This evening The Wig and I made a trip to the Hospital to view the ward where we will be having the baby. We've been wanting to go for a while and now we can finally cross it off the list of things to do. Thank the Lord, another job done. I want to also thank the Lord for the brilliant midwife who showed us around. I think I'm really going to enjoy my little visit there, especially if she is working when we go in. My favorite remarks of hers (or the ones I can remember at least) being:
"You can bring your own music to play on the sound system, but please, no Rod Stewart. Be reasonable".
"When you come, do your hair, wear a nice nightdress, you're having a day out! If you don't we'll give you one of our nightgowns and you'll feel ill as soon as you look at it".
"Sometimes if a baby is born in the pool it needs stimulation to get going. So we stimulate it by rubbing it up and down with a scratchy NHS towel. That usually does the trick".
So all in all a very enjoyable evening. And I never thought I would say that about a hospital. The birthing Centre there has balls, ropes you can dangle off, a pool, a double bed, a big foamy mattress thing, showers, basically it's like a cross between the Krypton Factor and It's a Knockout. I was erring on the drugs side of things but I had such a nice time this evening I think I'm going to try out the assault course and see how I get on. Things are starting to get VERY exciting.
"You can bring your own music to play on the sound system, but please, no Rod Stewart. Be reasonable".
"When you come, do your hair, wear a nice nightdress, you're having a day out! If you don't we'll give you one of our nightgowns and you'll feel ill as soon as you look at it".
"Sometimes if a baby is born in the pool it needs stimulation to get going. So we stimulate it by rubbing it up and down with a scratchy NHS towel. That usually does the trick".
So all in all a very enjoyable evening. And I never thought I would say that about a hospital. The birthing Centre there has balls, ropes you can dangle off, a pool, a double bed, a big foamy mattress thing, showers, basically it's like a cross between the Krypton Factor and It's a Knockout. I was erring on the drugs side of things but I had such a nice time this evening I think I'm going to try out the assault course and see how I get on. Things are starting to get VERY exciting.
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