Obstetrics and Maternity Care

There are many exciting and inspiring things happening at Providence St. Joseph Hospital Foundation. We’re glad to share them with you.

Give a strong start to our tiniest, most vulnerable patients by supporting the modernization of our Obstetrics and Maternity Care unit.

Give Our Babies a Strong Start

Life begins at Providence Queen of the Valley for more than 700 infants who are delivered here each year. With the closure of maternity units at two nearby hospitals, the number of deliveries at the Queen has grown. Upgrades to our labor, delivery and maternity units will help mothers and babies thrive.

Saving the Tiniest Lives

Your Impact

The Queen is the only hospital in Napa County with a labor and delivery unit. A renovation of these critical care units is important to Napa County and surrounding areas’ residents.

Better Beginnings

Installing the newest technology available, including incubators, fluid warmers, and ultrasound machines, will give our tiniest patients a better start in life.

Greater Comfort

Updated Labor and Delivery rooms will allow physicians and caregivers to perform more efficiently and will provide greater comfort to moms and babies.

Our Philanthropic Needs

Innovation Fund

Funds upgrades to technology throughout the medical center. By pooling resources, we can help secure next-generation technology for multiple areas and service lines.

Obstetrics & Maternity Care

Fund critical resource, technology, education and other pressing needs in the obstetric and maternity care units.

Area of Greatest Need

Gifts to area of greatest need fund critical needs and services in times of emergencies and every day.

A Newborn's Distress

Amber Clemons’ daughter, Lavender, was born three weeks early. At her birth, the doctor heard a slight heart murmur, and the nurse who performed Lavender’s oxygenation test was concerned. She pulled in neonatologist Dushyant Oza, M.D., who then contacted Alok Bose, M.D., a pediatric cardiologist. The pediatrician assured Amber that a murmur was not uncommon in newborns and they were discharged the next day. Because of Lavender’s low birth weight—5.3 pounds—Amber was instructed to wake her every two hours, but she constantly had trouble rousing her daughter. She had a lactation appointment the following day, so Dr. Bose agreed to meet her at the hospital to check Lavender.

Amber soon learned that Lavender had been born with her aortic valve shut, so blood was not flowing properly through her small body. After the doctors performed an echocardiogram, Amber could tell they were concerned. Dr. Oza put a central arterial line through her belly-button, hooked her up to a machine and gave her oxygen. The next thing Amber knew, her baby was transported to the Queen’s helipad and was on her way to be treated by specialists at UCSF Benioff. Amber was terrified but could that see Lavender was in good hands.

SUPPORT OUR WORK

Now, more than ever, our community needs Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center and compassionate neighbors like you.