Don't get too excited....the baby(ies) I am referring to are not ours! Brian started his OB rotation this week and he delivered/participated in 8 deliveries this week. The most exciting one being a woman that came in and was in a triage room waiting to be checked and decided to deliver right there! Brian was the ONLY doctor on the floor--so needless to say he delivered that one on his own! He was VERY excited!
This rotation means long hours at the hospital 7am to 7pm daily plus staying overnight on Fridays. Only 3 more weeks to go with this rotation! (the bad news--he goes back to TEAM which is what he just came off of. I actually think those hours are worse (6am or earlier rounds at the hospital, followed by whatever admissions come in during the day so he has no idea what time he gets to come home at night-plus 1 to 2 nights of call per week--Ugh!).
I took Ethan, Ella and Carly up to Allen Hospital today to see Dr. Daddy while he was working. This is not the hospital that we will deliver at, but it has a VERY nice maternity area. We got to see where he sleeps in the call room. The kids were excited because the nurses gave them suckers and drinks! There were no babies in their nursery either!
Otherwise it was another quiet weekend at our house. It snowed a little bit on Friday night so we dragged out all lof the winter gear on Saturday morning and sent the kids out to play. I will try to get some pics uploaded soon.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Quiet Saturdays...
I love quiet Saturdays! It's chilly outside today and there have been occassional flurries. The kids have played well together today (for the most part!). Carly has been napping for the last 3 hours. (I should probably go get her up or else she will be up until midnight) I even had a few moments to sit in the front living room in front of the fire place and read. WOW!
Brian has been at the hospital doing rounds since 6am. He called at 2:45pm. He was on his way home and got called back to the hospital. Oh, our life with a doctor in the house has officially begun. :o) He has to be back to the hospital tomorrow morning at 6 am again so I know he is antsy to get home to see the kids while they are awake!!
He starts his OB rotation this Monday. That means in the hospital from 7am to 7pm daily and carrying the pager 24/7.
How many days until maternity leave again??
Brian has been at the hospital doing rounds since 6am. He called at 2:45pm. He was on his way home and got called back to the hospital. Oh, our life with a doctor in the house has officially begun. :o) He has to be back to the hospital tomorrow morning at 6 am again so I know he is antsy to get home to see the kids while they are awake!!
He starts his OB rotation this Monday. That means in the hospital from 7am to 7pm daily and carrying the pager 24/7.
How many days until maternity leave again??
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Birthing Center Tour
We all went to the hospital this morning to take a tour of the Family Birthing Center. Why would you do this some of you may be asking since this is your 5th child? They opened an entirely new section of the hospital with a new Family Birthing Center in it since we last had a baby at this particular hospital. I wanted to see what the new facility was like (see if there were any improvements) and I wanted the kids to visit once before seeing mom 'in the hospital'.
We decided to try out the parking garage (just so we would know where we are going in the middle of the night) and that was it's own adventure. My husband took us on his tour version. We went in via a 'doctor's entrance' (with a special security code). I was so thoroughly confused as to what direction we were even going and we came through a back door into the Birthing Center. We only got a couple of odd glances from the nurses wondering where we came in from. :o)
Anyway, the Family Birthing Center is pretty cool! Lots of updates since the old labor/delivery unit. Now you have one room (like a suite) the whole time you are at the hospital (we used to have to move to another room after delivery). The bathroom is HUGE! (I know, not something that most would get too excited about). There is Room Service (maybe an oxymoron, because does it matter that you can order hospital food at any time of day??). You can bring your own laptop as they have wireless. Brian has been updated in accomodations in the room also--no more flip out chair/bed. There is now a couch that turns into a queen size bed. :o)
There were no babies in the nursery today which kind of disappointed me. I wanted the kids to be able to peek through the windows and see some little ones.
The highlight for Bryn and Ethan was the Family Kitchen area. There was chocolate milk!!! The bright spot for Ella and Carly was a ladybug they found crawling on a window in the main waiting area. Guess they were really excited about the tour, huh? lol
Anyway, it was good to see the new Birthing Center. Now we just have to wait........
We decided to try out the parking garage (just so we would know where we are going in the middle of the night) and that was it's own adventure. My husband took us on his tour version. We went in via a 'doctor's entrance' (with a special security code). I was so thoroughly confused as to what direction we were even going and we came through a back door into the Birthing Center. We only got a couple of odd glances from the nurses wondering where we came in from. :o)
Anyway, the Family Birthing Center is pretty cool! Lots of updates since the old labor/delivery unit. Now you have one room (like a suite) the whole time you are at the hospital (we used to have to move to another room after delivery). The bathroom is HUGE! (I know, not something that most would get too excited about). There is Room Service (maybe an oxymoron, because does it matter that you can order hospital food at any time of day??). You can bring your own laptop as they have wireless. Brian has been updated in accomodations in the room also--no more flip out chair/bed. There is now a couch that turns into a queen size bed. :o)
There were no babies in the nursery today which kind of disappointed me. I wanted the kids to be able to peek through the windows and see some little ones.
The highlight for Bryn and Ethan was the Family Kitchen area. There was chocolate milk!!! The bright spot for Ella and Carly was a ladybug they found crawling on a window in the main waiting area. Guess they were really excited about the tour, huh? lol
Anyway, it was good to see the new Birthing Center. Now we just have to wait........
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