About Us

At Martin Memorial Medical Center, we have developed our Beautiful Beginnings Program so you will have the most rewarding and memorable birth experience possible. We are proud that you have chosen us to share this experience with you. Our experienced physicians, nurse-midwives, nurses and ancillary staff all highly experienced and caring. They are dedicated to making this the Beautiful Beginning of a lifetime.

Our Rooms
Our facility has seven labor-delivery-recovery (LDR) rooms and two surgical suites for Cesarean births. Each LDR has a private bath. Our Mother/Baby suite has 10 private rooms for you and your family after the baby arrives. Mothers are encouraged to keep their new infants with them in order to provide a safe environment for learning to care for your infant and involving the family in the new arrival's care.

Our Special Care Nursery
Unlike other nearby hospitals, Martin Memorial has a Level II Special Care Nursery should your baby have special needs after birth. If any special need arises for your baby, we are prepared to provide specialized medical attention with our neonatalogists and staff, who are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and use the latest advancements and technology available. There are five intensive care beds ready for any unexpected developments concerning your baby. Our experts will do everything to assist your baby, and to keep your informed of your baby's progress every step along the way.

Our Unique Home Visit Program
We want to make sure you not only have a positive birth experience at our hospital, but that you are settling in well with your baby once you go home. One of our nurses, working under the direction of your pediatrician and obstetrician or midwife, will come to your home after the birth to check on you and your baby. They will answer any questions you may have about caring for yourself and baby, including baby's bath, feeding, sterilization techniques and postnatal changes.

How Our Program Works

Pre-Admission
We highly recommend that you pre-register for admission to the hospital. By registering before your 28th week of pregnancy, you will make your admission to the hospital on the birth day much smoother. Call (772) 223-5905 to pre-register for hospital admission.

Tours
When you call to pre-register, make an appointment to tour our facility. We provide tours to all interested parents-to-be on an appointment basis. You will be met by the department secretary, and then escorted on a tour of the unit by one of our nurses. The tour includes:

Maternal Child Entrance OB Admitting Area Labor-Delivery-Recovery Rooms Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery Mother Baby Unit

New! Take a of one of our labor and delivery rooms!

During the tour and orientation to our facility, we will familiarize you with the admitting procedures, safety and security procedures and childbirth education classes, and we will initiate plans for your discharge to home, including a home visit from our home health staff.

Childbirth Classes
Our childbirth classes can help you and your partner prepare for the birth, help prepare siblings for the new arrival, give you information about breastfeeding, teach family members how to care for the newborn, teach emergency care skills, or just refresh moms and partners who are already experienced.

Read about the classes we offer and how to register.

The Birth Day!
When the birth day comes, we will be here to give you the very best care. Of course your partner can be with you during the birth, and may stay overnight in your private room. However, siblings are not allowed to stay overnight, and may only visit between 11 a.m.–2 p.m., and 4–8:30 p.m. when accompanied by an adult. We ask that you please limit your visitors to a maximum of three adults at any one time. Children who are not siblings and are under the age of 14 are not permitted to visit. All visitors need to be healthy! Please see our visitation policy. Thank you for following our visiting policy.

Our Services

Breastfeeding Consultant and Lactation Station
For many families, breast-feeding is the "natural" thing to do. Human milk has special properties that cannot be duplicated by infant formula. Babies who are breast-fed have significant nutritional, psychological and immunological advantages. Rewards of breastfeeding include a healthy, thriving baby and a real sense of maternal accomplishment. Human milk is the perfect food for babies. It contains all the nutrition baby needs, along with protection from infection and disease.

With accurate information and positive support, breast-feeding can be a wonderful experience for both mother and baby. Martin Memorial offers support for breastfeeding moms with our lactation consultant and lactation hotline, (772) 223-5945, ext. 1665.

Our International Board Certified Lactation Consultant is part of your health care team, just like your doctors, nurses and midwives. She will give you information before your baby is born to help you decide which feeding method is best for you, and how to begin breastfeeding in the early postpartum days. Your lactation consultant will assess mother and baby's progress with breastfeeding, and make recommendations that will both prolong length and enjoyment of breastfeeding. You may also choose to take one of Martin Memorial's breastfeeding classes. See below for more information.

After your baby is born, feel free to contact your lactation consultant with daily questions such as growth spurts, feeding frequencies and mom's return to work. You can meet with your consultant or just call her. Contact your lactation consultant to help with small difficulties, become they become overwhelming problems.

Your lactation consultant can help with:

• Preventing and managing sore nipples
• Managing lactation difficulties
• Preventing and managing engorgement milk supply
• Slow weight gain or weight loss
• Breastfeeding twins
• Breastfeeding the premature infant
• Breastfeeding after Cesarean section
• Sucking problems
• Preparation for return to work

Other Resources

Helping People Succeed, Inc. Baby Steps Services
Helping People Succeed (formerly Tri-County TEC) Baby Steps services provides programs to enhance parent-child interaction and promote healthy growth and development of children under five. Programs include:

• Health Family Program
• Building Readiness Among Infants Now (BRAIN)
• Music and Movement
• Infant massage instruction
• Early intervention services

For information, call (772) 320-0770 or visit www.hpsfl.org.

Father & Child Resource Center
The Father & Child Resource Center provides entensive information and resources to all new dads, including their innovative 24/7 Dad program. New dads can join for support and education on being the best father they can be. Call (772) 463-2888 for more information.

Physician Referral
For a free referral for obstetricians and pediatricians, call (772) 221-2088 or 1-866-995-HOPE, or
find a doctor online now.

Fitness
Martin Memorial Health and Fitness Centers offer exercise classes, five fitness center locations, personal trainers, pools, massage therapy and more.

Newspaper Birth Announcements
Learn how to submit your baby's birth announcement to the newspaper.

Contact Us

Pre-Registration for Admission, Registration for Childbirth Classes, Tours
(772) 223-5905

Labor and Delivery
(772) 223-5945, ext. 3680

Lactation Station
(772) 223-5945, ext. 1665

Maternal Child Outpatient Services
(772) 223-5924

Mother Baby Unit
(772) 288-5814

Pediatrics
(772) 223-6807

Special Care Nursery
(772) 288-5883

Martin Memorial Maternal Child
Martin Memorial Medical Center
200 S.E. Hospital Ave.
Stuart, FL 34994
(772) 223-5905
maternity@mmhs-fla.org
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