Thursday, May 17, 2007

Hospital Tour

Last night, our childbirth class instructor took us on a tour of the Labor and Delivery floor at Presbyterian Hospital.

Some observations:

• Apparently, pregnant women enjoy being surrounded with hideous wallpaper, because it's everywhere.

• It is very very difficult to steal a baby, so I wouldn't even bother.

• The bed in the labor room is amazingly adjustable. Pressing the right combination of buttons will get you this:


• After delivery, there are different levels of rooms to choose from: semi-private, private, suite and penthouse. The penthouse was designed by Philippe Starck and offers a menu created by Stephen Pyles. It's $50,000 a night.

• The semi-private room that we'll be in has a TV that only plays reruns of Mama's Family and Sabado Gigante. Salisbury steak and green gelatin are the only meal choices.

• Seriously, don't try to steal any babies.

• Everyone seems to know what they're doing, so we've got that going for us.

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