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Suggested To-Do List
Are you ready for the most important job of your life? This checklist can help.
- Review childbirth and parenting classes
- Find an OB/GYN or certified nurse-midwife
- Choose a doctor for your baby
- Pre-register for your hospital delivery
- Buy a car seat
- Prepare a birth plan
- Birth tours are available by request at most of our hospitals. Call ahead to confirm availability.
- Boise: (208) 381-2652
- Elmore: (208) 587-0575
- Magic Valley: (208) 814-3646
- McCall: Please speak with your physician about availability
- Meridian: (208) 706-3160
- Nampa: (208) 205-7320
- Wood River: (208) 727-8733
- Call St. Luke’s Patient Financial Services regarding cost at (208) 381-2333
- Investigate what you'll need to add your newborn to your health insurance
Items to Pack for the Hospital
- Contact lens case and glasses
- Toothbrush, toothpaste, hairbrush, lip moisturizer
- Snacks to help keep your support person energized
- Suckers or hard candy for mom
- Camera, video camera, extra batteries
- Lotion or massage oils
- Non-skid socks or slippers for mom
- Baby book (baby’s footprints can be placed right on the pages while at the hospital)
- Clothes for going home
- Going-home outfit for baby, including a blanket
- Child passenger car seat
- A nursing bra
- Breast pump
Having your Baby at St. Luke's
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Your Birth Experience at St. Luke’s Boise
Our focus on family-centered care means you can count on safety, security, comfort, and expert care for you, your baby, and your family.
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Your Birth Experience at St. Luke’s Meridian
Your St. Luke’s Meridian care team supports you in your individual choices to have the childbirth experience you desire. Our focus on family-centered care means you can count on safety, security, comfort, and expert care for you, your baby, and your family.
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Your Birth Experience at St. Luke’s Nampa
Families are at the heart of the Family Care Unit at St. Luke’s Nampa. Suites are designed so mothers, babies, and families can be together throughout the birth experience. Even babies needing intensive care room in with their parents.
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