FOR OUR OB PATIENTS

• Provide high-quality obstetrical care in a caring, comforting and attentive atmosphere.
• Communicate with you openly about your pregnancy, including recommending additional testing or laboratory work that will help us in providing you with the highest quality care.
• Listen to your desires for your care and accommodate your wishes to the extent possible.
• Return your routine phone calls as quickly as possible, within 24 hours on business days.
• Enhance the education provided by Child Birth Education Classes through Cape Fear Valley Medical Center regarding what to expect during pregnancy and at the time of delivery.
• Let you know if we are running behind schedule. Each patient's circumstance is different. When you are with one of our doctors, please be assured that you have his undivided attention. However, sometimes this attentiveness puts the doctor behind schedule.

• Keep your appointments
• Follow your doctor’s instructions
• Call your doctor or his nurse with any questions or problems
• Complete all of your and the baby's father's prenatal testing and laboratory work prior to your second doctor visit. IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU COMPLETE THIS LABORATORY TESTING IN A TIMELY MANNER, NO MATER HOW MANY TIMES YOU HAVE BEEN PREGNANT BEFORE. Fayetteville Woman’s Care reserves the right to postpone your doctor visit or discontinue your care if you fail to comply with this request.
• Know if your insurance company requires a referral or other pre-authorization before we can provide care. Obtain any necessary referrals/authorizations before your visit.
• When scheduling an appointment, tell us if you have specific problems to discuss or if you need to leave by a certain time. That way, we can allow enough time for your appointment.
• Be flexible regarding which practitioner you see during your routine OB visits. Your appointments will be rotated between our four physicians and our nurse practitioner, Susan Glass, who is also available to conduct routine OB office visits and also performs all of our ultrasounds.
• If you are a new patient or any of your information has changed (e.g. new insurance, change of address), arrive at least 15 minutes prior to your appointment time.
• We welcome your spouse/significant other to accompany you to your first prenatal appointment. Due to the length of the visit, we discourage bringing children to your pre-natal counseling visit with the nurse. Of course, children can certainly attend routine visits.
• Call if you are going to be late for an appointment. Understand that if you are more than 15 minutes late, we may have to reschedule your appointment. You will be seen in the order of when your appointment was scheduled, not by when you arrived. Some doctors may see patients faster than others. If a patient arrives after you, and is called first, it may be because she is being seen by another provider.

Hospital Procedures

When you arrive at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, go to the Maternity Receptionist Desk on the fourth floor in the Patient Services Tower. The admission staff at the hospital will ensure that you are properly processed and admitted in a timely manner. If you are not pre-registered, please contact our office to identify the documents you will need upon admission to the hospital.

At the Hospital
Once you are admitted, and probably before your doctor sees you at the hospital, several things will occur:

1. You will be placed on a fetal monitor so that your contractions and your baby's heart rate can be monitored.
2. A member of the hospital's labor and delivery team will do a vaginal exam to determine your dilation and effacement.
3. There are various forms of anesthesia or analgesics that may be offered to treat your labor pain. If you have elected to have an epidural, the labor and delivery nurse will coordinate with your physician (or the delivering OB) and the anesthesiologist to administer the epidural at the appropriate time. This may occur before you are seen by your physician, but not without the consent of your physician.

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Parent Education

Cape Fear Valley Medical Center offers resources and education to help increase your knowledge and confidence during pregnancy and to prepare you physically, mentally and psychologically for childbirth, postpartum, breastfeeding and early parenting.

The professional team of certified childbirth educators are all registered nurses experienced in labor and delivery, pediatric and postpartum care. There also are lactation consultants available to meet your special needs.

Childbirth Education helps prepare mothers and fathers for active participation in the birth of their baby and to make informed choices in the birthing process.

You can learn more about the Women's Health Services by visiting the Cape Fear Valley Medical Center website.

 

Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Classes

Cape Fear Valley Medical Center offers several classes to prepare for the birth of your child and meet his or her needs after birth. Click here for a link to the hospital’s Family Birth Center website, dates of classes and tours and registration forms. To enroll by phone, call 910.615.LINK (615-5465).

Prepared Childbirth Classes ($30 for three sessions)
Learn breathing and relaxation techniques, drugs used during labor and delivery, and postpartum care. Pre-registration is required. Space is limited and classes are not necessarily offered every month, so it’s OK to register as soon as you find out you are pregnant. Birthing partners are welcome to attend. Location: Medical Arts Center, 101 Robeson St. Room 102, from 6p.m. to 9p.m.

8-Hour Fast-Track Course ($30)
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center also offers one-day classes where you can learn all of the information from the three-week classes in one eight-hour day. Pre-registration is required. Space is limited, so register early. All classes meet from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on the select Saturdays. These classes are held downtown at the Medical Arts Building, 101 Robeson St. Room 102.

TOURS (free)
Touring the Labor & Delivery suites of Cape Fear Valley Medical Center will definitely help you feel more comfortable with the birthing process. The Family Birth Center offers a home-like setting in a spacious suite during labor and delivery and initial recovery. FREE tours are offered at 6p.m. Visit the website for available dates.

Breastfeeding Classes (free)
Our doctors at Fayetteville Woman’s Care highly recommend breastfeeding your new baby. It’s convenient, it’s inexpensive and best of all it has health benefits for both mother and child. Cape Fear Valley Medical Center’s class covers all the basics, including practical solutions to common problems. It’s a good way to prepare yourself for breastfeeding. Fathers are welcome to attend. Classes start at 7p.m.

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The Family Birth Center Visiting Hours

Labor & Delivery
The Family Birthing Center allows up to three visitors in Labor and Delivery, with no one under age 16 allowed. However, brothers and sisters are allowed into the delivery room for a few minutes after their new sibling is born. Before the onset of full labor begins and mom is pushing, mom's own children may visit up to an hour at a time. Visiting hours in Labor and Delivery are from 10a.m. to noon and 3p.m. to 5p.m. One visitor is allowed to stay with the laboring mom overnight.

Postpartum
You may visit your family and friends who are patients in PostPartum between the hours of 10a.m. and 8:30p.m. Visitors are required to sign in and out at the Nurses' Station and provide identification.

For the birthing center rules and procedures, click here. Please note, this form is from Cape Fear Valley Hospital, not Fayetteville Woman's Care. Please return the signed copy to the hospital staff.

 

Contacting Patients

To reach a patient's room, dial 910.615 plus the 4-digit room number.

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