Having a baby is one of life’s most exciting times. At the BirthPlace at Avera St. Luke’s, we understand what expecting parents go through from making the decision to have a baby to bringing your newborn home for the first time. We are prepared to help you through every stage of this amazing process.
During Pregnancy
Choosing a Health Care Provider
Preparing for the birth of your child is an exciting part of becoming a parent, and it includes decisions ranging from the nursery color to deciding whom to trust as your health care provider. And choosing a birthing center with experienced professionals is part of this process. Avera St. Luke’s provides a lifetime of comprehensive women’s health services, including specialized care for moms-to-be and their babies.
Learn who’s who, and what they do for you and your new baby.
Meet the Avera St. Luke’s team of obstetrics/gynecology specialists, pediatricians and family physicians who all specialize in taking care of you and your baby.
Choosing a Hospital
The BirthPlace at Avera St, Luke’s provides a serene, spa-like, family-focused maternity experience. Our goal is to provide the perfect environment for families to share one of life’s most amazing experiences.
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Labor & Delivery
Having a baby is a personal experience shared with family and loved ones. At the Avera St. Luke’s BirthPlace, we offer a variety of services and amenities to create a safe, comfortable and personal childbirth delivery and experience.
Our nursing staff will be with you as much, or as little, as you prefer during your labor experience to offer information and support. And we offer comfortable single room maternity care with rooms designed for a continuity of care, with privacy and quiet for Mom, baby and family.
We offer numerous options for expecting mothers during labor including vaginal births as well as cesarean births, and other amenities such as birthing balls, labor epidurals, private rooms with whirlpool tubs and showers, rocking chairs, sleeping room for fathers, and more.
Learn more about your stay with us at the Avera St. Luke’s BirthPlace.
Post-Partum Care
Avera St. Luke’s understands having a baby is a life-changing event and requires new skills, new resources and new priorities. From glider rockers in your room to breastfeeding education and birth classes to a Level II Nursery for extra special care, we can help play an important role in the transition to parenting during your stay.
Learn more about post-partum care offered at the BirthPlace.
Going Home
Congratulations on your new addition!
Taking your baby home can be an overwhelming experience – full of joy, excitement, anxiety and probably a few sleepless nights – but Avera St. Luke’s gives you resources and support you will need during some of those unsure moments at home.
Visit our Pregnancy Central online health library, which includes “Baby Care 101” teaching you what to expect, tips and tricks, and provides other useful resources.
Or attend a class or event to with topics like car seat safety, breastfeeding education, dad and baby classes, parenting transition classes and more.
Are you considering having your first baby? Becoming a parent is a life-changing event that presents both challenges and rewards, and certainly requires planning.
Attend an Avera St. Luke’s Maybe a Baby event and meet with physicians and other educators as they cover topics including:
