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Pregnancy & Newborns Pregnancy is an exciting time for parents-to-be. Use this information to help you make informed decisions from conception through delivery.

Your Newborn Baby Sleeping, eating, crying, cooing—your new arrival will keep you busy. You'll soon figure out his or her patterns and preferences.

Women's Center

Forrest City Medical Center is dedicated to a continual improvement of services offered to our communities. Whether you are starting a family or adding to it, the Women’s Center at Forrest City Medical Center is here for you.

Labor and Delivery

Our center is designed for the comfort and convenience of mother and family, with “family friendly” visiting hours, redecorated rooms and a staff of trained professionals who make mother, baby and family feel “truly special.” Our new labor rooms afford mom the convenience of labor, delivery and recovery in the same room.

We know that “birth” is one of the most special events in life and we encourage families to be a part of the special time. Our beautiful Post Partum rooms have a homey atmosphere where babies can “room in” with their mothers, and staff can teach and prepare the family for a safe and comfortable discharge home.

Trained Nursery staff are monitoring mother and baby needs with teaching and support to prepare the family for going home safely. Our Nursery is equipped with an infant security system for your baby’s safety.

Women’s Services also provides free childbirth classes to help prepare mother, father and support person for the new baby’s arrival. Classes include preparing for labor, the delivery, infant care and Infant CPR. Forrest City Medical Center knows that the birth of your child is a special event and we want to help make if perfect in every way.

Text4baby

To help more pregnant women and new moms get information about caring for their health and giving their babies the best possible start in life, the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB) launched text4baby, the first free health text messaging service in the U.S.

Text4baby supports moms by providing accurate, text-length health information and resources in a format that is personal and timely, using a channel she knows and uses. Click here for more information or to sign up for this program.