What was your hospital room(s) like when you gave birth? Any sound as out of date as ours here? lol?
Just wondering exactly how out of date our area hospital here is (it's the only one hospital for 70 miles, I live in the rural midwest). When I went into the hospital to be induced, I was put in a labor room - this consisted of a small, white tile hospital room that was shared with another patient, with a curtain separating the 2 beds, which were so close I could have reached out and touched the bedrail of the gal on the other side of the curtain next to me, and a shared bathroom with a toilet and a small standup shower. Next, they wheeled me into the delivery room, which was more or less a small white-tile operating room, complete w/ stainless steel counters and shelving, after I delivered my daughter, they wheeled me into yet another room, a post partum room which was also a small white tile shared room with another patient - pretty much identical to the labor room. No whirl pools, no furnishings except the bed and a plastic chair, a toilet and standup shower. (continued below)
You went into the same surgery style delivery rooms (there are 4 of them at the hospital here) regardless if you were having a vaginal birth (which I had) or a c-section. Just wondering what the hospital experience was like for you where you had your baby. I had my daughter 2 years ago and baby #2 is due in March and needless to say, I am not looking forward to the hospital experience again....lol. Nothing like being in labor and having to wait to use the toilet in your room or having someone else in labor right next to you, especially when they have several people there with them - how humiliating!
Mystic: I would love to have my baby at home, but unfortunately I cannot carry to full term (due to medical complications), and so with every pregnancy, I have to be induced and monitored in a hospital (blech), my first was induced 3 weeks early and my doctor doesn't think he'll be able to wait that long for this one if things go the same way, which they are going! I would LOVE to though! lol! It would be wonderful! 
Wow, I am seriously considering the 70 mile drive! lol! Just kidding... if only insurance covered it! lol! Thanks so much for your answers gals, it's really interesting and fun to hear what other places are like! lol!
Lisa: Wow! That is awsome! They wouldn't even allow me to eat for the whole 2 days I was in labor - ice chips was all I was allowed, and then after I had my daughter at 6:20 p.m., they wouldn't give me supper and all they offered at the hospital for breakfast the next day was a poached egg and apple juice - needless to say, I didin't eat breakfast either, and the meals over the next 2 days that followed were so disgusting looking - they looked like they had been dumped out of a plastic bag and deep fat fried - it was soooooooooooooo gross - I finally ate when I got home from the hospital after a 4 day stay - but hey, I lost most of my baby weight in the hospital...lol!
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wow, I am sorry that sounds awful!
Wow, LOL… sounds like a looney bin! All white and sterile looking. I had a great hospital stay, I stayed in one suite the whole time with a sun room, a bathroom, and a living area for guests. I guess I was lucky! I commend you for going through all that in that hospital girl!
I live in a town that always POURS $$ in to the hospital and school. They are always expending… and recently build a cancer center. So they have the latest technology. I was in a private room while delivering.. then after the bonding period.. i was moved to a bigger, brighter room… with private bathroom (shower only) with a table, a chair, a rocking chair.. and a sleeper couch!
Both room were very nice! I’m pretty happy with my birthing experience.
I was induced, I had a very large private suite with a pull out sofa, 2 recliners an entertainment center with all of the extras, my daughter never went to the nursery, I had a whirlpool tub and private bath in my room. they delivered anything I wanted to my room, including a Boppy for the baby, heating pads and an array of food and drinks for me and my husband. They also provided a "special birthday dinner" in celebration of our baby’s birth, we had filet mignon and lobster tail to enjoy with your loved one. It was really special. I am expecting again in August & can’t wait.
I think it sounds really dated. When I delivered the room had hardwood floors, entertainment center, soft lighting, recliners and a private bathroom. The bed that I delivered in looked like a regular bed. The stirrups and everything were hidden underneath. The doctors just attached everything right before I started pushing. The postpartum rooms were similarly decorated but they did have two beds in each room. Although, I never had to share it.
WOW. Even the hospitals around my sister (rural MN) have upgraded better than that. Otherwise, everybody would be driving on down to the cities having their babies there.
Have your baby at home! Then you don’t have to wait to use the bathroom.
I just had my second in the bathtub and it was great!
i would have died if i had to share a room with someone!!! Our hospital is brand new.. the delivery room was huge, i could fit 20 people to watch if i wanted (of course i only had my boyfriend and dr in) but the i had to have a c section so that was a spacious room as well, the only time i had to "share" a room was when they wheeled me into the recovery room and gave me a sponge bath and washed the baby and its funny cause there was 12 beds in their with curtains, ubt i was the only one that had a csection that morning so i had it all to myself.. then our post partum room was tiny, but i had it all to mysepf, my own restroom with shower, and only 3 chairs for people that came to visit…however i didnt want any visitors for 3 days…then i felt better… i dont know if i could have made it having to share a room and listen to other peoples visitors!!! i didnt even want my own for a while…
Well considering my daughter is 22 I can honestly remember every bit of my labor & delivery (does one ever forget? – lol). My experience was very similiar to what you describe except I did not have a roommate! Thats a bonus I guess!
