Updated April 28, 2020
We know this is a stressful time for many of our obstetrics and gynecology patients, particularly those who are expecting. Please consider this page a resource to stay informed of policies that may change to protect the health and safety of our patients, their families and loved ones, our staff and providers as we navigate COVID-19 together.
As always, if you have any questions please call your IHA Obstetrics & Gynecology practice for more information.
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Patients in the Third Trimester
What to Expect & How to Prepare for Delivery at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Hospital
Mothers with COVID-19 or suspected COVID-19
To practice safe social distancing and minimize exposure of as many individuals as possible, only the patient is currently permitted at all in-person gynecologic appointments at IHA Obstetrics & Gynecology practices. Obstetrical patients may have one adult visitor accompany them to their appointments. If you have someone additional accompanying you to your appointment, they must wait in the vehicle or outside of the building.
If the patient is a minor, or needs physical assistance with maneuverability, one (1) adult guest may accompany the patient to the appointment.
To practice safe social distancing and minimize exposure of as many individuals as possible, the patient and one adult visitor are currently permitted at all in-person appointments at IHA Maternal-Fetal Medicine practices. If you have someone additional accompanying you to your appointment, they must wait in the vehicle or outside of the building.
If the patient is a minor, or needs physical assistance with maneuverability, one (1) adult guest may accompany the patient to the appointment.
To practice safe social distancing and minimize exposure of as many individuals as possible, the patient and one adult visitor are currently permitted at all in-person fetal ultrasound appointments at IHA Maternal-Fetal Medicine practices. If you have someone additional accompanying you to your appointment, they must wait in the vehicle or outside of the building.
If the patient is a minor, or needs physical assistance with maneuverability, one (1) adult guest may accompany the patient to the appointment.
If the patient is admitted to labor and delivery or antepartum unit, at this time two (2) support people are permitted to be with the patient during labor & delivery. Only one (1) support person can be present in the operating room during a c-section.
These designated persons will be asked to stay on the unit during the entirety of care. Once delivery is accomplished and the patient is transferred to Mother Baby Unit, two (2) visitors are permitted with only one staying overnight. Family members are not permitted to switch with each other during the day, meaning the same person should plan on staying during the labor course or during the postpartum stay. For antepartum patients, two adult visitors are allowed during the daytime but no visitors are allowed to stay overnight.
To minimize exposure of as many individuals as possible, one (1) visitor is allowed in triage unit.
At this point in time, one healthy adult may bring your newborn to their appointments. A phone call to include the child's other parent is permitted to keep them informed of the newborn's care plan.
Birth to 12 months is a key point in your child’s development and your development as a parent. It is important to keep up with your child’s newborn and developmental check-ins and vaccination schedule. Our IHA Pediatrics staff will help you schedule your child’s upcoming appointments and keep you on-track for a successful first year. During this time your first few newborn appointments may be at a different IHA Pediatrics practice location than where your provider typically sees patients, and you may be seen by another provider on your care team. Please call your IHA Pediatrics practice to schedule or check on upcoming appointments.
IHA Obstetrics & Gynecology has a Social Worker and Patient Advocate who supports all IHA Obstetrics & Gynecology patients. Kassandra Maple, LMSW can be reached at 734.887.4902.
IHA Obstetrics & Gynecology recommends that patients who are 37 weeks or greater self-isolate to minimize the possibility of infection with COVID-19 close to your due date.
IHA Obstetrics & Gynecology and the staff at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor's Family Birth Center are doing all that we can to keep you, your baby and your family as healthy as possible during the Covid-19 outbreak. In light of this, please read through the information below to prepare for your time in the hospital:
If you have tested positive for COVID-19 or are suspected to be positive before labor or admission to the hospital, please call your IHA Obstetrics & Gynecology provider before you go into labor or arrive at the hospital to discuss the plan to keep your baby healthy both immediately after delivery and going forward. We strongly recommend that a healthy caregiver, not your labor support person, that has not been exposed to mom is available to care for the baby after delivery.
If you have tested positive for COVID-19 or are suspected to be positive, you and your support person are asked to bring ALL possessions needed by mother, support person, and baby during labor, delivery and postpartum with you at check-in to the hospital, including the car seat. Your support person will not be allowed to leave and return.