Best Perinatal Center Fayetteville Near Me

4worldlovers: Welcome to Central Carolina Doulas! Central Carolina Doulas was born from my passion to provide high-quality pregnancy and postpartum support services to families in central North Carolina.

I believe that confidence is key and support is the cornerstone of one’s birth and postpartum journey. With this in mind, I have assembled a team of doulas that share in this vision and maintain the same high standards in providing compassionate support to expecting families. With a prior career in project management, I have a trained eye for spotting talent in individuals and experience in building high-performing teams. As a result, Central Carolina Doulas has rapidly grown into the premier doula agency in our area.

If you had asked me ten years ago about leading a doula agency, I would have honestly responded, “What’s a doula?” I had never come across doulas in any professional capacity or even understood the need for one. My perspective changed when I experienced the birth of my first baby in my late 30s and faced the challenges of a high-risk pregnancy, a NICU baby, breastfeeding issues, and feeling lost in my identity as a new mother. I never imagined how struggling with my transition into motherhood would eventually change the trajectory of my life and career.

4worldlovers: The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center provides comprehensive care of sick newborns. It is staffed 24 hours a day by experienced nurses, respiratory therapists and neonatal nurse practitioners. All care is supervised by board-certified Neonatologists.

NICUs are special nurseries designed to take care of infants who are considered to be high risk due to either their premature birth or to particular illnesses they have.

Nurseries are often classified by the level of care they are equipped and certified to provide. The healthiest infants are cared for in Level I units. While being equipped to provide continuing care for healthy newborns, staff members are also trained to resuscitate and stabilize sick infants for transfer to nurseries that provide for more complicated care.

Moderately sick infants are cared for in Level II units, which also provide services as in a Level I nursery. Level III nurseries (NICUs) are equipped to provide comprehensive care to the sickest of newborns. This is the level of care provided at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. In addition to direct patient care, Level III units participate in research and educational activities. New technologies developed for newborn care are usually initially evaluated in Level III units.

The commitment of a hospital to provide Level III neonatal intensive care is quite significant in terms of equipment and personnel. Infants who are critically ill require around-the-clock supervision by staff who are skilled in providing respiratory and cardiac support.

At the same time, the staff has the difficult task of providing as nurturing and as comfortable an environment as possible in an intensive-care setting.

Neonatologists are Pediatricians who have done additional training of 2-3 years to specialize in the care of premature and ill newborns. There are full-time Neonatologists at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center who care for infants in the NICU. These Neonatologists are board-certified, indicating that they have completed approved training programs and passed the certifying examinations.

Neonatal Nurse Practitioners are "physician extenders" who are very experienced and provide day-to-day care of the sick and convalescing infants.

Respiratory Therapists assist in the management of newborn breathing problems. NICU Nurses are a special group of nurses trained to care for critically ill infants and their families.

We recognize that caring for infants in a NICU also involves caring for the parents and family. It is very stressful to have an infant in the NICU. We encourage parents to visit as often as possible. Visiting hours are:

9:30 a.m (or when morning rounds are completed) until 6:30 p.m.

When parents have to be away from their babies, we encourage them to log on to our NICView system to peep in. NicView is an innovative, small web camera system that allows parents, family and friends to view preemies or hospitalized infants in real time, 24/7, through a secure online portal. Camera pods are placed at each designated isolette in the NICU and viewing of a baby's environment is protected by encrypted transmissions.

Cape Fear Valley provides an active discharge planning program, including parent education classes and support groups to facilitate the transition from intensive care to home. In addition, some infants will be seen in ourFollow-up Clinics(615-5486) after discharge.

The Neonatal Follow-Up Clinics began at the inception of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Cape Fear Valley. They are the result of a unique cooperation of the hospital, the Fayetteville Developmental Evaluation Center and the neonatologists of Cape Fear Neonatology Service, P.A. Clinic visits are provided at no cost to infants or their families.

The Developmental Follow-Up Clinic checks the developmental progress of NICU "graduates." Staff assesses the infant's progress in performing normal activities such as sitting, standing, walking, talking and playing.

Babies who are born very prematurely or who are very sick at birth are considered "high risk." They have a higher chance of falling behind in their development. Often a baby who is falling behind can be helped to catch up if the problem is detected early.

The Pulmonary Follow-Up Clinic is provided for babies who have chronic problems with their breathing. At the pulmonary clinic, we assess how the baby is doing on any medications and/or oxygen.

4worldlovers: A complete wellness assessment to determine any pre-existing or new health problems that could be affecting your postpartum. If necessary, ordering labs and recommending supplements.

A breastfeeding assessment from an experienced Board Certified Lactation Consultant; to include: weighted feeds and newborn assessments. Then tailoring an individualized plan of care to help you meet your goals.

If indicated, as appropriate, starting or modifying medications for optimal postpartum or lactation needs. Though our clinic focuses on a more holistic approach first, we recognize when medication may be beneficial.

Sometimes therapy can be enough. Speak with a Perinatal Mental Health Specialist who understands how difficult pregnancy, postpartum, and motherhood can be.

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We are in network with and accept Tricare (Select and Prime - no referral needed), NC Medicaid, MedCost, Aetna, Cigna, UHC, BCBSNC, and more! Please read the entire description of service to see how we bill our services. A card must be on file to book but we file directly to your insurance.

We want to assist you in transitioning into your new role as a parent and your new normal, by way of providing holistic postpartum wellness support and aiding you in achieving your breastfeeding goals.

The idea of LATCH was born when Sarah, a board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC), saw the need for better and more holistically-minded postpartum support through the families she worked with in her practice doing home visits. Formerly known as Naturally the Best Lactation Services, Sarah has served the Fayetteville community since 2014. As a previously hospital based nurse-midwife, Cinthya's passion for postpartum wellness grew from her own experience and from watching women transition into motherhood.