Welcoming new beginning with nurturing hands and caring hearts. The Santiam Family Birth Center is designed to offer a quiet, personal child birth experience with a qualified, compassionate medical staff. We encourage the whole family to participate in the joy of their new beginning. Delivering parents are encouraged to ask questions and participate in deciding on the treatment options available to them. Parents are supported to keep baby in their private patient room and experience as much skin-to-skin contact as possible for bonding.
Our Services
Maternity Suites
Child Birth Options
Nursery & Security
Birth Prep Class
Your Birthing Team
Birth Center Tours
Dates: First Tuesday of every month
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Santiam Hospital – Birth Center
1401 N 10th Avenue
Stayton, Oregon 97383
Birth Center Phone: 503.769.2175
Pre-Admission
Post-Admission
Hospital Discharge Process
Before you and your new addition leave the Hospital, one of our nursing staff members will share discharge information and follow up instructions with you. You will be asked to sign the discharge instructions and will be provided with the copy of the instructions. You we encourage you to ask as many question as possible before going home.
Back Home
Parenthood is breathtaking and challenging. Adjusting to change can be a challenge. We offer helpful services that can help this transition and new adventure.
FAQ
When should I come to the hospital?
Should I call first?
What are your visiting hours?
How long should we expect to stay in the hospital?
Can I walk around during labor?
What should I bring?
- Comfortable socks, clothing, or your favorite pillow
- Your own music, movies, books, and other entertainment you enjoy
- Optional labor items
- A coming-home outfit for yourself and for your baby
Your partner should bring some supplies, as well! Such as:
- Wallet
- Camera/Camcorder
- Change of clothes & toiletries
- List of contact names
- Birth plan
- Reading material or other entertainment
- Gifts for mom and baby
- Car seat
The hospital will provide blankets, onesies, diapers, wipes, and pacifiers for your baby during your stay.
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Put your baby to sleep on his or her back
- Breast-feed your baby
- Maintain a smoke-free house and car
- Use a firm mattress for your baby’s crib
- Use tight-fitting crib sheets
- Keep your baby’s sleep area warm, but not overheated. (Keep it at a temperature comfortable to you.)
- Think about using a clean, dry pacifier when placing the infant down to sleep. Do not force the baby to take it.
If you are breastfeeding your baby, wait until your child is at least one month old before using a pacifier. - Do not place pillows or stuffed toys in the crib.
Once you have done what you can to reduce your baby’s risk of SIDS, do not let the fear of SIDS spoil your joy
and delight of having a new baby. For more information on SIDS see the information below or call SIDS Alliance at1.800.221.7437 or “Safe to Sleep” at 1.800.505.2742 or visit their website at www.nichd.nih.gov/sids.
Safe to Sleep®
Safe to Sleep® started in 1994 as the Back to Sleep campaign, with the goal of educating parents, caregivers, and health care providers about ways to reduce the risk of SIDS. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of death among infants between 1 month and 1 year of age. Find out what you can do to reduce your baby’s risk of SIDS and other sleep-related causes of infant death.
Purple Crying
The Period of PURPLE Crying® is the phrase used to describe the time in a baby’s life when they cry more than any other time. The Period of PURPLE Crying begins at about 2 weeks of age and continues until about 3-4 months of age. There are other common characteristics of this phase, or period, which are better described by the acronym PURPLE. All babies go through this period. It is during this time that some babies can cry a lot and some far less, but they all go through it.
Doctors
About
Santiam Hospital is a not-for-profit, 40 bed acute-care hospital located in Stayton, Oregon, which is a short 12-mile drive east of Salem, and serves more than 30,000 people annually from the communities of Stayton, Sublimity, Aumsville, Mill City, Jefferson, and the surrounding areas.