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hospital/nicu question (sorry, PW in the hizzouse)
I'm sorry for the multiple posts here. But with the newest scare (that will probably be nothing), I'm doing more thinking on where I really want to deliver. We live in a smallish community, nice brand new hospital, my doc is smart and has done this for 30 years ... but no NICU if something were to go wrong. The nearest NICU hospital is an hour away, my current hospital helicopters to another 2 hours away. Up until now, the convenience was my main concern, and it would obviously be more convenient to have my OB right here in town.
A & V were born by c/s at 39 and 38 weeks, totally healthy. But now I'm starting to wonder - is it wiser to deliver somewhere with a NICU right there, just in case? Would that be a biggie for you? I've got a history of GD, this will be my 3rd c/s (so the risk does go up a bit), and now if there's something weird going on with the antibodies ... I'm just fretting. My other option would be to drive an hour to the nearest bigger hospital, and I believe a one of their OBs does see patients (for check ups and such) a day a week at their outreach clinic up here. So I could probably do most of my appointments here, but would have to travel for bigger appointments, last minute concerns (if they didn't happen on the day the doc was here), and the birth.
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(read it. you know you want to.)
anderson . september 2008
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mabel . august 2012
(read it. you know you want to.)
anderson . september 2008
vivian . february 2010
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Re: hospital/nicu question (sorry, PW in the hizzouse)
Unless the recent testing leads to something really serious, I'd stay where you are. You have no history of early labor and your babies have been healthy. It sounds like you like the doc and outside of the recent news, had no issues with her/him or the local hospital. If there is concern for the baby, found in the big ultrasound or later, then you can rethink things then. If, God forbid, something should happen before you go into labor/the c/s, you would probably be automatically transported anyway (I'm talking like labor at 32 weeks or something) and you can't move your family two hours away for the next 8 months, just to be close to the other hospital "just in case."
Hugs. Deep breaths and stop googling.