Medical City Healthcare | Take Care | Spring 2019

MEDICAL CITY PLANO WAS VOTED 2019 BEST PLACE TO HAVE A BABY and Best Childbirth Classes in Collin County by the readers of CollinChild magazine. Jamie Staats, a special education teacher from Allen, talks about some of the services and amenities she experienced firsthand. Labor & delivery Childbirth classes Jamie and her husband, Michael, took Prepara- tion for Childbirth—a set of comprehensive classes free to parents delivering at Medical City Plano. “This was our first baby, and we didn’t know anything,” Jamie said. “So we took every class offered, from a hospital tour to preparation for labor and delivery, baby care, infant safety and CPR, and breastfeeding and pumping. Michael High-level NICU At 35, Jamie was considered high risk. She chose Medical City Plano in part because of its Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). “Because of my age, I was considered a high- risk pregnancy,” Jamie said. “Just having that label made me super nervous, but the care I received from everyone was top-notch and eased my worries.” Only the best for MOMS & 10