WCH Women's Pavilion

•Testimony Tuesday•

As a first time mom, you have no clue what to expect. Labor, delivery, pregnancy in general. You hear incredible stories and you hear horror stories. I am thankful to have the team in Bloomington Women's Care & the Women’s Pavilion because our L&D experience was amazing.

I truly cannot say enough about our experience at Wooster Community Hospital. Every single nurse we had during our stay was incredible. Mackenzie was so kind, helpful, and supportive. She helped me through basically my whole laboring process and delivery. Accommodating every need and request, giving every hand hold and all the reassurance in the world that I could do it, and just flat out being an incredible nurse and person.

Dr. Vandevelde is a pure ray of sunshine and I am grateful she delivered my sweet Avery. The passion she holds for her career truly shows. She has never treated me like “just another patient”, you can tell she truly cares.

Carman was also an incredible nurse. The raw moments after birth, like finally getting up and going to the bathroom after the epidural wears off and putting together a giant pad with mesh underwear was a very humbling experience and I’m eternally grateful for her support and help during that time, and all the check ins after that & throughout our stay in the hospital.

Which brings me to lactation- everyone that I had met was so helpful and amazing with getting any answers for the questions that I had. Breastfeeding was single-handedly the hardest thing I had ever experienced and visiting Kirstin and all other consultants gave me the confidence and motivation to keep trying and it has become such a breeze, and has helped me bond with my baby in the best way.

I will forever be grateful to each and every person who had helped us during pregnancy, L&D, and postpartum.

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If you’d like to be featured in our testimony Tuesday series, please send us a message sharing your experience & a few pictures. Whether we cared for you recently, or long ago, we’d LOVE to hear from you!
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𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗲𝘀! ♥️
If you are a December baby 🎉
You’re expecting a December baby🤰🏼
Or, you have a December baby 🎁
We want to celebrate YOU! Tell us your due date or share a picture in the comments of who’s celebrating birthdays this month!

𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗙𝘂𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀!
• The flowers for the month of December are holly and paperwhites. Paperwhites symbolizes rebirth and respect.
• The birthstones of December are zircon, tanzanite, & turquoise. Turquoise represents prosperity, success, and good fortune
• These last-month-born kiddos are little beacons of light, thought to be endowed with good fortune and good health.

Did you know those born in December have the most even-keeled disposition of all. That’s exciting news for the toddler years 😉 Babies born in December have the least amount of temper tantrums throughout their childhood compared to babies born any other time of year!

Happy birthday!!! 🌲☃️♥️

🌟 𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬🌟 Join us -TODAY- Thursday, December 15th for our Baby Bistro breastfeeding support group! We’ll be on zoom at 11am & 7pm.

Join us for one or BOTH meetings! And please feel free to spread the word and invite your friends. This group is open to ALL Moms 💗

11am meeting link ➡️
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86198520554?pwd=QVhUaUxsRllRWXEwZy9aUG0yRHN4dz09

7pm meeting link ➡️
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85163859570?pwd=VXR4R0JkMUwwY3Uyd3hCeEwxQWwvQT09

❄️Links are always available by clicking the link in our IG bio too!❄️

Baby Bistro is FREE and available to ALL mothers no matter their location or delivering hospital. An IBCLC will be available to answer questions.

Hey Mamas!... Expecting Mamas too!!
Do you have questions about feeding your baby? Are you looking for a little extra support & encouragement??

Join us on Zoom TOMORROW, {Thursday} December 15th at 11am, 7pm, or both!

🌟Would you like to receive a text reminder the day of our meeting? ➡️ https://www.remind.com/join/babybist ~ Or click the link in our IG bio!

All are welcome to join Baby Bistro meetings!
You don’t have to deliver at Wooster Community Hospital or live in the area to attend.

We’ll spend an hour together enjoying open conversation, answering questions, and providing support.

Zoom links will be posted tomorrow, or you can always find them in our Instagram bio 💙💗

•Testimony Tuesday•

I gave birth to my sweet girl, Amelia Nicole, on August 26th, 2022. I was induced at 39 weeks and 4 days. I started my induction at 8am and I was already 2.5cm dilated upon arrival. By noon, the doctor had come in to break my water and that’s when the contractions really started hitting hard. I labored without any medication until 5pm then asked to receive an epidural. Medication was not in my birth plan and I received nothing but compassion and respect from the nurses and doctors upon changing my plan. By 7pm I was 6cm dilated and was in transition by 10 pm. I only pushed for 26 minutes and my beautiful 7lb 6oz girl was there that same night at 10:26pm.

