Facing the possibility of losing her baby, Taelor Brown was devastated. After being diagnosed with a fallopian tube pregnancy at another hospital, she turned to Parkland for help.
“My mom told me I needed to get a second opinion, so I went to Parkland,” Taelor remembers.
A second ultrasound revealed her baby was in her womb and growing fine. Right away, Parkland provided her with prenatal care that would result in the birth of a healthy baby girl.
More than 12,600 babies were born at Parkland last year, an average of 35 each day, with birth outcomes are better than other hospitals among racially diverse patients and/or those who are financially challenged. The hospital’s neonatal mortality rates are among the lowest in the country, partly because we also provide prenatal care to 97% of women who deliver. With outcomes like these, it’s no wonder the OB-GYN textbook used by medical schools throughout the nation was written by UT Southwestern physician leaders at Parkland.
“Everyone I came in contact with at Parkland was so calm and peaceful, they calmed me down,” Taelor said about her delivery experience. “Everything was kind of perfect.”
Parkland continued to be there for Taelor through Dallas Healthy Start and health education programs to ensure her daughter Zen had a great start in life.
“I had a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby, thanks to Parkland,” Taelor said. “She’s the first baby girl, first grandbaby and first great-grand baby in my family so she is special.”
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