Little Company of Mary Hospital (LCMH) has received the prestigious honor of being internationally recognized as a Baby-Friendly birth facility by Baby-Friendly USA. There are 150 designated Baby-Friendly hospitals and birth centers in the United States and 20,000 worldwide. LCMH is the third Baby-Friendly hospital and birth center in the state of Illinois and the [...]

The DAISY Award is an international program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care given by nurses everyday. Little Company of Mary Hospital (LCMH) is proud to be a DAISY Award Partner, recognizing nurses with this special honor every month. Each award recipient receives a DAISY Award signature lapel pin, a [...]

On September 12, 2012, Sheri Klabish gave birth to baby Olivia just two days before her brother John’s wedding day. Sheri wasn’t due until early October but baby Olivia decided to come early and surprise everyone just in time for the wedding. 
“I was suppose to be a bridesmaid at John’s wedding but instead I received [...]

Many women consider labor and delivery as a fairly straightforward, routine process: Once labor begins, you report to the hospital and opt for either a vaginal delivery via natural childbirth or an epidural. Caesareans are also commonplace. In recent years, however, expectant mothers have been seeking alternative birthing options to promote gentler options for baby [...]

Little Charles Gregory Padgurskis has quite the conversation starter, and it’s good for a lifetime. Parents Charles and Patricia say it was his choice to come into the world on Feb. 29.
“We were joking that he might be a Leap Year baby,” mother Patricia Padgurskis, a 34-year-old physical therapist, said. “But we never expected him [...]

The Campus Transformation is underway. Little Company of Mary has teamed up with architectural firm VOA, and The Hammes Company to work on the Project’s design features. The Hospital will look to select a general contractor for the new facility, the West Pavilion, in August. Currently, Pepper Construction is hard at work on the site [...]