this week
we hit
the 1 month
mark.
i can't
believe
that
in 4 weeks
or so
we will be
holding
wee grub!
we had
our 36 week
consultation
at the hospital.
we are very lucky
that it is
only
a 4 minute walk
from
our apartment.
the hospital
appears to be
quaint and old
from the outside
but you walk
in through
the old part
and it opens up
into a big spacious
lobby and
a very modern,
recently renovated
hospital.
our room will have
a view of the lake
but of course
we will only
have eyes
for wee grub!
the interview
process
was a bit bizarre
because it was
all in french.
we had
an interesting time
explaining
our family medical
history
and learning
about hospital
procedures.
although
we requested
an english-speaking
mid-wife
for the delivery,
it will all be
a crap-shoot
depending on luck
and what time
i arrive
at the hospital
to deliver.
i use
to be worried
about it...
but now
i think
we will manage
just fine.
it will be
a very different
experience
than delivering
in the USA.
i feel like
i have more options here
from my hospital delivery
assisted
by just a midwife
(doctors on hand
if necessary)
to acupuncture
for pain relief
instead of an epidural
(although an epidural
will be an option
if i need/want it)...
. . . . .
as i knitted
in the waiting area,
i saw a man
walk with his
new little baby
up and down
the hallway...
i tried
to imagine
grub walking
with wee grub
in a month's time.
still
so hard
to imagine.
à bientôt!
xo
This all sounds great! You definitely have more options than in most US hospitals. When I went for my hospital pre-screening (forgot official term) at 32 weeks, it seemed like more of a credit check and financial interview. This being Oklahoma, I was nervous about Bob not having the right to be present (since we weren't married then). When we got to the medical questions, the nurse kept telling me that over 90% of the women used an epidural, so the cost of the epidural would be included in the 10% deposit I made that day (even though I kept telling her we were not planning on having pain medication). It took the hospital 7 months to refund me for the cost of the epidural and other costs they factor into a "normal" birth. I found that the labor and delivery nurses (the nurse doing the interview was not one of them) were much more understanding, even though fewer than 10% of births in our hospital are "natural." And there was no midwife delivering in our hospital. We chose it because, like yours, it's within a 4-minute walk of our house (much longer, btw, when you are walking with contractions, hee hee!); and because they have the best neo-natal intensive care unit in the state (in the event that the Pup needed extra attention).
ReplyDeleteum. they have the coolest waiting area furniture...
ReplyDeleteyou are getting close now.
have you heard of the wonder weeks book?
you might want it. i found it very very helpful.