RMC Women
RMC is the first home for more than 1,600 newborns each year. RMC’s Women’s and Children’s Center is staffed with specially trained nurses and the latest in LDR care to ensure new moms the safest and most comfortable surroundings for the birth experience.
Proper care and medical attention for newborns and infants are top priority at the Center. Any condition that is pregnancy related, or any pregnant patient who has a medical diagnosis, can be treated. Equipment and technology include fetal monitors with central board system. The Level II nursery provides total care for the normal term newborn, as well as the premature or compromised newborn. Other services found at RMC’s Women’s and Children’s Center include:
- Ten birthing rooms
- Level II nursery
- Prenatal education for parents and siblings
- Prepared childbirth classes
- Certified lactation specialists: (256) 235-5132 ext. 1
- Newborn hearing screenings
- “Security Blanket” 24-hour hotline for new parents at (256) 235-5631
- Safe Kids monthly child safety seat inspections
- Bereavement program for parents who have lost children due to miscarriage, still birth, newborn death or early childhood death. For more information call (256) 236-5132 ext. 1
Whether your baby is your first or your fifth child, RMC is ready to help you make the experience a safe and happy one! For more information, call (256) 235-5603 to contact the Nurse Manager.
