June 11, 2008
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Time to book my next Spa stay
I'm 7 1/2 months pregnant with baby #3 and I caught myself daydreaming the other day about my upcoming 4 days in the hospital. Ahhhh, a nurse who'll come at the call of a button, food that just shows up at each meal time (and actually tastes pretty good!), no dishes or cleaning, cable tv. I even get to have a massage! And oh yeah - a cute newborn to snuggle with! I mentioned my daydreaming episode to my husband and he just laughed and said, "It's like you think of that birth center as a spa or something."The weird thing is is that I do, I really do. I can't wait to go back!
It's the happiest place in the world - full of brand new little babies and HOPE. Yeah, yeah, every once in a while you hear a woman screaming in pain, but for the most part everyone is in a really good mood, floating around on that post partum high. Smiling at the other new parents and grandparents in the hallway. And you can have all the gingerale and painkillers you want.
Trust me, I've done this c-section thang two times before. I'm not forgetting the horrendous pain, those weird leg braces you have to wear that pulse the blood through your legs the first night, the horror of looking down to see honest-to-goodness STAPLES on your stomach, or getting woken up every 2 hours so the nurse can take your vitals. And, I'm not one of those moms who instantly had "mothering instincts" and was all blissed out. I had trouble nursing, post partum blues, etc. But I still love the Birth Center.
Maybe I'm seeing it all through percoset-tinged glasses, but I like all that horror and trauma. You have a beautiful new baby for crying out loud - this is such a life changing event...It should be a little dramatic and painful.
I don't understand the woman who give birth and ask to go home like 10 hours later. I was locking my door to avoid the discharge nurse. I even called my insurance company to try to get another day's stay out of them.
Did anyone else love their maternity hospital stay?
Comments (4)
I loved loved it. I wish I could have stayed for weeks. LOL
don't know yet.
i am one of "those" woman..i dunno, but i guess it is because i am not the most outgoing person ever? i don't like stranges poking and messing with me and telling me how to nurse...hehe. i hate the hospital, i am ready to leave as soon as i get the baby out. i can't stand iv's, i feel totally out of my element and uncomfortable...i never got any freaking massage? hehe, you make it sound like a totally different place than where i gave birth, lol.
lol, that sounds fun...cant wait to have a baby now..^^
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