Will and I recently attended the tour of the hospital I am supposed to give birth at. I say supposed to, because it's not gonna happen. They have a brand new Women's Wing of their hospital, but they haven't been able to open it (for over a year now) because some of their other facilities aren't passing code inspection. Yeah, sign me up! My other issue with this place is that more likely than not you end up in a semi private room with another woman and her baby/12 other kids after giving birth. Not gonna happen. Call me a snob, but I don't even like sitting by people and their kids in a waiting room, I just can't see myself sharing the first night after giving birth with a stranger. I know what you're thinking, it's just one night, but I don't think I need to share my first night as a mommy with a stranger.
Luckily for me Will isn't comfortable with me having the baby at a hospital that doesn't have a NICU. So.... I am going to try to give birth in OC, even though I won't have my doctor there. The way I see it, the nurses do all the work anyway, and he just comes in to catch the baby. So I'll live without knowing the doctor, if it means that I can have my own room for the night.
Okay, moms who are reading this, I know you're laughing at how big of a baby I am being about this, but I can be really emotional and everyone says you feel the loss of the hormone high you have been riding for 9 months after birth anyways. If I'm trying to deal with a stranger and their family and kids in an emotional state like that I will be a wreck. I cry just thinking about that anxiety. Nope, can't do it!



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Trust me. There is nothing wrong with wanting complete privacy and nice amenities. You really should just have the baby on the Palouse. They know how to pamper a mother at both Gritman and Pullman Regional. :o)
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