Our team of doctors meet with couples that wish to have a baby and help them asses if they are medically ready. They may suggest routine check-ups to ensure that they are medically sound, and if required, may also start the to-be-mother on vital vitamins.

Prenatal Yoga:

Prenatal Yoga is a gentle form of yoga that takes into account the changing needs of a woman’s body while she is pregnant. Yoga during pregnancy assists and strengthens the muscles and joints as they change with the influx of pregnancy hormones.

The sessions will be conducted by Krepanand Latika who has been in the field of yoga for more than ten years, Her special area of interest and expertise lies in pre and postnatal yoga. She holds certification from the Yoga Vahini connected to Krishnamacharya Mandiram, Chennai.

Lamaze/Childbirth classes:

Lamaze educators teach early pregnancy classes focusing on pregnancy and the growth and development of the baby. Lamaze childbirth educators teach a series of classes for women and their partners during the last trimester of pregnancy, which prepares them for labor and birth. These classes focus on the normal process of labor and birth and strategies that women and their partners can use to enhance the progress of labor and to reduce pain and fear.

Martine (Childbirth Expert):

Martine has been a childbirth expert for more than seventeen years. She has changed the way expectant parents view pregnancy and delivery. She has been associated with Fernandez hospital, Swapna Nursing home, and Matrika nursing home.

Lactation counseling:

A lactation counselor is a woman experienced and specially trained to help mothers and babies that are having difficulty nursing/breast feeding. She answers simple questions and helps solve more complicated problems.

Robin Hayter (Lactation & Lamaze Expert):

Robin Hayter realized her passion for natural childbirth and breastfeeding though her personal experiences. She is interested in promotion of wellness for the pregnant mother as well as the newborn, through Lamaze, breastfeeding and early parenting. Robin leads the Healthy Mother Breastfeeding Support Network, a support network for pregnant and new moms aimed at promoting breastfeeding and is part of Healthy Mother’s newest batch of officially certified Lamaze Childbirth Educators.

Nutrition counseling:

Healthy pregnancies and healthy babies all begin with good nutrition. The best time to start nourishing the body for baby-building is actually months before conception. The nutritionist would help expecting mothers with prenatal nutrition.

Suneetha Sapur (Nutrition Expert):

Suneetha has been a nutrition consultant at L.V. Prasad Eye Institute and Microsoft Research Development since 2007. She is the founder and director of Akshaya Foundation Society. She is also the advisor to India Research Economics and Management. She has a special interest in Pregnancy and Childbirth and has been a guiding force to many pregnant women.

Counseling:

Prenatal counseling is a personal way for women/couples to discuss a variety of topics surrounding birth, pregnancy and family situations.

Gynaec Talk:

Our gynecologist would talk to pregnant women about what to expect during pregnancy and how the body changes. She would also explain the various investigations that a pregnant mom needs to undergo and the significance for each.

Senior Gynaecologist, The Birthplace:

OThe Birthplace has a strong clinical team in place. Our senior gynecologist will be addressing to-be-mothers, and talking to them about what to expect during their pregnancy. She will also be holding open house and answering questions that the class with have.

Most of the hospitals have 4D ultrasound – GE Voluson However, since our facility is dedicated to obstetrics, we house an ultrasound which not only detects fetal movements but also scores high on two important features.

Namely :

Image Quality:

The images are much more clearer/ richer and the clarity is further reflected when the same image is viewed in an HD display.

Detection of Fetal Anomalies:

All prior pre-birth defects can be easily diagnosed in conjunction with a fetal medicine expert.

Please also note that the Birthplace is one of the first facilities in India to install the Voluson E-8, BT-12 Ultrasound.

Presently, the delivery in existing hospitals takes place in three stages in three different rooms – labor, delivery and recovery. At every different stage, the mother is moved from room to room, something that can tend to be very tiring for her.

The Birthplace will integrate all the three stages in the same room. It will be called 'The LDR Suite.'

To equip these rooms, we need a special LDR bed. Hill-Rom, a US based firm is the best in this category. Among various options,The Birth Place will house the Affinity – 4, one of the latest LDR beds.

Currently, few hospitals in India have similar beds and out of which even fewer have the Hill-Rom beds.

Since out medical team is available on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the expecting mother will be introduced to the entire clinical support team- aesthetician, and nursing staff, to ensure that she is comfortable with them.

The Birth Place houses an ultramodern NICU- level 4, with a dedicated team of neonatologists and trained nurses to handle premature deliveries and other emergencies.

In addition, the following are also available:

• Maternal ICU
• Diagnostics
• Pharmacy
• Septic NICU

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Objective: To ensure that the entire patient flow is smooth and seamless

The iPad is primarily intended to be used by the CCEs. This eliminates the need for a reception at the facility and queues, which is a typical sight at any hospital.

Adding, to this, the technology also eliminates the need of additional manpower. Similarly some of the processes which are time intensive in regular hospitals such as billing and subsequent discharge will require significantly lesser time at The Birthplace and can be done at the convenience of the patient. Even for OPs, a consolidated billing happens at the end of the patient visit – this includes consultation charges, tests, diagnostics and pharmacy.

Objective: To cue that we do not just tell we are ‘ethical’ but also communicate it in our processes and build trust with our patients

The basic concept behind the Anoto Dot paper and pen technology is that any thing you write on a dot paper sheet with a digital pen is captured as an image by the pen which is reproduced on a computer - as good as scanning the sheet of paper on which you write something. The thing that makes this cooler than scanning a sheet of paper is that we can define fields and check boxes on the dot paper and whatever is written in these fields is captured intelligently by the system. For example, if you write your date of birth on the dot paper in a date of birth field, the computer will know it as 24th February 1955 as opposed to just the image of 24th February 1955 in your handwriting). The handwriting recognition itself is pretty decent and works perfectly for numbers and text written in block letters in boxes. Even without handwriting recognition, having the notes of doctors and nurses as they are written for reference at anytime is very useful.

Currently, most of the hospitals capture patient records on paper, which is subsequently entered in the computer. There are many errors in the entire process, apart from the records not being captured a large number of times to error in the records.

Using dot paper and pen ensures that we capture all patient records – for both outpatients and inpatients on a real time basis. The same is integrated in the HIS under the unique patient id and can be given to the patient anytime. It is as comprehensive as possible and could include both case history and notes at any of the touch points in the hospital.

This is intended to be used by doctors’ and nurses’ to capture the patient records.

*Please note that the word ‘patient’ has been used only for the purposes of understanding. We would refer the patients by ‘guest’ at the Birthplace.

Breastfeeding can often make a difference in the health and welfare of mothers and babies. We have special nurses and lactation consultants, both of whom will support the mother. Our lactation consultant will meet and help the mother understand the importance of breastfeeding and techniques as part of the our ante-natal services.

Once the baby arrives, our lactation consultant will visit the mother everyday till she is in the facility, to make sure she is comfortable.

Good nursing care is absent in most of the healthcare facilities in India. Since nurses play a very critical role in the entire caregiver cycle, a good nursing care can set benchmarks in the current healthcare scenario in India.

That's why nursing care forms an important part of the caregiver cycle. Unlike most of the existing facilities where nurses spend almost 50% of their time on paperwork, we would use technology to enable nurses spend almost all of their time with their patients.

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