prenatal orientation class

So today, hubby and I went to a prenatal orientation class (where we ran into a guy he knows from his newspaper route) and they had a lot of useful information to offer.

One thing we did there was fill out a bunch of paperwork concerning genetics testing and such. There was a slide show that talked about services at Kaiser and how to use their resources and such. And it talked about what we can expect as far as appointments go from now until we deliver and even into postpartum.

I have to say one thing in particular that I'm highly impressed with is the fact that when I do give birth at Kaiser, I'm guaranteed a private room as all of their labor and delivery rooms are private, they all have couches and they encourage the partner to stay the night. And not only that, but they don't whisk the baby away to a nursery, unless there's an emergency with the baby. The baby stays in the room with the parents. Which I have to say I'm highly excited about because that is something I was concerned with.

I just think that if you're going to spend 9 months waiting for your baby, you're not going to wanna let your baby go when you finally do meet him/her. That's just my look at it.

Anyway, during the class we were all told that after the class was over we were to head up to the 3rd floor to make appointments with our OB/GYN's and then we were to head back down to the first floor for blood work if we had the time today, so hubby and I did just that.

Now, my next appointment is going to be on March 27, 2014 with an OB/GYN who is not my doctor (named Dr. Hongmei Meng)...but the ironic thing is that my OB/GYN (Yanina Greenstein) is out on maternity leave right now. However, by the next scheduled appointment after this one on the 27th, I'll actually get a chance to meet my OB/GYN and get to know her and work with her until my baby arrives.

I so really hope this works out for us. I have really been wanting this for awhile, and it feels like a dream come true.