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Birthing center tour

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Last night Kurt and I went through a tour of the birthing center at the hospital and I was happy to find out that many of my birth plan requests are standard procedure there. Unless I require a cesarean section I will be in the same room from labor through delivery and postpartum. All care for the baby will also take place in my room. Kurt will be able to be with me through the entire process unless an emergency cesarean is necessary where they knock me out completely. If for some reason a planned cesarean becomes necessary for me, Kurt will still be able to be there. Cesarean would be the only reason why I wouldn’t be able to stay in one room for the whole process, but baby still stays with me the whole time. There is still a nursery that is usually only available at night, so that I can sleep, but I’m thinking I would rather just keep her with me.

They have a very cool baby security system too. There is a monitor that they attach to the baby’s leg – if it’s removed an alarm goes off at the nurse’s station. If someone tries to walk away with a baby that has the security tag still on – once the person gets within three feet of an exit all doors of the hospital doors will lock.

Someone at the tour brought up video cameras – blah! That’s really the last thing I want to see blown up on my TV screen. My cousin said that for her deliveries they brought in a mirror so she could see the baby come out. It’s great that they do these things for the people that want that, but my thought is nothing beautiful has ever come out of my body before. I have never once wanted to put a mirror by my crotch so that I could watch myself poop. Nor have I ever wanted to reach down and touch it as it comes out. The evidence in the toilet is really good enough for me. From what I understand babies aren’t very cute in the first few hours of life and according to Kurt, “don’t look human until they pink up”. Therefore, I will be fine waiting to hold her until after she’s been cleaned up and the first pictures can wait until after that point as well – thank you very much.


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