Last night, B and I were able to go tour the hospital where our son will be born. I am glad we were able to see where to go and have some sort of direction. I think it will help us the day we go into labor. Apparently Tuesdays are the most common days for labor to begin, let's hope ours is a Friday so B will be able to get off work easily. We learned that the rooms were much smaller than I thought they were.
For Labor and Delivery, there is a bench, a chair (no place for B to sleep if labor drags on) and only room for 2 people max for the delivery portion. There is a waiting room, in the maternity ward and one right outside of it for guests to wait if they so choose too.
Once the baby is born, the hospital would like that all family and friends wait in the waiting room for an hour to give the mom, dad and baby a chance to bond, as the baby is most alert at this time and it confuses the baby to have lots of people holding him during that time. They said that guests could come back in once the mom is settled into the postpartum room.
The postpartum room is super super small. I mean super small. A bed for me, and a chair that folds out to a bed for B, but nothing else. Not really sure how visitors are supposed to visit. I will be pushing to go home within 36 hours. They said we could go home between 24-48 hours after delivery so i will be pushing to do that quickly, as that room made me claustrophobic. Hopefully by the time we deliver again, we will be near a different hospital that has better facilities. The rooms have been renovated, but I feel like they renovated them to be smaller. Which is a little disappointing, but will motivate me to get home sooner.
At least the hospital is 3 mins from the house, so that is nice!
Looking forward to meeting this little guy!
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