Knapp Medical Center

1401 E. Eighth Street, Weslaco, TX (956) 968-8567
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Women's Health Services

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Knapp Medical Center provides:

  • Private Labor & Delivery Birthing Rooms
  • Private Hospital Suite Available to All Patients After Delivery
  • Anesthesia care providers are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to consult with your obstetrician to meet your pain management needs
  • Sibling Visitation
  • Flexible Newborn Room-In Option
  • Breastfeeding Advocates
  • Initial Newborn Hearing Screen
  • Newborn Photo Featured on www.knappmed.org
  • All Staff Trained in Neonatal Resuscitation through Certification
  • All Patient Care Provided through Team Approach
  • Five highly trained Neonatologists available on a rotation basis 24-hours a day, seven days a week specifically for Knapp Medical Center
  • Infant car seats are available at cost. Knapp wants to encourage all parents to safely buckle up their infants and older children. Please ask your nurse for information.
  • Newborn photos are available at Knapp. Please ask your nurse for an order form. Photographs are delivered by mail two to three weeks after discharge from the hospital.
  • Birth certificates: The Medical Records Department will collect information for your baby's birth certificate. The legal birth certificate will be available at Weslaco City Hall approximately six (6) weeks after you are discharged. You may come by the Medical Records Department from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. one day after you have given the information for a certification of birth facts.
The newly refurbished Labor and Delivery Unit provides comfort and privacy in a soothing nature inspired environment.




Women’s Services at Knapp Medical Center

includes three patient care units: Labor & Delivery, Nursery and Postpartum.

The newly refurbished Knapp Labor & Delivery (L&D) Unit has seven private rooms where mothers labor and deliver in the same room. Adjacent to these Labor, Delivery & Recovery (LDR) rooms are two fully staffed operating rooms for mothers requiring a cesarean section.

The same nursing professionals who assist the patient in labor are also trained to assist the obstetrician during the cesarean section, offering continuity of caregivers.

Patients recover briefly in L&D before being moved to a private room on the Postpartum Unit, where they may choose to have their newborn “room-in” with them.

The newborn nursery is also located on the same floor, just a short distance from the postpartum rooms.

Before Baby Comes

Prior to baby’s arrival, expectant parents can attend the four week Family Birth Education Program. Our family birthing classes instruct the family on the labor and delivery process, nutrition, exercise, fitness, pre-natal yoga, baby care and pain management options.

For big brothers and sisters in the family, we offer concurrent sibling classes geared for ages 4-12. If you have a younger or older child, give us a call, and we will specially design a program to meet your family’s needs.

Bilingual classes are held Saturdays from 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

For all family members attending any of the above classes, the cost is one low fee of $40. Call 959.5484 to register for Family Birthing Classes!