UAB Women and Infant's Center

My original doctor was at St. Vincent's and so that's where we had planned on having our baby. Due to my heart condition the doctor thought that it was better if I switch to the UAB high risk clinic so that I could be monitored more closely. This spring, UAB will open up the new Women and Infant's Center. We'll have our baby in the beautiful new building. Yesterday was the open house to see the new facility so Adam and I decided to go and take a tour. Everything is so beautiful and we are very excited about having our baby in such a nice place. They have a new RNICU (Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) where each infant has their own private room and there is a family area in each room so that the parents can stay with their babies more comfortably. The labor and delivery rooms are large and more home like and come equipped with a flat screen tv and dvd player (of course I was excited about this...). They care located right next to new state of the art operating rooms in case of an emergency c-section or other situation. Every time a baby is born, a sweet little lullaby is played over the intercom. We were very pleased with the facility and now we just can't wait to welcome our little girl into the world! I took some pictures so you can get a preview of the new building.




Front of the building


Labor and Delivery Room (minus the bed)


Infant Bed at the RNiCU