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Mission Statement
We are committed to providing state-of-the-art medical care for newborns and their mothers in a family-centered maternity care environment.
We strive to:
- Respect each woman and her family.
- Identify strengths in every woman and her family, even in crisis situations.
- Provide choice for women and families about approaches to care and support.
- Offer flexibility in policies, procedures and staff practices to tailor care to the needs, beliefs and cultural values of individual women and their families.
- Provide information to equip women and their families to make choices and assume responsibility for their own care.
- Provide support, both formal and informal, during pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenting.
- Empower women and their families to discover their own strengths and to make choices and decisions about the maternity.
- Collaborate with women, families, and health care providers in the care of an individual woman, in developing programs and policies in our hospital, and in designing systems of care that better meet the needs and preferences of women, infants, and families.
We value:
Birth Sisters (doulas), Breastfeeding Peer Counselors, Project Baby
We hope this web site provides you and your family with valuable information as you prepare for the birth of your baby and once the new baby arrives.
 Our Team
New mothers and babies are cared for by teams of professionals including:
attending pediatricians, resident pediatricians, attending family medicine physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners,
social workers, midwives, breastfeeding (lactation) specialists,
and other health professionals as needs are identifed. Click on the link to meet the Birth Place Administrative Staff.
Our Families
We are proud to serve the communities around Boston Medical Center
and the families who come from all over the world! To meet the needs
of the many diverse cultures we serve, we have a large Interpreter
Service which provides translation in over 20 languages. As we celebrate
the new lives of the babies in our care, we also celebrate the many
rich cultures of the families we serve.
Our
Services
Breastfeeding Classes, Infant Massage Classes, Project Baby, Mental
Health and Recovery from Addiction, Pediatric and Maternal Follow-up
Care.
Our News
2/07. A warm welcome to Mary Jo Pedulla, RNC, MS, in her new role as the Birth Place nurse manager.
3/07. Nicole Adrien, RN, receives the Outstanding Nursery Nurse Award from the Department of Pediatrics. Nicole is recognized for her excellence in teaching the art of infant massage to Birth Place families.
5/07. Boston Medical Center is awarded recertification of Baby-Friendly status by Baby-Friendly USA.
8/07. US government (CDC) releases national breastfeeding rates for babies born in 2004. Boston Medical Center's breastfeeding rate of 88% exceeded the national initiation rate of 73.8% and met the Healthy People 2010 goal of 75%.
8/07. BMC features Sherilee Cordice, RN, along with a Birth Place family, in a story about the Baby-Friendly recertification.
9/07. "Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center announce a strict new conflict-of-interest policy that places hard limits on interactions between doctors and representatives from pharmaceutical companies and medical device makers... 'This policy promotes the independence of our clinicians and establishes the highest professional standard of rigor and integrity in the care of our patients,' BMC president Elaine Ullian said in a statement." Liz Kowalczyk, Boston Globe 9/10/07 IndustryInteractions.pdf
3/08 Julie Mottl-santiago, Director of the Birth Sister Program, communicates, "
I'm happy to announce that our Birth Sister breastfeeding peer counselors are now now up and running on the postpartum floor. They provide culturally competent peer counseling to mothers who need extra social support to breastfeed successfully. Individual consultations, group information sessions, and home visits after discharge are provided. The peer counselors are supervised clincally by the lactation consultant service and work closely with the maternity nursing staff, who are the primary source of breastfeeding teaching and support."
3/08 Womensenews article published on Mother's Day mentions Boston Medical Center
http://www.womensenews.org
3/08. A warm welcome to Rachel Richards, PNP, in her new role as a member of the Birth Place PNP service.
Information for Families of Newborns
Fathers and/or significant others are welcome anytime. General visiting hours for all others are 8:00am to 8:00pm.
- Safety... Your baby's safety is very important to us.
Only staff wearing a yellow identification badge are allowed to transport a baby from a mother's room to other areas. Your baby will have a tag placed on his/her ankle when admitted to the unit. This is a part of an electronic monitoring system used to keep babies safe. The tag will be removed before you leave the hospital.
- Important Phone Numbers
- The Birth Place (617) 414-4363
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(NICU) (617) 414-4359
- The Breastfeeding Center (617)
414-MILK (6455)
- Labor and Delivery (617) 414-4360
- BMC HealthNet Insurance (617)
414-6100
- Newborn Hearing Screen (617) 414-4898
For more
information:
Jean Morgan, Administrative Assistant
The Birth Place
3 West, Menino Pavilion
Boston Medcial Center 840 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
(617) 414-5202
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