Hospital Tour
Hospital tours (or birthing centers) can be exciting and scary all at the same time. It gives you a real glimpse of what you may go through. Depending on which hospital tour you select, it can take from 30 mins to an hour. The hospital tour will provide you with a wheelchair if you're close to your due date and you are not able to walk throughout the entire tour. The hospital tour is performed either by a nurse or an administrator of the department.
The first place they will take you to is the admissions or entry of the ward. They will tell you where to pull up and park when you come in. Then they will show you where to check-in and register (you can also pre-register so you don’t have to worry about it during the day you actually go into labor… I HIGHLY recommend doing this once you pick your hospital). After that they will show you where the labor rooms are and maybe be able to show you an operating room if you're going for a C-Section. The person giving the tour will go over what will happen once you're in the labor room and the process you will have to go through (I would encourage whoever is going to be there with you in the labor room to be part of the tour. It’s going to be a lot of information and on the day you deliver you are going to be full of nerves and it's nice to have one person there that will know what is going on). After visiting the labor rooms you will be shown the postpartum rooms. In most cases, these rooms are smaller than the delivery room. The postpartum room is the room that you will likely be spending more time in. Depending on if you have a vaginal birth or a C-Section, your stay on average should be from 1 night to 4 nights, unless there are complications. They will show you where the nursery is located if you choose to not keep your baby with you or if they have to keep the baby for vitals. After seeing the rooms they will show you the check-out process. When leaving the hospital, most hospitals will make the mom and baby be in a wheelchair until they reach the car.
If you have any questions please ask. (Click here for a list of questions) This tour will bring out emotions and fears as you go through it, but it should prepare you for the logistics of the day, so you are not going in cold turkey. Each hospital/birthing center operates differently, so it's important to take these tours.
The first place they will take you to is the admissions or entry of the ward. They will tell you where to pull up and park when you come in. Then they will show you where to check-in and register (you can also pre-register so you don’t have to worry about it during the day you actually go into labor… I HIGHLY recommend doing this once you pick your hospital). After that they will show you where the labor rooms are and maybe be able to show you an operating room if you're going for a C-Section. The person giving the tour will go over what will happen once you're in the labor room and the process you will have to go through (I would encourage whoever is going to be there with you in the labor room to be part of the tour. It’s going to be a lot of information and on the day you deliver you are going to be full of nerves and it's nice to have one person there that will know what is going on). After visiting the labor rooms you will be shown the postpartum rooms. In most cases, these rooms are smaller than the delivery room. The postpartum room is the room that you will likely be spending more time in. Depending on if you have a vaginal birth or a C-Section, your stay on average should be from 1 night to 4 nights, unless there are complications. They will show you where the nursery is located if you choose to not keep your baby with you or if they have to keep the baby for vitals. After seeing the rooms they will show you the check-out process. When leaving the hospital, most hospitals will make the mom and baby be in a wheelchair until they reach the car.
If you have any questions please ask. (Click here for a list of questions) This tour will bring out emotions and fears as you go through it, but it should prepare you for the logistics of the day, so you are not going in cold turkey. Each hospital/birthing center operates differently, so it's important to take these tours.
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