On Monday we toured Elmbrook Memorial Hospital. It is safe to say, this is where we will be delivering our sweet Christian Daniel. The labor and delivery floor wasnt completely stand out (like others we have seen) but it was nice and simple and still cozy. We will have a very large room where I will labor, deliver and recover- so no moving about from floor to floor or room to room... Even if I had a C-Section, it would all be on that floor! I enjoyed the environment there as well. Even though the Aurora hospitals in our area have a nice look to them, there is a certain "political" vibe I get from that environment... and I dont feel it is as "patient-centered" as it should be. The feeling I get from Elmbrook is relaxed. It is out of the city, so it is not as busy around the hospital and inside, the nursing staff seem to enjoy what they do and they are there as "patient representatives". It is my hope and prayer to have an all natural birth this time, so that next time (when we are ready), I could possibly do a home/ birthing center birth and feel confident doing it.
Now on to the next topic.
Baby Showers...
I am pretty much against 2nd baby showers. While looking around at all of the baby stuff in Buy Buy Baby and Babies R Us... and passing by all of the gift registry stations, Dan became saddened. As most of you know, he was gone through the WHOLE pregnancy I had with Tahlia because he was deployed in Iraq- quite literally, I found out I was pregnant 2 weeks after he left and the night he came home for 2 weeks leave was when my water broke. I noticed he looked sad and asked him what was bothering him. He expressed to me that he is sad he missed the whole preparation and baby-shower that I did with Tahlia. I kinda just tried to make lite of it by reassuring him that I did all registering online and baby showers are generally woman events anyways... but he still seemed sad. So I have been trying to brain-storm a way to help him feel happy and not go against my own convictions on 2nd baby showers...
I figured this:
Perhaps, Dan and I could buy what we need for the baby and have a small, family only "celebration party" a month before my due date- the only thing that would be asked for is clothes. We dont even need diapers because we cloth-diaper now... which is always a bonus.
What are your thoughts?
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