As a labor and delivery nurse at the Franciscan Health Family Birth Center in Olympia Fields, Heather Carter was confident of the quality of care she and her baby would receive there. What the New Lenox mom did not anticipate was that Liam would be born at 36 weeks and[Read More…]
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Franciscan Health has Southland’s only human milk depot
Among the services offered by Franciscan Health Family Birth Center in Olympia Fields is the Chicago Southland’s only human milk depot. Raquel Lewis, maternity services patient care coordinator, said the milk supply is particularly important for at-risk infants. Pasteurized donor human milk is an important nutritional therapy for many at-risk[Read More…]