Maternity

Strong Beginnings

You and Your Baby Deserve a Strong Beginning

A birth filled with anticipation and excitement. A new life coming into the world in absolute safety, with the best possible medical supervision. Joyous days in the birthing center, as you begin your relationship with your new baby.

Anything you need... At Strong Beginnings we feel privileged to share in the joy as you plan for the birth of your baby. Our guide answers many of the questions you may have and helps ensure that your baby gets a safe and healthy start.

This is the experience having a baby should be–for every new mother and her newborn child. At Strong Beginnings, every moment of childbirth and recovery can live up to your expectations–just as they do for more than 3,500 families who put their trust in Strong Beginnings each year.

Everything You Want, Anything You Need

From the day you learn you are pregnant until well after you've brought your new baby home from the hospital, Strong Beginnings guides you through the childbirth experience with superior medical care, information, educational materials and an atmosphere of comfort, serenity and security.

At the Strong Beginnings Birthing Center You'll Find:

• A warm and welcoming atmosphere within the finest and most comprehensive medical facility in the area
• 26 spacious, private, low-risk birthing suites where you can labor, deliver, recover, and spend post partum time with your new baby and other loved ones
• Convertible sleeper beds in each suite where your partner or other loved one can spend the night
• Each room has a whirlpool bath to make your experience more comfortable
• Anesthesiologists with special training in obstetrics are available around the clock
• Seven high-risk birthing suites that offer the added technology and minute-to-minute nursing care that you may require if there is reason to expect a more complicated birth or if unexpected complications arise
• Highly experienced and specially trained perinatologists that are available to assist your doctor in providing any specialized care you and your baby may require. As a Regional Perinatal Center, Strong Memorial Hospital offers specialized perinatal treatment for high risk pregnancies and has a state -of-the-art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, which is part of Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong, for preterm/sick infants.
• Daily infant care and breastfeeding classes with individual instruction and support. Our lactation consultants are proud of the fact that they see every breastfeeding mother every day.
• Breastfeeding support line for assistance after you go home. The breastfeeding warm line is 585-275-9575.

After Your Baby is Born

You may have your baby stay with you in your room as much as you desire. If you would like some time alone, we can care for your baby in a nursery near your room.

Although your hospital stay may be short, you can still take advantage of daily infant care and breastfeeding classes. Before you leave the hospital, you will receive information about infant care, post partum care, and breast or bottle feeding.