Hospital Tour

On Wednesday night, Jenn and I toured the hospital where Megatron will be delivered.  It's a short, 10-minute drive from our house, and that's obeying the speed limit.  With our 4WD vehicle with 8" of ground clearance, even an early December winter storm will be a short obstacle to hurdle when it's time.

To our pleasant surprise, the tour guide was the same nurse who had taught our childbirth classes.  That made the tour much more comfortable.  Only one other couple attended, and they, in constrast to our 6-week childbirth course, had been attending a 13-week class that sounded more like a pre-med requirement than a pre-parenting option.  They were very nice, though, and they came prepared with 3 sheets worth of typed questions, so that helped answer a few questions we didn't even think to ask.

Overall, the maternity wing is nice, and rooms had recently been upgraded.  It was quiet and relaxed in atmosphere.  I'm a little concerned about the "coach" accommodations...a vinyl covered chair that opens up to become a "bed."  It's debatable whether the laminate wood floor is more comfortable.  But hey, it's not about me and my comfort, right?

After touring the delivery room, we headed into the post-partum section.  The rooms are a little nicer in terms of the furniture, with the exception of the sofa/coach bed (again).  We walked past the nursery, and there were a few newborns in there.  Seeing them triggered something in both Jenn and I; this is no longer a pregnancy to which we are anticipating an end, but a new life (Megatron's and ours) we now eagerly await.