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The Stork's Landing Maternity Center
Clinic Type: Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital Outpatient Department
Hospital-based clinics are an extension of Duke Health hospitals and have additional facility charges. Some insurance companies process bills with a deductible and coinsurance rather than as a co-pay as for an office visit. This may impact the amount of the bill you are responsible for after payment from your insurance plan. Check with your insurance company before your visit to determine what your responsibility will be.
The Stork's Landing Maternity Center at Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital provides the comforts of home in a hospital setting. The neonatal/perinatal clinical care team in The Stork's Landing includes obstetricians, anesthesiologists, labor/delivery/recovery/post-partum and nursery registered nurses, lactation consultants and neonatal nurse practitioners with neonatologists providing supervision - all dedicated to keeping mom and baby as healthy as possible. Our maternity center is a designated Blue Distinction® Center+ for Maternity Care.
Clinic Hours
Open 24 hours, 7 days a week.
Mooresville, NC 28117-9500
Clinic Hours
Open 24 hours, 7 days a week.
Maternity Center Services
Babies don't wait to come into the world. We're right here to assist in their arrival 24 hours a day. Specially designed for growing families, the maternity center offers:
- Home-like postpartum rooms with private showers
- Decorative labor delivery and recovery suites with private Jacuzzi baths
- A family focused environment
- A well-baby nursery provides a range of care for healthy newborn babies.
- Board-certified obstetricians/gynecologists, lactation consultants and anesthesiologists for epidural anesthesia 24 hours
- Neonatal resuscitation and CPR-certified nurses
- Courses for mom, dad and siblings, including infant/child CPR
About Our Services
We strive to provide patient and family centered care during your entire stay with us. We encourage you to work alongside your healthcare team to create a birth plan that is suited just for you and your family. The nursing staff is trained in supporting vaginal births and use different approaches to help you have the delivery you desire while addressing your medical needs. Some of these approaches include:
- Limiting interventions during labor and birth
- Encouraging frequent movement and position changes
- Offering intermittent monitoring for low-risk mothers and wireless fetal monitoring to allow you to move more freely
- Use of peanut balls and birthing balls
- Offering a variety of essential oils for aromatherapy to help enhance your delivery experience. Essential oils are available to improve energy, help you cope with labor pain, decrease feelings of stress or anxiety as well as to improve nausea and headaches.
Nitrous Oxide for Labor Pain Management
We offer nitrous oxide as an option for coping with labor. As your healthcare provider about this alternative pain management option to help manage your labor. Some of the benefits include:
- Ease of non-invasive, self-administration - empowers patients to have more control of their own pain management
- Fast acting analgesic - takes effect in minutes and has a short duration of effect, wearing off in minutes
- Supported as a safe and effective form of pain control by national organizations, including American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), and American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM).
Support for Cesarean Births
Should a cesarean birth be part of your plan, or become necessary, we support family-centered cesarean births by:
- Offering a clear viewing drape to allow you to see your baby be born
- Placing your baby skin-to-skin with you as quickly as possible in the operating room, and minimizing the time your baby is away from you
- Keeping your baby with you and your family throughout your procedure and during recovery so you are not separated from your baby, unless desired or medically necessary.
After Delivery
The staff is trained to care for your baby in ways that are proven to be the most beneficial. We encourage you to work with your healthcare team to learn how to care for your baby in the ways that meet you and your family's needs. Some approaches we use to benefit you and your baby include:
- Rooming in: We encourage your baby to stay in the room with you as much as possible. Rooming in helps you to learn your baby's feeding cues and sleep/wake cycles, as well as bond with your baby. Rooming in also will improve your comfort level in caring for and feeding your newborn once you go home.
- Skin-to-skin contact: Every baby, regardless of how they are fed – breast or bottle – should stay skin to skin for the first 1-3 hours after birth, and as much as possible after that. Skin to skin has been proven to aid in keeping your baby's temperature and blood sugar levels normal, as well as to decrease fussiness and improve feeding success.
- Breastfeeding support: A lactation consultant will visit you daily to offer any assistance you may need with breastfeeding. The nursing staff is also knowledgeable and experienced in assisting with breastfeeding and can answer questions or concerns you may have.
We also offer you the choice to use pasteurized human milk to for infant feeding supplementation if necessary. Pasteurized human milk is carefully screened, pasteurized and tested and is safe to feed your baby. Pasteurized human milk offers the benefits of mother's milk in providing nutrients your baby needs while being easy to digest.
- Delayed bathing: Our goal is to delay bathing until 12 hours of life, which has been shown to improve temperature stability and feeding success. Baths can now be done in your postpartum room, allowing for the whole family to be involved. Your baby will be placed skin to skin to rewarm after his or her bath.
- Nap time: Daily from 2:00 am to 4:00 am and 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm This is a time for you to get a well-deserved break from the hustle and bustle of the hospital. You may ask visitors to refrain from visiting during this time. You should experience little to no interruptions, unless medically indicated, so that you can catch up on some rest and bond with your new family.
Prenatal and Childbirth Education Classes and Tours
Breastfeeding Class
Breastfeeding class is taught by a lactation consultant and includes basic information how to get started and how to manage breastfeeding during the first few weeks of life.
Childbirth Education Class Series
Childbirth education classes are taught in the evenings as a series and meets two to three times. Class includes information about the labor process, medical interventions, positioning for labor and breathing techniques, and includes a hospital tour.
Infant Care Class
Infant care class includes basic infant care skills, such as feeding, bathing and diapering.
Infant/Child CPR
Course material includes CPR for children ages birth to adolescence, management of a choking victim and home and car seat safety.
Tours
Free tours of the Stork's Landing Maternity Center are offered regularly. Please visit our events page for dates. It is recommended that moms complete prenatal classes by 36 to 37 weeks gestation. Prices, dates and times are subject to change. Registration for all classes and tours is required.
Accepted Insurance
Insurance coverage for Duke Health Lake Norman providers and locations currently vary from the majority of other Duke Health providers and locations. Before scheduling your appointment, we strongly recommend you contact your insurance company to verify that the Duke Health Lake Norman location or provider you plan to visit is included in your network. Your insurance company will also be able to inform you of any co-payments, co–insurances, or deductibles that will be your responsibility. For more information, please call the clinic.
Preparing For Your Visit
Accessibility Services
We provide equal access for all people and offer a range of free accessibility services to patients and visitors who need them.
Interpreter Services
Free interpreter services can be provided for patients who prefer to communicate in a language other than English.
Free Wi-Fi Available
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Parking
Free, convenient parking is available.
Public Transportation
Plan your trip to The Stork's Landing Maternity Center through the Iredell County Area Transportation System (ICATS). There is no bus stop within 0.5 miles. Visit ICATS to learn more about this transportation service.