babies

One of the last remaining birthing units in southern Alabama will close next month to qualify for federal funding that will save the hospital’s emergency services, but doctors warn the move may cost newborns and pregnant women essential access to obstetric care.

Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham and Shelby Baptist Medical Center in Alabaster will eliminate prenatal and maternal care service on October 25. Monroe County Hospital will follow suit and close its obstetrics department in November. OB care focuses on labor and delivery and pregnant patients.

Mothers could soon be offered help in surrendering newborn babies to get a second chance at life. House Bill 473 introduces Safe Haven Baby Boxes to the state where parents can surrender their baby anonymously and safely.

Newborn screening can alert healthcare providers to the potential for a condition that is typically not apparent at birth. With a simple blood screen and treatment, most affected babies have the opportunity to avoid death and disability and grow up healthy and develop normally.

Alabama is one of the worst states to have a baby. That’s according to the financial website WalletHub.

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