Services

Women's Services

Selecting your child's birthplace is one of the most important decisions you will make as parents. Here at St. Petersburg General Hospital, expectant parents can place their confidence in our select team of medical professionals. Years of planning and design are reflected in our innovative family-centered childbirth programs.

General Information

  • All staff nurses are required to participate in lactation education.
  • All staff nurses are required to maintain Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification
  • State-of-the art infant security system
  • Complimentary birth certificate with infant's footprints
  • Photo service through "Our 365 Share More." The pictures are digital and can be viewed immediately for optimum selection.

Download Pre-Admission Form (PDF - 80 KB)

Accommodations

Our mothers-to-be are pampered in beautiful new birthing rooms and postpartum rooms, where Dad is a welcome partner. Babies are welcome to room-in, and new families bond in comfort and privacy while cared for by an attentive nursing staff - from first moment of life to fond farewell.

Labor & Delivery Services

  • Nursing support for your choice of birth options
  • Secured unit for the safety of our patients and their babies
  • LDR's for laboring, delivery, and high risk antepartum patients
  • Fetal monitoring with centralized viewing at nurses' station
  • Birthing beds
  • Cesarean section/delivery rooms

Newborn Nursery

Our staff's primary responsibility is to care for your baby, and provide you with basic knowledge to enable you to care for your newborn.

  • Admission nursery for initial assessment of newborn
  • Family centered care allows baby to stay with mom as much as she desires

Prenatal Classes

St. Petersburg General Hospital has elected to provide comprehensive prenatal education classes to meet your busy lifestyle. Classes are taught on-site by Women's Services staff nurses. Please call 727-341-4907 to register.

  • Prepared Childbirth
  • Childbirth Crash Course
  • Newborn Care
  • Sibling Prep
  • Preparing for Breastfeeding
  • Infant CPR

 

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