One thing I miss about Utah

So, besides my sisters, friends, and a few select restaurants I don't miss much about Utah.

And then we had the tour of the hospital tonight during our birthing class. While I had a less-than-appealing birthing process with Reuben, the hospital was never a concern.

The labor rooms here are a third of the size as the labor room I had with Reuben. Narrow hall with a sink and bathroom, then a little tiny room with a bed, the monitoring station, a chair for the husband, a TV hanging on the wall, a computer for the medical records, and the baby warming thing. Only half of the rooms have a shower, the other half has one shower in the hallway shared between the rooms.

If insurance is paying for it, the recovery room is shared. The 7th and 8th floor recovery rooms are big enough for two beds, and there is a fridge. There is a bed by the window, and a bed by the door. I just can't imagine how annoying it could be to share a room, granted I'm hoping for a better recovery with this one, but with Reuben recovery was just as bad as labor. On the not-yet-renovated floor the shared rooms are not big enough for two beds, meaning, you could hands with your room mate while in bed and not even have to stretch. I've heard that if its not a busy night you could be in a shared room on the not-yet-renovated floor and not have to share it, but your husband still has to act like it is a shared room and leave at 10.

There are private recovery rooms, but you have to pay for them. The cheapest room is $500 a night, on the not-yet-renovated floor with the "bridge view" which is basically an alley view which you can see the bridge through the narrow crack between the buildings. I can't remember how much the 7th and 8th floor private rooms cost, but they cost more, and you can have a park view, or the same bridge view. The rooms aren't big, and the husband just has that fold-out recliner chair thing to sleep on (with Reuben Justin got a bed.)

So our plan is to try for the shared room, and if I can't hack it the second night sacrifice and pay the 500 and pretend that it is the part that we have to pay for the hospital expenses. Reuben cost us 1400 out of pocket, so 500 is cheap in comparison.

I had another appointment today. I feel great, the biggest reason I want to have this baby is so that I don't have to have anymore appointments. My appointment was supposed to be at 11, so I got there 20 minutes early like they say to be (which means Reuben and I left the apartment at 10), and I wasn't seen until 12:45.

My to-do list is long, but I can't seem to make myself do it because I get too hot, or start having contractions.

• Clean and rearrange our bedroom to make room for the pack and play and baby clothes.
• Sort and wash the infant clothes. (I packed all the clothes that are 0-9 months in the same box, so it's not too big of a job, but still takes time.)
• Pack a bag for the hospital.
  
• Go grocery shopping so we have any food other than frozen chicken and hamburger.
• Clean the bathroom and kitchen so we have a place to bathe that baby.
• Shop: diapers, wipes, nursing pads, maybe a new nursing bra.
  
• General de-junking

He's coming within the next 4 weeks, and we better accept that fact and get ready.