Labor & Delivery Tour

So yesterday we went on the Labor & Delivery Tour at Lankenau Hospital and I was somewhat impressed. The unit is new and all the rooms are private. I don't particularly like the fact that after birthing I will have to move to another room (at Paoli you could stay in the same room). They have two birthing suites that have jacuzzi's which of course are on a first come first served basis. You can order your food from a big variety and I've heard that it's good.

I don't like that the baby has to go to the nursery after an hour but I understand why. While they are transferring you to the new room and getting you cleaned up, the baby goes there to make it easier. I'm just going to make sure Kim is with the baby the whole time.

The one thing I didn't like was about the tour, not the hospital. Clearly, the tour guide saw that we were a couple and yet she kept using the word husband and Dad. I even asked a question using the word partner and she continued with husband and Dad. I should've said something to her afterwards to ask her to use friendlier non-biased language but I didn't. I'm hoping it won't be a problem when we get there. The other hospitals we toured used neutral language.

Anyway, I'm doing well. I've started to feel the baby kick more and we get an ultrasound next week. I still don't want to know the sex but Kim does so we'll see what happens because we're at the point where we could find out.

Oooohhh, the heartburn is back. Let me go and take some TUMS and call it a night.

Toodles!

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