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Saturday, July 30, 2011

Quick Tour of Penn State Hershey

My wife and I have decided that we will have our baby at Penn State Hershey Medial Center. (Not sure why I say we when it is certainly not me that will be doing very much work.) Today we went for our final child birth education class and a tour of the hospital. I have been thoroughly impressed with the class and have learned quite a bit that I hadn't thought of before.

The tour went fairly well. The hospital was too busy and too full for us to see a lot of the rooms etc... for real so they showed us a video of the things that we didn't get to see. It was weird to think about all those rooms being filled with women giving birth. Sometimes it feels like we are the only ones going through the whole pregnancy process, so it was reassuring to think that we weren't alone.

The tour was very helpful for many reasons. First and foremost, now we know where to go when it's finally time to call the doctor. Second, we got to see all the stuff we don't need to bring because the hospital has it for free. Third, I now know where the ice machine is. I have been told this will be important. And fourth, I found out there is ample room in the C-Section room for me to pass out without hitting my head in the event we end up there. (I don't do very well with needles) This has all been a very exciting process.

As many thoughts and questions go through my head after the tour, are there any dads out there who want to share their first hospital tour experience? Or are there any new dads out there who have questions about the whole process? We certainly could all benefit the experiences many of the dads out there have already had. Did you find yourself constantly running for ice? Did you follow any of those suggestions the posters on the wall told you to? Feel free to leave comments or email me at harrisburgdads@gmail.com . Thanks....P@

3 comments:

John Weathersby said...

Dude, knowing where the ice machine is is ONLY important because they'll want to send you off to get you out of the way! ;)

Grace and peace,

John

John Weathersby said...

Does C-section sound more desirable to you? I mean, pop it open, pull out the child, and your good.

Grace and peace,

John

Patrick Chevier said...

John

Interesting thoughts about c-sections. On the one hand it is super convenient because you could plan everything right down to the hour of birth. To me this takes a lot of the surprise and wonder out of childbirth. Plus, c-sections are a major surgery. I don't know how I feel about a major surgery while my wife is pregnant.

Another doctor made a similar comment regarding epidurals. He said, "natural childbirth is archaic and outdated. We don't amputate limbs or pull teeth without anesthesia. Why would we go through the pain of childbirth." thoughts?

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