Hospital Tour

This last Saturday, October 5th, was our hospital tour of Northside Hospital.  Northside is a considerable distance from our house.. without traffic I'd say it's 45 minutes.  However, with traffic it could be anywhere from an hour to two hours!  We have to drive through downtown Atlanta to get to it.  (Pray that our little one doesn't decide to come on a Friday afternoon around 4pm!!!) Why would we choose a hospital so far from our house?  Because I believe it's the best hospital in Atlanta.  Our Reproductive Endocrinologist and OB are located right next door.  And when searching for both of those I received many excellent referrals about the doctors there.  I just honestly feel like Northside has the best of the best when it comes to infertility and delivery babies.  Being that we struggled so much to get pregnant.. and spent so much money.. it was a logical decision for us to continue our baby experience with them.

We made the tour with about 5 other couples.  Of course I had the latest delivery date.. yes me.. overly planned me :)  One woman was pregnant with twins and a due date of October 26th.  I wanted to tell her she should have packed a bag and just stayed!  Overall, the tour was extremely informative.  They showed us where drop off is.. where to temporarily park until after delivery, what items we should pack and when we should bring our bags in.  We got to see the delivery room and get a feel for the after delivery rooms.  Seeing the tiny little babies and the delivery room made it all more real to me.  I have to say though, I was not impressed with the partner sleeping arrangements.  Jeremy will be spending the night on a wooden bench!  Sure, it has foam padding.. but it's thin.  I guess I expected much nicer from Northside.  I mean, everything else is new and super nice.  I told him if he leaves me at night for a better sleeping arrangement he'll hear me scream like that grandpa on the Southwest Airline commercials.. "Don't leave me with the baby!!"  hehe!

It may sound silly, but I wanted to take a picture of the front of the Women's Center just so Reddick will see where he was born.  Walking up to it on a cool fall morning just gave me such a wonderful feeling of peace and joy.