Hospital Before Birth Bed Rest: Week 28, Day 3

Day 3 of Hospital Bed Rest. So far, spirits are up and H is doing well. We have brought many things to keep her mind off of the situation. Magazines, Books, Craft Stuff, Art Supplies, I even brought her a scratch off lottery ticket. It hasn't been scratched yet, so maybe we are winners?

It must be tough being told you can't leave a hospital until you give birth. Like the ultimate New Years Ball drop except you are in a hospital and when the drop happens, you can leave the facility. The television is a 46 inch LG , but the definition seems a bit fuzzy. Leave it to a guy to nit pick on the room details such as TV resolution in a birthing facility. It allows you to order your meals, surf the internet, and watch some preselected available movies...Now playing Inception. Certainly looks a hell of a lot better in the Man Cave with BluRay Resolution and nearby popcorn making operations with the bar and wine rack. I guess, dixie cups of juice and bottled water will have to do.

The room has a large mini fridge, which has been good for leftovers and cold beverages. Although a ice machine would be awesome to have, but there is none. Yet again, leave it to a guy to determine the beverage system to be improved. The bathroom has a sink, toliet with handicap rail, and a odd shower unit. The first two nights we forgot to bring shampoo, so we were given Baby Shampoo, go figure...at a birthing center.

There is not a whole lot of babies in the 'hopper', although the most I have seen yet has been 6. This is a special wing of the hospital for women who have special circumstances, most women would deliver next door at the main facility. It kind of feels like a not so spooky movie, roaming the hallways late at night...attempting to figure out how to depart the facility, only to take a wrong turn and having another odd maze to navigate.

Let's talk about the seating. There is the bed, there are two variations, 1 for delivery, and 1 for normal operations. Currently the bed is normal operations, it looks like the delivery bed except it doesn't have metal stirrups at the end. Either way, both look not so comfortable. There is a wooden rocking chair, for obvious reasons. Although, it is hard as a wooden rocking chair. Couldn't they put some cushions on it? The next thing is lazy boy on wheels, although it is not a full blown lazy boy, not too comfy, but if needed you could sleep on it. Lastly, there is this hard looking couch. The couch is meant to fold out to sleep on, but not in the traditional bed-couch formation. This is more like a futon, but the length of the couch is not long, even for me, sub 6 feet would be a struggle.

Although this is such a pain in our butts, we are lucky everyone has been very supportive and helpful. We are just pulling that our insurance takes care of business. I have read estimates of bed rest pre birthing cost, and it is absolutely disastertourious.

-M

hopper, n. -a location where many babies are held and can be viewed from the outside. Also thought to be a fish take or aquarium.