Maternity Tour at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital

Yesterday evening B and I took the maternity tour at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital. It was cool because it answered a lot of my questions about giving birth there. But I will say this: I was underwhelmed by the labor and delivery floor and the birthing center. The labor rooms seem tiny and the private and semi-private postpartum rooms seemed tiny as well. The birthing center suites are a nice size, but they don't really look as nice as they are portrayed on the website in the photos. I guess I had romanticized the birthing center but even still I would like to give birth there since it seems like a homebirth would be out of my price range for now. I would probably end up paying 5,000 out of pocket which to me can be better invested in me and my child's future. Unfortunately, none of the homebirth midwives in NYC are in-network for my insurance. For me, I really can't justify the extra cost. So I am staying in-network and working with my midwife. I will see her on Thursday and discuss things further. Right now I just want to focus on my health and it can be hard when people are stressing me out. Stroller choices are stressing me out too! I don't want an ugly Graco travel system! Bump that noise! But I digress, I need to sign up for the "Introduction to the Birthing Center" class and the "Early Discharge from the Birthing Center" class which are mandatory for women who want to use the Birthing Center. Luckily they take place on the same day, 2 hours for each class. I left a message yesterday about registering for the classes. They say that it takes 2 full business days for them to get back to you so hopefully I will hear from them by Thursday. I just ate my lunch and now I feel like having dessert. Yesterday I grabbed some animal cracker from Duane Reade before an afternoon meeting. They were the old school kind in the box with the string handle. And they were good! This is not a pregnancy craving...I just like food and have been known to get excited about rediscovered forgotten treats even pre-prego so this is nothing new! And according to the box, the crackers are a "good source of calcium". I am sold! I will probably jam on over to Duane Reade a little later. Tonight is my first prenatal yoga class, hosted at my doula's baby store, The Stork Store. I need some damn "om" in my life, LOL! Breathe in..Breathe out!