03-11-2010, 03:12 PM
How to plan for labor and delivery of a baby 1. Have a written list of your primary care doctor, OB/GYN's office, the OB/GYN's cell phone number and pager, and any other doctors you see regularly. You might also want to put your boss' phone number in there; if you're in labor, you aren't going into work the next day. Call it "calling in really, really sick". A lost phone on the rush to the hospital is the worst time to realize that you don't have your doctor's phone number recorded anywhere else. 2. Along with all the contact lists should be maps. You should have picked which hospital you're having the baby at by this time.
Unless you're walking distance to the hospital or going to call an ambulance, have all your maps printed out and ready. Note: ambulances will take a laboring woman to the nearest hospital, which may not necessarily be the one you want to give birth at. Detailed maps turn-by-turn directions, an overview map with a highlighted route to the hospital, and alternate routes in case of bad traffic should all be included. Pre-program it into your GPS and car route planner, if you have one. 3. You should practice driving the planned route to the hospital several times to get familiar with it.
Unless you're walking distance to the hospital or going to call an ambulance, have all your maps printed out and ready. Note: ambulances will take a laboring woman to the nearest hospital, which may not necessarily be the one you want to give birth at. Detailed maps turn-by-turn directions, an overview map with a highlighted route to the hospital, and alternate routes in case of bad traffic should all be included. Pre-program it into your GPS and car route planner, if you have one. 3. You should practice driving the planned route to the hospital several times to get familiar with it.
