CHRISTUS Labor and Delivery in New Braunfels, TX

Birthing Services, Lactation Consulting, and Newborn Care

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At CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - New Braunfels, our maternity team provides personalized care throughout labor, delivery, recovery and the first hours with your baby.

Our OB-GYNs, nurses, certified nurse midwife, neonatologists, maternal-fetal medicine specialists and lactation professionals work together to support your health, answer your questions and help you prepare for the transition home.

From childbirth education and breastfeeding assistance to specialized newborn care, our team is here to support you and your family throughout your maternity experience.

Our New Braunfels Location

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - New Braunfels

600 N. Union Ave.
New Braunfels, TX 78130

(830) 643-5255

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Labor and Delivery Experience

Every labor and delivery experience is different. Our care team will discuss your health needs, answer questions and help you understand your care options throughout your hospital stay.

Our labor and delivery spaces and services include:

  • Spacious labor and delivery suites
  • Wireless fetal monitoring to support mobility when clinically appropriate
  • Different pain-management options
  • An on-site operating room for Cesarean delivery
  • Couplet care that helps parents and newborns remain together
  • Breastfeeding education and lactation support
  • Postpartum education and recovery support

Your care team will help you understand what to expect during labor, delivery and recovery based on your health and your baby’s needs.

Prioritizing You and Your Baby

Our maternity team provides individualized care for you and your baby before, during and after delivery. We encourage you to ask questions, discuss your preferences and participate in decisions about your care.

After delivery, our team supports bonding, skin-to-skin contact, rooming-in and recognition of infant feeding cues when medically appropriate. Nurses and lactation professionals are available to provide education and individualized support during your hospital stay.

Every Baby Matters Home Visit Program

The Every Baby Matters program provides additional support for eligible families as they transition from hospital to home.

During a home visit, a registered nurse may evaluate the health of the postpartum patient and newborn, answer questions and provide education based on the family’s needs.

The program may support eligible families who would benefit from additional postpartum or newborn follow-up, including families with premature infants, young parents and families experiencing feeding or social concerns.

Ask your care team whether you qualify for the Every Baby Matters program and how follow-up visits are arranged.

Dedicated Mother-Baby Time

Mother-Baby Time provides a quieter period for rest, bonding, skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding support while you recover after delivery.

Keeping you and your baby together provides opportunities to recognize early feeding cues and respond when your baby is ready to breastfeed. Our nurses and lactation professionals are available to answer questions and provide individualized support.

Rather than following a single feeding schedule for every newborn, your care team will help you understand your baby's feeding cues and any specific feeding recommendations based on your baby's needs.

A Baby-Friendly Hospital

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - New Braunfels follows the evidence-based maternity care practices established by Baby-Friendly USA®. Through education, encouragement and compassionate support, our care team helps parents make informed infant-feeding decisions and work toward their breastfeeding goals.

Baby-Friendly practices support bonding and breastfeeding through care such as skin-to-skin contact, rooming-in, recognition of infant feeding cues and access to skilled breastfeeding assistance.

Our commitment to Baby-Friendly practices continues beyond your hospital stay. Our team helps connect families with lactation support and other resources for continued care after discharge.

Texas Ten Step Maternity Care

As a Texas Ten Step facility, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - New Braunfels follows evidence-based maternity care practices that support breastfeeding and continuity of care for parents and newborns.

These practices include breastfeeding education, skilled support from trained staff, opportunities for skin-to-skin contact and rooming-in, guidance about infant feeding, and connections to breastfeeding support after discharge.

Lactation Services in New Braunfels

Breastfeeding is a learned experience for both you and your baby. Our lactation team provides evidence-based education and individualized support to help you build confidence and work toward your breastfeeding goals.

Lactation support is available during your hospital stay and may include:

  • Help with breastfeeding positioning and latch
  • Education about infant feeding cues
  • Support for establishing and maintaining milk production
  • Guidance for pumping and expressing breast milk
  • Help addressing breastfeeding discomfort or other concerns
  • Support for more complex infant-feeding needs
  • Planning for continued breastfeeding after you return home

If you have questions or experience challenges with breastfeeding, ask your nurse or care team to connect you with a lactation professional.

International Board Certified Lactation Consultants

At CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - New Braunfels, our International Board Certified Lactation Consultants, or IBCLCs, provide specialized breastfeeding and lactation support during your hospital stay and after you return home.

IBCLCs are health care professionals with specialized education and clinical experience in breastfeeding and lactation care. Requirements for certification include health sciences education, lactation-specific education, clinical experience and successful completion of a comprehensive certification examination.

To maintain the IBCLC credential, lactation consultants must meet ongoing continuing education and recertification requirements that support continued professional development and evidence-based care.

Our IBCLCs collaborate with families and members of the health care team to address concerns such as:

  • Breastfeeding positioning and latch
  • Milk production and milk transfer
  • Pumping and expressing breast milk
  • Breastfeeding discomfort
  • Feeding after discharge
  • More complex infant-feeding needs

Support is tailored to the clinical needs and feeding goals of each family. If you would like to meet with an IBCLC during your hospital stay, ask your nurse or another member of your care team.

Breastfeeding and Lactation Support After Discharge

Questions about breastfeeding and infant feeding can arise after you and your baby return home. CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - New Braunfels offers outpatient infant-feeding care and postpartum lactation support to help families receive continued guidance after discharge.

Depending on your needs, follow-up care may include:

  • A breastfeeding and infant-feeding assessment
  • Help with positioning or latch
  • Support for milk production and milk transfer
  • Pumping and breast milk expression guidance
  • Help addressing breastfeeding discomfort or other concerns
  • Coordination with your baby’s pediatric or neonatal care team when additional evaluation is needed

Before leaving the hospital, ask your nurse or IBCLC how to access outpatient lactation support and which services are appropriate for you and your baby.

Level II Neonatal Intensive Care

Some newborns require additional monitoring or specialized care after delivery. The Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - New Braunfels provides care for eligible premature newborns and full-term newborns with certain medical needs.

Neonatologists and specially trained nurses work with the maternity and pediatric care teams to evaluate each newborn and develop an individualized care plan.

If your baby requires a different level of neonatal care, our team will explain the recommended next steps and help coordinate the appropriate care.

Learn more about neonatal intensive care at CHRISTUS Health

Mothers’ Milk Bank at Austin Collection Site

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - New Braunfels is a collection site for Mothers’ Milk Bank at Austin, a nonprofit milk bank that screens donors and processes donated human milk for premature and medically fragile infants.

Parents who have more breast milk than their baby needs may be eligible to become approved milk donors. Donor screening and approval are managed through Mothers’ Milk Bank at Austin.

For more information about becoming a milk donor or donating milk at our New Braunfels collection site, call 830-606-9111, ext. 36193, or learn how to become a breast milk donor.

Labor and Delivery Classes in New Braunfels

Great Expectations classes can help you prepare for childbirth, breastfeeding and the first weeks at home with your newborn.

Prepared Childbirth

Learn what to expect during labor, delivery and the first hours after birth. Topics may include comfort measures, positioning, partner support and pain-management options.

Breastfeeding Basics

Learn about milk production, infant feeding cues, positioning, latch, pumping, breast milk storage and how to access lactation support when questions arise.

Big Brother and Big Sister Class

Help an older child prepare for a new baby through age-appropriate discussions about safety, gentle interaction and what to expect when the baby comes home.

To register or request current class information, call 1-877-250-3627.