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Beautiful Beginnings
Over the last generation, Baptist Health has become synonymous with exceptional maternity care and women’s services in South Florida. Tens of thousands of mothers in our community have experienced those first exhausting and exhilarating moments of childbirth in our world-class maternity centers. We give extra attention to your visit because we realize we are privileged to be part of this wonderful experience.
Our approach to maternity is consistent with how we practice all of our medicine, with a focus on patient- and family-centered care. West Kendall Baptist Hospital is incorporating our trademark culture of care, sensitivity and excellence in our new state-of-the-art maternity unit so that we provide the best for you and your baby. The comfortable surroundings and compassion new mothers have come to expect at our other hospitals are now part of West Kendall Baptist Hospital as well.
Our expertise in this field has helped us create an environment where those first moments of life are treasured as much by our patients as our caregivers. The birth of a child is among life’s most memorable moments, and we encourage our patients to share those moments with parents, siblings, grandparents and friends.
At Beautiful Beginnings you’ll enjoy:
- Spacious private labor and delivery suites
- Board-certified obstetricians
- World-class neonatologists
- Dedicated C-section operating rooms
- Certified lactation consultants
- Around-the-clock newborn nursery and postpartum care
- Digital security ID bracelet system for newborns
- Open family and friends visiting hours
- Room service
Give your baby the very best. To schedule your private visit, call 786-467-2499 today.
Ann Mullings, R.N.
Manager, Mother and Baby Services
Ann Mullings is the patient care manager at the perinatal unit at West Kendall Baptist Hospital. Before that, she was a clinical nurse for Labor and Delivery at Homestead Hospital, where she held several nursing positions. She has served as a preceptor and mentor to new graduates and experienced nurses alike who were new to the Labor and Delivery unit. Ms. Mullings is an official fetal monitoring instructor for the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), the governing body for all obstetrical nurses. She has taught fetal monitoring to dozens of obstetrical nurses throughout Baptist Health.
Read Ann's story 
From exhaustion to exhilaration, how were those first hours and days with your new baby?
When my husband and I found out we were expecting twins a couple of years ago, we were not prepared for the news of multiples. We experienced various emotions including disbelief and fear or what I like to refer to as “twin shock.” After the initial “twin shock” we started on our journey of twin readiness, anxiously awaiting our bundles of joy, in between the mandatory prescribed bed rest at 16 weeks gestation, numerous ultrasounds and the frequent multiple high risk prenatal visits.
At 37 weeks gestation our beautiful twins Matthew and Abigail were delivered by cesarean section at Baptist Hospital. During the delivery my husband and I felt that we were witnessing a true miracle, first came Abigail and then Matthew two minutes later. They were truly a blessing from God. We fell in love with our new babies instantly.
The healthcare team at Baptist Hospital was exceptional. They kept us informed at all times, especially when I had to be transferred to the OB step-down unit after being placed on special medications for elevated blood pressures after the delivery.
When we took our twins home we put all the research findings into practice. The twins were kept on the same eating and sleeping schedule. It worked like a gem and allowed for scheduled rest time for my husband and myself who were practically zombies resulting from sleep deprivation. My husband and I also decided to work out a sleep schedule for ourselves where one of us would take a night shift, on alternate nights getting up every 3 hours to feed and diaper change our babies, and the other be allowed to sleep a full 6 hour night. That plan worked so well, we kept it until the twins started sleeping throughout the night. If we had to do it all over again we would not have done anything differently. Matthew and Abigail are truly our blessings from above.
Maternity
From exhaustion to exhilaration, how were those first hours and days with your new baby?