All of the nurses provided me with so much information and support as I struggled with latching and my baby struggled with high bilirubin levels. I cannot wait to have my future birthing experiences at WCH! ❤️

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If you’d like to be featured in our testimony Tuesday series, please send us a message sharing your experience & a few pictures. Whether we cared for you recently, or long ago, we’d LOVE to hear from you!
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Due to the high incidence of Influenza and RSV in our community, Wooster Community Hospital has recognized the need to limit visitations within our hospital in an effort to protect our patients’ well-being.

𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟗𝐭𝐡, the following visitation guidelines will be implemented: Only healthy immediate family members over the age of 14 will be permitted to visit with patients.

Learn more about our visitor policy on our website: https://www.woosterhospital.org/patients-visitors/visiting-hours/.

If you have any questions, please contact our patient advocate at 330.263.8727. Your health & safety remain our highest priority!

⭐️𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧⭐️
1. Support People: 3 healthy adult support people. Same 3 people for entire hospital admission

2. Postpartum Visitation: Postpartum visitation begins 3 hours after birth until the patient goes
home.

𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧:
•10-11am sibling(s) (of newborn) age 14 or
older with 1 or 2 child caregivers
•6-7pm open visitation for newborn siblings
14 or over and healthy visitors 14 or
over

•Testimony Tuesday•

We had our son in April 2019 and our daughter in August 2022. I cannot put into words how amazing the staff is at the Women's Pavillion. We had planned c-sections for both and everything was so calm. The doctors and nurses kept us informed every step of the way. I recommend Wooster Hospital and Bloomington Women's Care to everyone I know!

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If you’d like to be featured in our testimony Tuesday series, please send us a message sharing your experience & a few pictures. Whether we cared for you recently, or long ago, we’d LOVE to hear from you!
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#birthstory

🌟 Wooster Community Hospital Women’s Pavilion is hosting the Honor With Ornaments event TONIGHT 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝟔𝐩𝐦 for families who have experienced a loss. We want to remember and honor the babies born sleeping, those carried but never held, those held but could not be taken home, And those taken home but could not stay. We remember them always. 💛

If you would like to attend tonight’s event in remembrance of your baby, we invite you and your family to join us.

We will decorate an ornament to hang on a Christmas tree in their memory during a special remembrance ceremony. Hot cocoa, cookies, & popcorn will be provided. We look forward to spending this special evening with you! 🌲

🌟 𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬🌟 Join us -TODAY- Thursday, December 1st for our Baby Bistro breastfeeding support group! We’ll be on zoom at 11am & 7pm.

Join us for one or BOTH meetings! And please feel free to spread the word and invite your friends. This group is open to ALL Moms 💗

11am meeting link ➡️
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86198520554?pwd=QVhUaUxsRllRWXEwZy9aUG0yRHN4dz09

7pm meeting link ➡️
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85163859570?pwd=VXR4R0JkMUwwY3Uyd3hCeEwxQWwvQT09

Baby Bistro is FREE and available to ALL mothers no matter their location or delivering hospital. An IBCLC will be available to answer questions.

Hey Mamas!... Expecting Mamas too!!
Do you have questions about feeding your baby? Are you looking for a little extra support & encouragement??

Join us on Zoom TOMORROW, {Thursday} December 1st at 11am, 7pm, or both!

🌟Would you like to receive a text reminder the day of our meeting? ➡️ https://www.remind.com/join/babybist ~ Or click the link in our IG bio!

All are welcome to join Baby Bistro meetings!
You don’t have to deliver at Wooster Community Hospital or live in the area to attend.

We’ll spend an hour together enjoying open conversation, answering questions, and providing support.

Zoom links will be posted tomorrow, or you can always find them in our Instagram bio 💙💗

⭐️⭐️ Calling all parents! ⭐️⭐️

Our Testimony Tuesday series is one of our favorites! We love hearing from YOU!! If you’d like to share your Women’s Pavilion experience (this can be labor & delivery, Baby Bistro, lactation services, etc!), please send us your story with a few pictures and you will be featured! Thank you to all the families who have participate! It means the world to us ♥️

It is extremely important to us that we are able to provide our families with individualized care.
Use the attached birth preference worksheet to assist you as you think about your wishes and plan for the arrival of your little one.

This sheet can help you communicate with your healthcare team your desires during the labor and birth experience.

To access:
➡️ https://www.woosterhospital.org/services/obstetrics-womens-pavilion/

➡️Click “About Women’s Pavilion”
And you will see a clickable link that will take you to our hospital’s Birth Preference Worksheet.

You can print this worksheet out, go over it with your support people, as well as your healthcare providers prenatally and in the hospital.

