Pregnancy and newborn care
- Overview
- Maternity locations
- Pregnancy checklist by trimester
- Cord blood donation
- High-risk telemedicine
- Intensive care unit for premature babies
- Infant loss - Athens
- Infant loss - Fayette
- Perinatal Palliative Care
- Previous birth trauma consultation
- Breast milk lab
- Donor milk program
- Support for after birth
- Virtual tour of the Grass Family Women's Center
- Preparing for delivery at Atlanta
Perinatal palliative care
Perinatal palliative care program at Piedmont Athens
Palliative care is also known as comfort care for the end of life. Palliative care aims to focus on a family-centered time spent promoting quality of life instead of prolonging life with procedures and treatments.
Piedmont Athens Regional Labor and Delivery offers families support as they anticipate the loss of a baby. Grief can start with a terminal diagnosis at a prenatal visit. Our team of OB nurses, physicians, chaplains, and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit staff comfort and guide patients through the process of making decisions and answering questions as they plan for the delivery of their baby. We want to help alleviate the anxiety of the unknown and help patients be as prepared as possible for the birth of their child.
To register for a Palliative Care Meeting, call 706.475.3333 or talk with your physician to get one scheduled.
Resources
- NORD - National Organization for Rare Disorders
- SOFT - Support Organization for Trisomy 18, 13 and other related chromosome disorders
- NTSAD - National Tay-Sachs & Allied Disease Association (Tay-Sachs Disease and over 40 fetal degenerative disorders)