July 14, 2011

St. Luke's Hospital Tour

Today, we took the weekly public tour of St. Luke's South Maternity Center.  St. Luke's is one of two hospitals where our doctor has privileges, the other being Shawnee Mission Medical Center which we have yet to tour (Megan's already pretty familiar with Shawnee Mission because this is where Braedon was born).

They have everything you'd expect (NICU, round the clock security, doctors, indoor plumbing, etc.).  The biggest standout at St. Luke's that we were not expecting are the size of the rooms.  As you can see from the pics that Megan was embarrassed of me taking, they are enormous!  These are birthing suites that allow you to remain in the same room during our stay as opposed to separate delivery and recovery rooms.  Megan and I like the idea of having the whole process in one room.

I was expecting all kinds of accommodations for the mother, but sounds like they offer a lot of comfort for the father too.  They have a stocked kitchen, sleeper sofa, TV, DVD player, and the biggest bonus of all (for me) -> WiFi.

We are leaning more towards St. Luke's because of the birthing suites, but we are going to still tour Shawnee Mission because they have gone through recent renovations and we are curious as to what they now have to offer.


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