Labor & Delivery Visitor Policy

Learn about our visitation guidelines during your hospital stay and how we ensure a safe and comfortable environment for every you and your newborn.

Patient Visitation

Patients Giving Birth

During labor and delivery, you may have:

• One partner and one designated support person during labor and delivery. No visitors.
• One certified Doula during labor and delivery, if you have hired one.

Postpatrum Patients

After childbirth, when you’re on the Postpartum Unit, you may have:

• Two visitors per patient during visiting hours, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. daily. This is for the safety of moms and babies.
• There’s a visitor waiting area in the Women and Infant Health building lobby.

Pediatric Patients

• Pediatric patients may have two parents or guardians at the bedside.
• Parents and guardians may visit 24/7 without restriction.

NICU Patients

• NICU patients may have two parents or guardians at the bedside.
• Parents and guardians may visit 24/7 without restriction.

Sending Gifts to Patients

It’s an exciting time when a loved one gives birth at VHC Health. You may want to send a gift to celebrate and show your support while they’re in the hospital.

Gift Delivery

You can send gifts, flowers, balloons, meals, and other items to the patient’s hospital suite. Many local businesses regularly deliver to the hospital and are familiar with the process.

To ensure a successful delivery:

• Include the patient’s full name and room number (if available) on the delivery.
• Bring or have the gift delivered to the first-floor Information Desk of the Women and Infant Lobby (Zone C) located at:
  1701 North George Mason Drive
  Arlington, VA 22205
• Security staff at the Women and Infant Health lobby will call the patient’s room. A nurse from the unit will pick up the gift from the lobby and deliver it to the patient.

Women & Infant Health Security

Infant security is a top priority in Women & Infant Health. These visitation and security procedures help protect your newborn:

• All outside deliveries (food, flowers, gifts, etc.) must be picked up in Lobby C of the Women & Infant building.
• Outside vendors cannot enter the Postpartum Unit, NICU, or Labor & Delivery Unit.