There are few important points you are not supposed to miss when you are near to your delivery. One among them is deciding where to deliver your baby. Usually all women go to the same treating obstetrician to deliver their babies where their antenatal checkups have been done.
But if you are planning to deliver in different place from where you had a routine check up, you need to be a little careful in choosing the place of delivery.
You need to see the following in a hospital when considering it as a place of delivering your baby before you join for delivery:
1.Availability of the obstetrician. Check if that hospital is your doctors home hospital or not. Check with her first to see if she does rounds at more than one location and, if so, tour both to see in which hospital she stays for a long time.
2.Availability of neonatal care unit and pediatrician is also important. Incase your baby needs some care after delivery, no need to rush to other hospital for neonatal care.
3.Availability of good investigations department which include all blood tests, urine tests, radiology department in the hospital.
- Availability of 24*7 pharmacy is a must.
- Check if that hospital is covered by your insurance provider and talk to them about the availability of rooms under insurance before you join.
Some more things you need to keep in mind if you are near to your delivery are:
1.Map out which hospitals are close to your home. You may need to go to the hospital quickly while you are in labor.
2.Enquire about your doctors availability at the time of your delivery.
3.Check with your insurance company about what all you need to submit during admission
4.Don’t be alone during your delivery period. Ask anyone to stay along with you at home or when you go out.
References:
https://www.wikihow.com/Decide-Where-to-Deliver-Your-Baby
https://www.babycenter.com/0_choosing-a-hospital_1148.bc
By,
DR.Y.ALEKHYA