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Have your baby at a health network where everything goes according to plan. Even when those plans change.

Having your baby at Community Health Network means having the peace of mind that you’re in excellent hands should complications arise. As a parent, you’ll quickly learn having a back-up plan is a pretty good plan. Any pregnancy can turn high-risk – which is why just any hospital won’t do. Community has the most advanced neonatal intensive care unit in the state. In fact, other hospitals model theirs after ours. Even after the delivery, no one delivers like we do.

Wellspring Pharmacy pregnancy and childbirth services

To learn more about the services below and how to sign up, please visit eCommunity.com/wellspring

• FREE prenatal vitamins—Bring your prescription for prenatal supplements to one of our pharmacy locations and mention this offer.
• Aromatic Childbirth™—This can be a pleasant, effective way to experience your labor, childbirth and early motherhood. Clinical aromatherapy blends can be used for natural childbirth or alongside traditional medical treatments as an enhancement to your labor and childbirth experience.

Introducing Lisa and Travis

Lisa's pregnant with baby number five. She and husband, Travis, are providing a peek into one of the most special times of their lives-the last trimester and delivery of their baby. Log on to ohbabyblog.com to share in their experiences. Watch the videos, read the blog, and tell us about your own pregnancy and childbirth experience.

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Life sure changes fast when you’re pregnant. Excitement, worry, changes to your body … and questions. Lots of questions.

As you move through your pregnancy, you’ll have lots of decisions to make. Like how to stay healthy during your pregnancy and what kind of labor you want.

Your family and friends will have lots of opinions, but you can relax. You’ll find everything you need at Community Health Network:

• Beautiful maternity suites that you can settle into for your whole stay. With us, you never have to move to a small room after the delivery of your baby. See our suites! >>
• Maternity suites customized for the kind of labor and delivery you choose.
• High-risk maternity care with suites designed to make long stays comfortable.
• Surgical suites on the units for C-sections or other surgical procedures.
• Neonatal intensive care with Riley Hospital neonatal physicians on site 24/7.
• All the education you’ll want—both in classes and online.
• Convenient, online tools for your pregnancy and your family’s health.

And, you’ll find lots of fabulous information right here on eCommunity.com:

What you need for pregnancy

• Find an OB/GYN at Community Health Network.
• Start planning your pregnancy as early as possible!
• Sign up for our pregnancy text messaging program.
• Check out our favorite books and Web sites about pregnancy and babies.

Planning your labor and delivery

• Discover doulas, optional labor coaches—especially important if you have extraordinary support needs, or if your heart’s desire is to have a baby without an epidural.
• Find out about midwifery at Community Hospital South.
• Check out childbirth education classes and specialty classes for you, the dad-to-be and the grandparents-to-be.
• Consider vaginal birth options (VBAC) if you have you have delivered by cesarean section before.
• Plan ahead for managing your labor pain.
• Gain new insights about breastfeeding.

What to expect in the hospital

• Pick the hospital that’s right for you.
• See our maternity suites by hospital.
• Print out instructions for the day of the birth.
• What you need to know about high-risk pregnancy.
• Learn about our advanced Neonatal Intensive Care Unit services.
• Explore the wonderful world of new baby pictures.

Plus, a great collection of online resources you won’t find anywhere else!

• Journal, or blog, about your pregnancy, your delivery and raising your children—in a secure environment—with our SharingSite service.
• Sign up, for free, to become a member of myCommunity and you'll receive a myCommunity card and all the benefits and retail discounts that come with it. In addition, you'll have access to other cool tools, such as our new pregnancy text messaging program.
• Now you can keep track of all your vital medical information in one convenient, secure place with your own online personal health record.
• Find a pediatrician.
• Be prepared with the right car seat.