Monday, September 8, 2008

Maine Medical Center Family Birth Center












Hello All!
Well I am sorry I have been such a slacker on posting- we have been busy and hopefully I will post more pics soon. We have had a family vacation in Cape Cod with the Sweeney crew, had some home improvements (new windows and painting in progress) and this past weekend we were able to see the new Family Birth Center at Maine Medical Center where wee one Bornstein will be delivered in November. Our friend Deb (aka Mummarocks) was kind enough to take some pics! And behold first web bump picture of me and little one. Enjoy! The center is absolutely beautiful and will make delivery much more comfortable. There are now all private rooms from prenatal to labor & delivery to recovery rooms so that is a big improvement over the existing system in place. The Family Birth Center is on 4 floors- the first floor being pre-natal - for patients on bed rest and having procedures as well as C-sections, 2nd floor is Labor and Delivery/Recovery, 3rd floor is NICU and 4th floor is Mother & Baby rooms. All of the rooms were beautiful- great colors- I am partial to earthtones and green! The biggest improvements were the all private rooms- especially the Labor & Delivery rooms- pictured- they have large jacuzzi tubs for laboring as well as private bathrooms. Jake was happy to find that all rooms have flat screen TV's w/DVDs and mini fridges. The TV's being important as we will be delivering during football season.. sigh.. men.. :) We were very impressed and feel like this will be a pretty comfortable place to deliver. Soon we start taking our childbirth classes so things are starting to get real. We can't believe we are 9 weeks out! WOW time has flown by!
Preparations in the nursery are under way-- pictures to come-- Jake has been such a great guy painting the room- we need to move furniture out and rearrange our guest room, then start setting up the crib, dresser and glider in the nursery! 
So things are underway in the Bornstein house... keep checking back for more pics- I swear I will post more-- need to find the camera cord to download pics! Love to everyone, Sheila 

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