Saint Luke’s North Hospital Earns Prestigious Missouri Show-Me 5 Recognition from Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services

Saint Luke’s North Hospital earned Missouri Show-Me 5 recognition from the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services. The award recognizes Saint Luke’s North Hospital as a center of evidence-based maternity care practices that support breastfeeding. 

The Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services designates that Missouri Show-Me 5 hospital practices include:

• Helping mothers initiate breastfeeding within the first hour of birth
• Practicing rooming-in—allowing infants to stay in the same room as moms
• Giving infants no food or drink other than breast milk, unless medically indicated
• Not giving pacifiers or artificial nipples to breastfeeding infants
• Offering breastfeeding support groups and referring mothers to them at discharge

Learn more about Saint Luke's North Hospital Maternity Center.