Boven Birth Center Support Services
Congratulations on the arrival of your new baby! Holland Hospital offers you an entire support team of nurses, consultants, advocates and health advisors ready to help you prepare for this important time in your life.
Classes and services include:
- Pre-natal counseling
- Pre- and post-natal yoga and exercise
- Breastfeeding preparation classes and lactation consulting
- Personalized care plans
- Education and support
- Follow up phone calls and outpatient services
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Parent Advocates
 Download the Boven Birth Center Parent Advocate Brochure
By joining the Boven Birth Center family, you have access to Parent Advocates - a dedicated team equipped to provide you with information and support to take on the most important role in your life — a parent.
Parent Advocates services include:
- A comprehensive Parent Handbook with parenting tips and information
- Phone calls to help you adjust to caring for a newborn
- Personalized education and support
- Infant growth and development
- Lifestyle adjustments and post-pregnancy changes
- Baby blues or postpartum depression concerns
- Connections to community resources
From an information-packed handbook to supportive phone calls, Boven Birth Center Parent Advocates arm you with the parenting know-how you need to nurture your baby during the first 18 months of life.
For more information please call a Parent Advocate at (616) 394-3703.
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RTS Bereavement Services (Resolve Through Sharing)
Implemented at Boven Birth Center in 1994, the RTS Bereavement Program was founded by Gundersen Lutheran Medial Center in Lacrosse, Wisconsin.The RTS Bereavement Program is designed for parents and families who have experienced a miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth or newborn death. This program assists families through the grieving process.
Bereavement counselors recognize that perinatal loss is a unique, lifelong, parenting bereavement experience. The mission of RTS Bereavement Services is to actively develop a common standard of excellence that assures services are provided to bereaved families through an interdisciplinary and holistic approach.
If you or someone you know would like more information about the Resolve Through Sharing (RTS) program or would like to talk with a bereavement counselor, please call us at (616) 394-3324.
We're here to help.
Quiet Whispers Support Group
An ongoing support group for those experiencing pregnancy loss, Quiet Whispers meets the first Thursday of each month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m at Hospice of Holland. Sharing with others who have experienced a loss is a way to help in the grieving process.
Hospice of Holland
270 Hoover Boulevard
396-2972
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