What a great place to have your baby!

We're proud to be entrusted with the health and care of so many mommies and babies of Laredo. If you don't find the answer to what you're looking for, please call us at 956-523-2000.

We love taking care of mommies and babies and it shows.

• Women's Center for your whole health
• Ultrasound
• Childbirth classes
• Labor and delivery unit tours
• Private labor and delivery suites
• NICU nearby, should your baby need it
• Childbirth services
  • Labor and delivery
  • Special Deliveries program
  • Natural childbirth
  • Cesarean births
  • Epidural
  • High-risk births
• Special Deliveries program

Private Insurance, Medicaid and CHIP Accepted. Self-pay delivery packages are available.

• Admission to the hospital (process)
• Anatomy of Labor—a fun and interactive class
• Relaxation techniques and pain relief interventions
• Tour of the Women's Center
• What happens if you need a C-section?
• Caring for your newborn
• Taking care of yourself
• New mom and dad roles

Where: Women's Center Education Room

When: The first three Mondays of each month from 6 – 8 p.m.

We recommend that moms and their support person attend at least one or two months before their due date.

Classes are FREE and registration is easy. Just call 1-877-992-1711 to sign up and confirm class dates.

For questions and concerns involving childbirth, infant feeding and your hospital stay, please call  956-523-2273.

Dates of classes are subject to change. Please call to confirm.

Benefits For Baby:

• Breast milk is easy for babies to digest, so their chances of developing gastrointestinal problems are reduced.
• Breastfeeding lowers the risk of infections and boosts your baby's immune system.
• Breastfeeding reduces your baby's risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
• Children who were breastfed are less likely to become overweight as they become older. They also typically score higher on cognitive tests than children who were not breastfed.
• Breastfeeding reduces the chances of children developing food or respiratory allergies.
• Children who are breastfed are less likely to develop eczema.

Benefits For Mom:

• Mothers who breastfeed decrease their risk for ovarian and breast cancers.
• Breastfeeding releases a hormone called oxytocin that causes the uterus to contract and return to its normal size after delivery. The contractions also reduce bleeding after delivery, decreasing a woman's risk of postpartum hemorrhage.
• Breastfeeding may stop a woman's menstrual cycle, helping women who wish to delay a future pregnancy.
• In some studies, mothers who breastfeed were found to return to their pre-pregnancy weight quicker than new mothers who did not breastfeed.
• Breastfeeding is free, so there is less of an economic strain on families.

If you decide to breastfeed your baby, we encourage you to call the hospital's lactation counselor at 523-2530.

Recommended reading:
"The Complete Book of Breastfeeding"
by Marvin S. Eiger and Sally Wendkos Olds

La Leche's Web site: www.lalecheleague.org