Hospital Tour = :)

We also finally had our hospital tour at Sequoia Hospital last week. It was FANTASTIC!!!It was just what we wanted. The tour was with a small group, just 5 couples, and we were able to see the actual rooms and the nursery. The nurses in the Labor and Delivery ward were very friendly and were actually smiling. :) Photo taken by David Bacon:
Plus on average, Sequoia delivers 4 babies a day vs. the 17 babies Stanford had delivered in just 12 hours on the day we had our tour there. I'm glad we made the switch. Stanford is a great Hospital for sure, it just wasn't for us for delivering Gemma.

I'm really looking forward to the private room and not being moved from room to room at every stage. Here are some pictures of one of the the LDPR rooms (labor, delivery, postpartum and recovery rooms):
The bed is a transformer bed - they change out the different parts of the bed depending on where you are in the whole process. You can't see it from here but you can add a squatting bar to the bed and actually deliver in that position too. They allow you to dim the lights and decorate as well. They don't have a tub there but they are ok with you bringing one in. Scott l pretty much shot that idea down. We'll have more than enough to handle without bringing a tub of our own and filling it. But I was tempted!!! LOL! Oh, the only thing they don't allow are tripods since folks can trip on them.
Above is the guest bed and the gliding chair they have for us. The restrooms are private too! Plus all the post baby cleaning and weighing is done directly in the same room too so mama can see everything and not miss anything.

The view from the room:
In addition, they had this amazing security system with the bracelets to ensure the baby's safety. For example there will be an instant lock-down of the ward if one walks outside a certain perimeter with a baby (even theirs) before being discharged.

In general, Scott and I had a good feeling about Sequoia. :)