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| - Great place for a c-section. After 14 hours of power labor, without an epidural, I was feeling pretty good about the hospital and it's maternity wing. When it was clear that major abdominal surgery was necessary to remove my bouncing baby girl (due to her bad position and lack of consistent heartbeat), I was greeted by several very friendly surgical staff and given general anesthesia. Ahh......6 Hours later, when I awoke, my husband was getting lessons from a nurse about caring for our baby and I was visited by a very knowledgeable lactation nurse to get me and the babe started on the all important feeding.
The labor/delivery wing has about 30 rooms for birthing babies and on another floor they have c-section recovery rooms. I began my stay in the maternity triage room then moved to an ultra-large labor/delivery room, and post-surgery had a 4-day stay in the cesarean wing. My baby was with me every single minute of my stay - all tests/vaccinations were performed on her in our room and I liked it that way. The drawback was there was no decent place for my husband to sleep...there is a window bench and a lounger-like chair. Luckily, he can sleep in any position, so he did not complain. Fussy dads may complain though.
The lactation support was phenomenal! As was the visit from the aesthetician who gave me an in-room facial (I'm a hippy that likes to be pampered). They really did a great job of taking care of me and my daughter.
Now - a note about going through natural childbirth there - if you went through Bradley training like I did, then you'll know it's not thought of as a place to go drug-free during labor. In fact, it is better known for it's c-section rate. They allow doulas, but don't really understand the need. However, they were supportive of my request to walk around during my labor and take showers when I needed them. The nurses came in from time to time to ask that I stay in bed for 10 minutes or so for the fetal monitoring and she was quick to remove it once she got what she needed so I could move around. It helps to have a doctor that supports natural childbirth - I did not - since my doc was unavailable, I got an on-call doc he contracts with and she had the worst bedside manner possible. C'est la vie!
Oh - did I mention they fed me a grandma worthy Thanksgiving feast? It was a great treat away from the green and red jello.
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