We look forward to caring for your family on this special day 🥰

It is extremely important to us that we are able to provide our families with individualized care.
Use the attached birth preference worksheet to assist you as you think about your wishes and plan for the arrival of your little one.

This sheet can help you communicate with your healthcare team your desires during the labor and birth experience.

To access:
➡️ https://www.woosterhospital.org/services/obstetrics-womens-pavilion/

➡️Click “About Women’s Pavilion”
And you will see a clickable link that will take you to our hospital’s Birth Preference Worksheet.

You can print this worksheet out, go over it with your support people, as well as your healthcare providers prenatally and in the hospital.

We look forward to caring for your family on this special day 🥰

𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞! 🌟

The Wooster Community Hospital Women’s Pavilion is hosting an event of remembrance on 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝟔𝐩𝐦 in the Outpatient Pavilion.

We thank you for allowing us to remember your child and invite you to honor them at this special event. ♥️

We will decorate an ornament to hang on a Christmas tree in their memory during a special remembrance ceremony. Hot cocoa, cookies, & popcorn will be provided. We look forward to spending this special evening with you! 🎄

We’d like to take this opportunity to say how thankful we are for each and everyone of YOU!It’s our patients and our community that make our jobs so meaningful and fulfilling. Wishing you all a happy and healthy Thanksgiving day 🧡

What are you most thankful for this holiday season?

Are you an expectant mother looking to take childbirth education and/or breastfeeding classes?

𝐖𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬, 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬!

For more information and to sign-up please visit https://www.woosterhospital.org/services/obstetrics-womens-pavilion/childbirth-education-registration/ or call the Women’s Pavilion Program Coordinator, Nicole Sword at 330.202.5548

𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞! 🌟

The Wooster Community Hospital Women’s Pavilion is hosting an event of remembrance on 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝟔𝐩𝐦 in the Outpatient Pavilion.

We thank you for allowing us to remember your child and invite you to honor them at this special event. ♥️

We will decorate an ornament to hang on a Christmas tree in their memory during a special remembrance ceremony. Hot cocoa, cookies, & popcorn will be provided. We looki forward to spending this special evening with you! 🎄

Today at our Baby Bistro meetings we honored our milk donors! The Wooster Community Hospital milk donor drop site has shipped 13,474oz of milk to the OhioHealth Mothers' Milk Bank in the last year!

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐤 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐬! 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲.

Donated breast milk is pasteurized, cultured and shipped to hospitals across the country, giving babies fighting for their lives their best chance at health.

If you are interested in becoming a milk donor, please call the OhioHealth Mothers' Milk Bank
at (614) 566.0630 to begin the process. Or, email [email protected] for more information.

🌟 𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬🌟 Join us -TODAY- Thursday, November 17th for our Baby Bistro breastfeeding support group! We’ll be in-person and on zoom at 11am & on zoom only at 7pm. We are celebrating Baby Bistro’s 2nd birthday and honoring our milk donors 🎉

Join us for one or BOTH meetings! And please feel free to spread the word and invite your friends. This group is open to ALL Moms 💗

11am meeting link ➡️
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86198520554?pwd=QVhUaUxsRllRWXEwZy9aUG0yRHN4dz09

7pm meeting link ➡️
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85163859570?pwd=VXR4R0JkMUwwY3Uyd3hCeEwxQWwvQT09

Baby Bistro is FREE and available to ALL mothers no matter their location or delivering hospital. An IBCLC will be available to answer questions.

𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰!
𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠! 𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐤 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! 🎉💗

Baby Bistro is 2 years old! And, WCH Women's Pavilion has officially been collecting milk at our drop location for the Ohio Health Mothers' Milk Bank for a little over 1 year now! We have collected 13,474oz of milk!!!!! 👏🏼🌟👏🏼🌟

Please join us tomorrow- 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟏𝟏𝐚-𝟏𝟐𝐩 in the Outpatient Pavilion at Wooster Community Hospital. Zoom links will be posted on our social media accounts for those unable to attend in-person. We will also have our normally scheduled 7pm meeting on Zoom.

🌟Would you like to receive a text reminder the day of our meeting? ➡️ https://www.remind.com/join/babybist ~ Or click the link in our IG bio!

All are welcome to join Baby Bistro meetings! You don’t have to deliver at Wooster Community Hospital or live in the area to attend.

𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠!!! 🎉💜

Baby Bistro is 2 years old! And, WCH Women's Pavilion has officially been collecting milk at our drop location for the Ohio Health Mothers' Milk Bank for a little over 1 year now!

Please join us 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟏𝟏𝐚-𝟏𝟐𝐩 in the Outpatient Pavilion at Wooster Community Hospital. Zoom links will be posted on our social media accounts on the day of the event for those unable to attend in-person.