Women's care

Breast care is an essential component to your overall health. That's why we offer a variety of preventive and diagnostic breast services, including mammography. Using digital mammograms and other advanced technologies, we can identify signs of breast disease early.

Our gynecology specialists partner with you to help you maintain your long-term gynecologic health. They offer a wide range of women's health services, including well-woman exams, gynecologic surgery and pelvic health disorder treatment. Additionally, our gynecologists partner with oncologists to treat various types of gynecologic cancer.

We offer personalized, compassionate labor and delivery services. Our hospital has seven labor, delivery and recovery suites and a dedicated operating room where we perform cesarean sections (C-sections). We also provide a range of educational resources to help your family learn to care for your little one. Additionally, we participate in the Cribs for Kids® safe sleep program, which uses specialized swaddles instead of blankets to create a safer infant sleep environment.

HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital is a proud partner of Cribs for Kids to ensure that our patients and their families have the most up-to-date information and resources for Safe Sleep.

The CDC estimates that nearly 3,500 U.S. infants die suddenly and unexpectedly every year while they are sleeping. These sleep-related deaths include fatalities from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) as well as accidental suffocation, and strangulation. SIDS is the leading cause of sudden unintended infant death (SUID) for infants under 1 year old, especially from birth to 4 months.

Updated Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) regulations went into effect in 2022. Products intended for infant sleep – including inclined sleepers, travel and compact bassinets, and in-bed sleepers – must now have an incline of 10 degrees or less. This change is based on conclusive evidence that flat, rigid surfaces provide a safe sleep environment for babies under 5 months old. Do not place your baby in any product that does not meet this new federal safety standard.

Always follow the ABCs of Safe Sleep: Alone, Back, Crib

Your baby should sleep alone, not with other people, pillows, blankets, or stuffed animals. Your baby should always be placed on their back, not their side or stomach. Your baby should sleep in a crib, not on an adult bed, sofa, cushion, or other soft surface.

Tips for safe sleep:

• Always place your baby on their back to sleep and nap.
• Use a firm and flat (not inclined) sleep surface, like a mattress in a safety-approved crib, play yard, or other flat surface covered by a fitted sheet
• When your baby falls asleep in their car seat, stroller, swing, infant carrier or sling, move them to a firm, flat sleep surface as soon as possible.
• Keep all soft objects (pillows, blankets, toys, pumper pads, etc…) out of the crib.
• Dress your baby in a well-fitting, one-piece sleeper.
• Keep your baby’s head and face uncovered during their sleep.
• Keep your baby warm with a wearable (not loose) blanket.
• Keep the room temperature comfortable and dress yoru baby in one more layer than you would wear

What not to do:

• Don’t smoke or allow others to smoke around your baby.
• Don’t drink alcohol or use drugs around your baby.
• Don’t use commercial devices or cardiorespiratory (CR) monitors unless ordered by your baby’s doctor.
• Don’t use items with loose ties on or around a sleeping baby, including bibs, pacifiers, cords, and other attachments.
• Don’t use products claiming to reduce risk or prevent SIDS, including wedges, positioners, or other products designed to keep infants in a specific position.
• Don’t place electrical cords, window blind cords, or baby monitor cords close to the crib.

Resources:

• Cribs for Kids – Helping every baby sleep safer
• Safe Sleep (aap.org)