborn in the room throughout your stay. And for your guests, each room has a small seating area, free WiFi, and a flat-screen television to provide some small comforts of home.
For vaginal deliveries, you will labor, deliver, and recover in the same room. If your birth requires a cesarean section, our nurses will take you into our specialized operating suite located just a few feet away from your labor suite.
After Delivery
After delivery, you and your baby will transition into a postpartum room, which also provides accommodations for a partner. Once you are in postpartum, you will have access to a nurse specializing in the care of newborns and postpartum mothers. In addition to your routine care, these highly trained nurses are available for breastfeeding assistance, infant testing, and answering any questions you may have about caring for yourself and your baby once you are home.
Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock also offers a Level 2 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and trained nurses who can care for premature infants or those suffering from moderate illness upon birth.
Why Choose Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock
You place a staggering amount of trust in the hospital that delivers your baby. With our advanced services, exceptional amenities, and expert providers, we are more than equipped to make you feel confident in your decision to choose Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock.
