Postpartum & Newborn Care

At Tallahassee Memorial, your postpartum care team will strive to ensure you receive the support and education you need, so you feel prepared to head home with your little one. 

After you deliver your baby and spend some initial recovery time in Labor & Delivery, you and your family will move to our postpartum Family Care Unit for the remainder of your stay. Most mothers remain in the Women’s Pavilion for 48-hours following a vaginal delivery and 72-hours following a cesarean delivery. 

To further promote bonding, your baby will “room-in” with you while in the Family Care Unit, meaning you’ll stay together in the same private room. 

Benefits of rooming-in include:

• You are your baby will have close, regular contact to promote bonding
• Rooming-in babies are typically more content and cry less
• Breastfeeding moms often have less trouble breastfeeding and their milk comes in sooner
• You and baby are jointly cared for by a nursing team
• Our team can provide education, help with feedings and assist you in feeling prepared to care for your newborns once at home 

About Our Family Care Unit

Inside our Family Care Unit, you’ll find: 

• Private family care rooms equipped with private bathrooms, TVs and sleeper sofas for your support person
• The region’s largest and most experienced staff of postpartum nurses and lactation experts
• Hospital grade breast pumps, should you choose to breastfeed 

Your Care Team

While you are recovering, you’ll have a lot of people checking in on you and baby, including: 

• Your nursing team, who will discuss the plan of care, assist with feeding and teach you how to care for your new little one, including bathing, safe sleep and more
• A pediatric hospitalist who will check in on baby once a day
• Patient care assistants who will take your vitals, help you shower after a c-section and weigh baby
• A hearing technician who will complete baby’s hearing screening
• Birth records
• Dietary
• Housekeeping
• And our on-site photographer, Mom365
• Lactation consultants, should you need extra help with feeding

With so many people coming in and out to make sure your needs are met, we recommend you work with your nurse to come up with a plan for visitation to ensure you’re able to get the rest you need.