Welcome to the health system’s employee guide to navigating our maternity, postpartum and family benefits and resources. Congratulations on your growing family! Whether you or your partner are preparing for the birth of a child or your family is growing through adoption, we are thrilled to support you during this exciting time.

We’ve compiled resources available to your family through our benefits, as well as other health system and community resources, all in one place to guide you and your family as you prepare for a child.

Section 1:  Planning for time away from work

  • Submitting a leave of absence request

  • Types of leaves

  • Using paid time off (PTO)

  • Workplace accommodations

  • During your leave

  • Returning to work

  • Frequently used forms

Section 2: Understanding your benefits

  • Understanding our medical plans

  • Your benefits while on leave

  • Using Healthcare FSA, Dependent Care FSA and HSA accounts

  • How to get a breast pump through insurance

  • How to add a baby to your health insurance

  • Perks For You discounts for your growing family

  • Family care benefits

  • Preparing your family’s finances

  • Establishing a 529 education savings plan

Section 3: Pregnancy across all stages

  • Educational resources

  • Health information during pregnancy

  • Nutrition

  • Prenatal exercise

  • Mental health during pregnancy

  • Providing support to your pregnant partner

  • Coping with loss

Section 4: Preparing for baby’s arrival

  • How to find a pediatrician

  • Hospital bag checklist

  • Health system location information and parking

Section 5: Postpartum

  • Postpartum care

  • Postpartum depression

  • Breastfeeding and baby feeding resources

  • Pumping and returning to work

  • Where to pump at work

  • Breastmilk donations

  • Postpartum exercise

  • Community resources

Section 6: Adoptive parents

  • Taking a leave of absence

  • Using paid time off (PTO)

  • During your leave

  • Your benefits while on leave

  • Returning to work

  • Frequently used forms

  • How to add a baby to your health insurance

  • Using Healthcare FSA, Dependent Care FSA and HSA accounts

  • How to find a pediatrician

  • Perks For You discounts for your growing family

  • Family care benefits

  • Preparing your family’s finances

  • Establishing a 529 education savings plan

Section 7: For managers

four photos describing the info in the expecting parent resource guide. The first photo is a pregnant mother talking to a doctor. The second photo is a pregnant woman holding her expecting child, the third is a couple happily holding their baby, the last is a baby in a bear onesie, crawling.