Maternity Care (Pregnancy Care)
Family Life Center Comprehensive Services
St. Francis Medical Center is here when you need us for life’s most special moments. We deliver more than 5,000 babies every year and we have a Level III NICU, ensuring that you and your family receive expert care while welcoming a new baby into your home. Our Family Life Center offers warm and comfortable private rooms, special amenities, and complete obstetrical care.
Bonding and Breast/Chestfeeding
We promote skin-to-skin time with your newborn and encourage breast-feeding/chestfeeding to help you build that special bond with your baby. We have a designated daily Quiet Time that provides an uninterrupted period each day for you and your baby to snuggle or rest. We also have experienced lactation educators to assist you in breast-feeding/chestfeeding your little one, which helps you form a strong bond that sets the foundation for a healthy childhood for your baby.
Take a tour of the Family Life Center – view video. Please click on Settings (the image shaped as a Gear) to create subtitles in the language of your choice.
If you have any questions, please call 310-900-2022 to speak to someone at the Family Life Center.
Pre-registration
For maternity patients, download the pre-registration form here – English | Spanish.
Fax your completed registration form to 310-900-8205 or email to SFMC-FamilyLifeCenter@primehealthcare.com.
Parking and Directions
We offer free parking for your convenience. The Family Life Center building is located on the corner of Imperial Highway and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Family Life Center Tour and Expectant Parents Benefits and Resources Session
Please join us for one of our virtual presentations and tours. We will introduce you to members of our Family Life Center (pregnancy care) team, provide you with information about our hospital, share linkages to education and resources, and give you the opportunity to ask questions and to complete your pre-registration.
St. Francis Medical Center is a Welcome Baby participating hospital. Funded by First 5 LA, Welcome Baby offers expectant women in Los Angeles County information, support, and resources during pregnancy, following delivery, and up through the baby’s first critical months. The program’s goal is to strengthen and support Los Angeles County neighborhoods and families by providing resources and access to activities that support the care, development, and well-being of pregnant women, new parents, and their babies.
Child Car Seat – Keeping Your Newborn Safe
When it is time to take your newborn home, we want to make sure your baby continues to stay safe. California law requires that all children under the age of 2 are secured in a rear-facing car seat when traveling in a vehicle. To learn more about car seat requirements, types of car seats, and how to correctly install a car seat and properly buckle in your baby, the California Highway Patrol has information and a video available on its website.
Child Safety Seats – California Highway Patrol
Visitor Guidelines
For information on our Visitor Guidelines, please visit our visitor guidelines page.
Did You Know? We are one of the few hospitals in the community that offers private Labor & Delivery and Postpartum rooms.
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