Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Birthing Center

Our Award-Winning Services Include:

• Access to Inova antenatal testing for specialized care of women with high-risk pregnancies
• Pain management and anesthesia services available onsite 24/7 to meet individual needs
• Dedicated operating rooms, available only for c-sections, along with a Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, designed so mothers and newborns remain together
• All private Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) newly renovated and fully equipped for infants with specialized needs
• Infant security system
• Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Lactation Center and Boutique with board-certified lactation consultants
• In-house pediatrician and on-call neonatologist available 24 hours a day, seven days a week
• Coordinated mother-baby care to minimize separation after birth

Maternal-Child Nursing/Family Centered Care (FCC) Visiting Information

• Visitation hours begin at 9 a.m. and end at 9 p.m. After 9 p.m. all visitors, including siblings, must leave
• Patients may have up to 5 visitors (a significant other/support person plus 4 others, including siblings)
• A doula is not considered a visitor
• Mothers are encouraged to take advantage of Serenity Hours. Any loud or disruptive visitors may be asked to leave
• No children under the age of 12, other than siblings of a newborn, may visit due to the immature immune system of newborns
• Siblings are encouraged to visit if they are free of illness and supervised at all times by an adult other than the patient. All siblings must leave by 9 p.m. and are not permitted to sleep in the patient's room overnight
• Special requests or considerations that affect visitation will be addressed