Labor and Delivery

Why choose Slidell Memorial Hospital for Labor and Delivery Services?

As the only labor and delivery department serving Slidell and the surrounding area, Slidell Memorial Hospital provides mom and baby a compassionate birthing experience, plus the highest level of care to manage life's unexpected emergencies. Labor and delivery comprehensive care starts during pregnancy and continues after the baby is born.

Slidell Memorial Hospital helps make your labor and delivery go as smoothly as possible with expert care and helpful amenities. Slidell Memorial Hospital's labor and delivery department offers:

• Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) led by experienced, highly trained staff
• A 24-hour care team, including in-house anesthesiologists and nurse practitioners  
• Spacious private rooms where expectant moms can labor, deliver and recover after childbirth
• Operating rooms and a surgical recovery room on the unit ideal for keeping mom and baby close
• Airstrip OB monitoring, which allows your doctor to view the baby's heart rate, contractions, maternal vital signs and nursing documentation at any time
• Baby’s first portrait, done right here at SMH through Mom365

What prenatal resources for expectant mothers are offered at Slidell Memorial Hospital?

Slidell Memorial Hospital offers prenatal services to help you prepare for the arrival of your baby. All prenatal classes available at Slidell Memorial Hospital are free to expectant parents who are delivering at the hospital. To register for any prenatal classes, please (985) 280-3210 or email SMH-Prenatalclass@ochsner.org 

What postpartum resources are available for mothers at Slidell Memorial Hospital?

After childbirth, Slidell Memorial Hospital is here for you with the resources you need to transition to parenthood.

• Complimentary parenting classes for families that deliver at SMH. 
• International board-certified lactation consultants, who offer support in the hospital and after you go home. SMH is a GIFT (Guided Infant Feeding Techniques) certified hospital. To speak with a lactation consultant, call 985-280-8663.
   

Resources

New Beginnings Program

A comprehensive, life-changing, family centered experience for moms with Opioid Use Disorder.

The goal of our New Beginnings Program is to break down barriers to prepare for a healthy newborn and a healthy, safe lifestyle and environment for both mom and baby. We encourage moms to be honest with their medical provider about past and present substance use without fear of judgement. New Beginnings, while requiring commitment, dedication and enrollment in a drug rehab program, is patient-centered and designed to benefit moms and babies without penalty.

For more information, click here. To enroll, call (985) 280-6697 
 

Community Resources
 

• Pregnancy Help Slidell - Safe place of hope and help for women during pregnancy and beyond
• La Leche League - Mother-to-mother support group

Louisiana WIC

WIC provides nutritional services, breastfeeding support and supplemental food for pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children.

• Slidell WIC Clinic - (985) 847-0720
• Covington WIC Clinic - (985) 400-5340

To locate a WIC clinic near you, please call - (800) 251-BABY (2229)

Louisiana Resources

• Partners for Healthy Babies - Connects mom to pregnancy resources, services and information
• Nurse Family Partnership - Provides home services from a nurse to support first-time moms throughout pregnancy and until 2nd birthday
• Louisiana Breastfeeding Coalition - Provides breastfeeding information and resources for mothers, families and communities
• TEXT4baby - Get FREE text messages on prenatal care, baby health, parenting and more 
   

Slidell Memorial Hospital is proud to have received the Louisiana Birth Ready Designation by the Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative (LaPQC).