FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Blanchfield Army Community Hospital (BACH) will host its first ever Baby Expo May 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fort Campbell’s Family Readiness Center.
The Baby Expo is geared for new parents, parents who are expecting a baby and parents planning to get pregnant.
More than 40 educators and vendors will be on hand to answer beneficiaries’ questions and discuss available services. Topics include hospital packing list, new parent support group, swaddling and diaper changes, epidurals and labor medications, breastfeeding, car seat safety, nutrition, TRICARE, immunizations, well-baby care, and more.
Army Community Services, Child, Youth and School Services, American Red Cross and the USO will also have information booths available.
“We’re very excited to bring this expo to Fort Campbell. The Baby Expo is an educational fair that allows families to be connected with community resources here at Fort Campbell and the surrounding city-community. It’s also great because we get to see face-to-face the patients who we will be serving here on the Mother-Baby Unit and on the Labor, Delivery and Recovery Unit,” said 1st Lt. Alison Wegenke, Clinical Nurse Officer in Charge on Blanchfield’s Mother-Baby Unit.
Participants may also enter to win one of several baby-themed gift baskets assembled and donated by different departments from the hospital, as well as goody bags donated by local vendors.
Baby Expo planners hope to answer questions and provide information to beneficiaries who want to learn more about their pregnancy, delivery or new baby.
“I think it’s just a great way for parents who are transitioning to Fort Campbell, maybe right before they deliver a baby or after they’ve delivered a baby, to learn. This sort of connects them with those resources,” said Wegenke.
The Baby Expo is free and available for TRICARE beneficiaries. Refreshments will be available for purchase.
Memorial Day
In honor of the national observance of Memorial Day, Blanchfield Army Community Hospital (BACH) personnel will observe the federal holiday Monday, May 28. All medical homes (primary care clinics) and pharmacies will be closed.
Hospital staff members will continue to provide acute and emergency medical care 24 hours a day, seven days a week through the Emergency Department and inpatient services. All BACH Soldier and Family Centered Medical Homes will remain open normal business hours Friday, May 25 for Fort Campbell’s Day of No Scheduled Activities.
Scheduled appointments will proceed as normal with expected delays for walk-in services and Emergency Center visits. BACH specialty services will be closed Friday, May 25, with the exception of the Adult Multi-Disciplinary Behavioral Health Clinic, the Child and Family Behavioral Health System and the Women’s Health Clinic. These services will see their scheduled patients Friday.