Update from Steve

By kate on July 21st, 2005

I’ve been too busy to write much about what we’ve been up to, so here’s something Steve sent our family recently:
 

    We’re now at the point where we need to decide on a medical caregiver and facility for the birth. We’re still trying to decide between “midwife + birth center” vs “OB + hospital”. Yesterday we went on a tour of a nearby standalone birth center and were both very impressed by their personal and sensible approach to labour. They strongly emphasize movement and comfort and they would clearly be the ideal location in the event of a normal, natural birth. And they’re cheaper, too! (for those in Canada & used to health care freebies — we think that our insurance will cover about 80% of the cost.)
     
    Today we did a tour of a nearby hospital birth center and found it very, well, hospital-y. At this point we’re leaning towards the standalone birth center, but we’d like to visit a few more facilities before making a decision. Ultimately it comes down to finding a midwife or OB that we like, and then signing up with whatever facility he or she uses.

I’ll just add that we’re leaning pretty strongly toward the birth center, as long as we can find a midwife that we like. The director of the birth center gave us a few recommendations based on what we told her was important to us, which was very helpful. Now if we can only find time to meet them….


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