Labor & Delivery Preparation

From medicated to low-intervention births, we offer a range of options for delivery.

Visit our birth planning page

Line up your pediatrician before you give birth. You'll want a pediatrician to see your baby after you deliver and schedule your newborn appointments.

Visit Pediatrics at Baptist Health

From breastfeeding classes to basic baby care, our maternity/labor and delivery nurse educators offer in-person, virtual and pre-recorded options.

Find a class

When you are 30 days prior to your expected due date or scheduled delivery, you can complete eCheck-in through My Baptist Chart. This is where you will fill out some essential paperwork online.

Visit My Baptist Chart

A team member will assist with the filing of the Birth Certificate / Social Security information after you deliver.

It's important to add your baby to your insurance plan within 30 days of delivery. When you call, make sure to ask your insurance company to ensure that "your coordination of benefits* across all of your coverage is up to date."

Be sure they set the "effective date" for your baby's policy as their date of birth to ensure it covers the care they received while in the hospital.

Following these steps helps baby's insurance bills get processed quickly. Then, add your baby's insurance to My Baptist Chart.

Update baby's insurance online
Log in to your child's My Baptist Chart account and click "Insurance Summary" in the Main Menu to add their coverage information. If you need help setting up or accessing your child's My Baptist Chart account, visit our FAQ page.

Update baby's insurance by phone
Call us 24/7 at 904.202.1687. We'll need the name of your insurance company and baby's new insurance policy number.

If your baby's insurance is not showing as active in our system, you may receive a call from us to confirm baby's insurance provider and policy number. For any questions about insurance, please call your insurance company directly.

*Coordination of Benefits is the process insurance companies use to determine how coverage is handled when a baby may be covered under one or more insurance plans. If there are multiple insurance plans, it helps determine which plan pays first (the primary payer) and which pays second (the secondary payer), ensuring total insurance payments do not exceed 100% of costs. When speaking with your insurance company, it is important to use the exact phrase "coordination of benefits across all coverage" if your baby may be eligible for coverage under one or two insurance plans.