My grandson was born at the same hospital last year and my daughter was in only one room which was a hospital room but she did not need to go to the delivery room and all that (a nice releif).
I’m sorry for you because it sounds like you are having a hard time with this, but try to remember the blessing your trouble will bring – and maybe this time you won’t have a roomate!
Peace & congratulations!
yikes!! i love the birthing center at my local hospital! they just redid a ton of it so its newer and more updated. all the rooms are private now. they have labor & delivery rooms that are decent sized with whirlpool tubs and showers. theyre nice tile and the walls are painted nice neutral colors. the postpartum rooms are bigger, same tiling and wall colors. no tubs though. they also have 2 ORs for c-sections.
i had a c-section, so my experience was fairly rushed as far as the delivery room goes… i was hooked up to monitors for 30 minutes and only in there for a little bit prior to my version (turning the baby) and when that failed, i was shipped to the OR. then i was brought to my postpartum room.
just pray you only have to have a vaginal birth i guess, because that way you’re out of the hospital a lot sooner and you don’t have to deal with the mess of catheter changing and pad changing in front of a total stranger!
best of luck to you!
Egads, what, did you go through a time warp into the 1950’s? Sorry to make you jealous, but…
My room was private (not shared) and was for labor, delivery and recovery for the next 2 days. It had a couch in it and 2 reclining chairs, TV, DVD player, CD player, private bathroom w/ jacuzzi tub, and a view of the lake out the window. Other than all the medical equipment around, it almost seemed like a hotel room.
That is really sad but our closest "state-of-the-art" hospital is kinda like that!!
I delivered my first daughter 8 years ago at a small local hospital in NH where we lived at the time. They had Labor/Delivery/Recovery suites there that were brand new. You were in the same room from the time they checked you in until you were discharged. They were very spacious and they allowed you free reign of the floor. They had a kitchenette that was stocked with soft drinks, juice and water, crackers and cereal and few other snacks which were free to you and your partner. They also had a nice pull-out sofa bed for your partner to stay in the room with you!! This was definately the best hospital experience I ever had!! They didn’t even hook me up to an IV!
With my second and third I delivered in the local hospital here in MD where we now live. They also have LDR suites that are nice and spacious. They kinda keep you secluded in your room and hooked to an IV though. The recovery rooms for a c-section are small. I did enjoy the privacy of having my own room again. My sister, however, delivered at the closest "state-of-the-art" hospital in the next state (only 15 minutes away). They send you into triage and then into a shared labor room and then a delivery room and then a shared recovery room. When I went to visit her I thought it was really strange that the "big" hospital in the area was still so behind the times!! They could utilize so much more space by putting in LDR suites! It made no sense to me!
Well, that’s my experience. I’m sorry that you have to go through that again. At least they don’t put women under as routine procedure to deliver anymore!!
I was in the regular delivery room for delivery since all the birthing rooms were taken and they couldn’t get one of the rooms cleaned fast enough.
The room I shared were with 3 other women can you believe it back in 1998.
Since you have to be induced anyway I would consider going into your nearest city to have you baby. That way you can have a private room. You could even check into the nearest small hospital around. I live in Iowa and ours in the Des Moines area are all up to date, however I did see a maternity suit in a smaller,rural town and it was gorgeous. I considered going there : ) Hope this time goes smoother for you!
I had both my kids in the same hospital. The first was a cesarean birth and the second was a VBAC (though was supposed to be a waterbirth after cesarean).
The hospital offered moms individual LDRP (labor delivery recovery postpartum) rooms. When I had my daughter, I had to walk to the surgical suite for the cesarean and then we were taken back to my recovery room where the baby stayed with me for the rest of our stay. With my son, I stayed in my room the entire time. I had been planning a waterbirth in the room (I had paid for a small birthing pool to be put in place and filled in the room when I went into labor), but my water sprung a leak early and my nurses and the doc on call wouldn’t allow me to use a birthing pool for fear of infection so I labored and gave birth there in my room. The room, itself, was fairly spacious and had a small table and chairs for guests and a sleeper sofa for dad. The bathroom was very basic with a standing shower, sink, and toilet. For a hospital, it was nice but I think if I get preggers again I’ll go for a homebirth.
I’m sorry that you had to go through that.
With my first birth I delivered in a nice modern day birthing room.With my second birth ,many women were giving birth at the same time.So I was put in a really old surgery room that I don’t think had been used in a long time.There was NO BATHROOM! no shower,but there was a sink and a stainless steel counter and a mirror that you probably couldn’t see yourself real well in.
I hope your next birthing experience is better!:)
When I had my son I got a birthing suite. It had a sofa, a rocking chair, a private bathroom and pretty curtains and alot of wood trim. I labored, delivered and recovered in that room and then was moved to a smaller, less fancy room for the next couple of days.
With my daughter, I still got my own room to labor, deliver and recover in, though it wasn’t as fancy as the one with my son.
Ewww, I can’t even imagine having to labor in a room with strangers.