IU Health Fishers welcomes 100th baby

By Emma Avila, epackard1@iuhealth.org, writer for IU Health's Metro Region

IU Health Fishers celebrated a major milestone as its Maternity team delivered the hospital’s 100th baby in the new medical tower.

The Maternity team at IU Health Fishers recently delivered the 100th baby born in the hospital’s new medical tower. Nolan Gegner, the son of Justine and Mike Gegner, was born on January 14, weighing eight pounds and four ounces and measuring 20 inches long.

“We purposefully came to IU Health because we knew it was high quality care,” says Mike, who is an IU Health team member.

“We love the unit. We delivered in this room and stayed in this room, which was really nice,” Justine adds. “It’s cool to know that we will always be able to look at IU Health Fishers and know we play a small part in its history.”

The Maternity team has been preparing for this milestone. Some of the nurses made cards and a hat as keepsakes for the family.

“The team was anticipating this delivery for days with daily updated delivery numbers and creating fun keepsakes for the family,” says Hannah Devenney, manager of clinical operations for Obstetrics. “It feels like another great milestone to reflect on all of the work we have put into building and going live with a brand-new service to our community.”

The opening of the medical tower in late October marked the completion of IU Health’s Fishers Community Impact Project, which nearly doubled the size of the IU Health Fishers campus and workforce. Along with a new Labor and Delivery unit, the tower also houses Mammography, Breast Surgery, Endocrine Surgical Services, an outpatient OB-GYN suite, Special Care Nursery, Medical-Surgical Inpatient unit and more.

“It’s clear IU Health Fishers has done an amazing job of recruiting great talent. Even though it’s a new unit, all the nurses were fantastic. They are a well-oiled machine,” Mike says.

Mike and Justine are settling in at home with Nolan and their other three children. As for the Maternity team, they are committed to continue delivering excellent care for their patients.

“Watching our team come together over the last three months to begin caring for our community has been one of the greatest opportunities in my life,” Devenney says. “We are establishing a presence of trust and safe, high-quality care in our community for women and their families. I can confidently say this is why every one of us are here and why we show up every day.”