Making the transition to home as simple and stress-free as possible.
We know you will have many questions after you take your newborn home.
Rest assured, before you’re discharged from the Family Birth Center,
you’ll receive the handbook "Understanding Mother & Baby
Care" from InJoy Health Education to help you navigate those first
weeks with your baby.
In this handbook, you will find a wealth of information to answer your
questions such as:
Baby care: Breastfeeding basics, safe newborn sleep, diapering, umbilical cord care,
comforting techniques and more.
Mother care: Baby blues, postpartum mood disorders, sore breasts and nipples, milk
storage principles, perineal care, symptoms of concern and more.
Getting back to normal: Recommended waiting period before you can have sex again, safe exercising,
body changes you may experience, resuming your menstrual cycle and more.
Here are other resources for after your baby’s birth:
Welcoming a child into the world is a beautiful life experience unlike
any other. Our experienced team of parenting instructors and support group
leaders love sharing time-tested tips and techniques and the latest evidence-based
information with new and growing families.
How to feed your baby is a very personal choice. And, we respect your right
to decide what’s right for your family. Our Family Birth Center
provides you with the education and support to help you make the best
feeding decision for you and your baby, whether that be to breastfeed
or formula-feed.
Our infant feeding support includes:
One-on-one support after you’re home: For a private in-person or consult from a board-certified lactation consultant
for any feeding challenges, call
303-415-7230.
Now offering Zoom Consultations. Call
303-415-7230 to schedule.
Free phone-in advice for infant feeding: Call
303-415-7230. Hours: Mon. - Fri., 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Weekends 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. to get your
infant feeding questions answered.
Breast pump rental: We offer short- and long-term rental of breast pumps and the purchase
of breastfeeding supplies. For more information, please call
303-415-7230.
Vaginal deliveries can cause damage to key muscles, which can result in
some women experiencing urinary leakage, pelvic pain, healing following
a tear, vaginal bulge or bowel problems (constipation or leakage). Our
team of pelvic floor physical therapists have specialized training in
pelvic floor rehabilitation and are available to consult with new moms
on an outpatient basis for what the American College of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists (ACG) recognizes as the fourth trimester—the 12
weeks after giving birth. For more information, please call
303-415-4400 or visit
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services.
Postpartum mood disorders
It’s normal to experience mood swings, feel overwhelmed and cry for
no reason during the first 2 to 3 weeks after giving birth. This is called
“baby blues.” About 80% of postpartum parents experience baby
blues. But some experience feelings of sadness or constant worry that
can stick around and can be a sign of a postpartum mood disorder such
as postpartum depression or postpartum anxiety disorder.
Our Family Birth Center at Foothills Hospital is a drop-off location for
donor breast milk for
Mothers’ Milk Bank (MMB) – a program of Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation.
MMB is a distributor of donor human milk to medically fragile babies in
neonatal intensive care units (NICU) across the nation. MMB safely screens,
collects, processes and dispenses donated human milk as a community service,
providing human milk to babies whose own mothers cannot supply the milk
to meet their baby’s needs.
The Family Birth Center at Foothills Hospital is also a “depot”
for BCH families looking to order or buy milk for their newborn upon discharge
from the Family Birth Center at Foothills Hospital.
For more information or to become a donor call
303-415-7230.
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