Ten days until my due date and I have an extra reason to hope for a straight forward delivery - it’s called the Park Hyatt! In order to free up hospital beds mums that have a complication free delivery can be moved across to a 5 star hotel to endure their confinement in the lap of luxury!
That’s right - a 5 star hotel room (with a nursing station on the floor) and all it entails - room service, cable tv, movies on demand.
The marketing material made me laugh - particularly the suggestion of a massage or beauty treatment at the day spa. None of the photos of relaxing women had, in my opinion, given birth in the last 24 hours! Your milks coming in, you are really uncomfortable and you are not going to lie peacefully on your front for a massage? Even sitting on your bottom for a facial or pedicure would be unbearable - and what about the product of your labor? Your little baby who needs to feed every five minutes and sleeps unpredictably, if at all?
The other thing that intrigues me is how they get you to your room. There is a pretty grand reception and entrance way and I’m sure the “normal” guests don’t want to be queued at check-in behind groups of traumatised looking woman, limping along in their pjs, pushing their tiny baby in one of those plastic hospital cribs on wheels? Surely it would bring the ambiance down? Do we have our own segregated entrance and lift?
I wonder if they ever have any trouble with crazy mums acting up after a few too many panadeine fortes- throwing the tv out the window or flushing breast pads down the sewerage, that kind of thing?
Despite my cynicism I’ll still be looking for a space, with three little kids it could be a long time before I get to a hotel room again - DSO will have it written and highlighted on his copy of the birth plan - “Enquire of midwife as to availability of Park Hyatt, and insist we are put on the list!”
Maybe the whole thing is an elaborate experiment to get the cesarean rate of the hospital down? It could really speed up that second stage of labor having something to focus on - push that baby out before the woman in the adjacent room to secure your spot at the Park Hyatt!
If I get there - I’ll make sure I post to let you know what it’s like, surely they’ll have a free internet connection?
38 weeks pregnant, confinement, newborn, park hyatt
September 12th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
A luxurious confinement!…
A mum considers the advantages of being transferred to s five star hotel (from hospital) after a straight forward delivery!…
September 12th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Praying for a safe delivery! Luxurious or not!
September 12th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
I hope everything goes well and you get the suite of your dreams… sounds like heaven!
September 13th, 2007 at 7:34 am
Thanks for the good wishes guys!
September 15th, 2007 at 7:35 am
Recovery in the lap of luxury! Over here it seems if you have a straight forward delivery you’re out of that hospital as quick as possible!
Well, they don’t rush you per se, but they would certainly rather you leave. If all is well and good they’ll let you go 6 hours post labour.
I was 18 days overdue with my second (as of 12 weeks ago) 3 days in labour, lost over a liter of blood, and was out of that hospital with 12 hours of having given the final pushes, lol. (although that was my own wanting to, I hated being in that place!)
I wish you the best of luck, but it seems you’re already a dab hand at this already!
modified mummy x x x
September 15th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
You poor thing! Glad it all worked out ok in the end. I think we are pretty lucky in Australia re: hospital and community support when we have a baby. Although I think the UK is a long way ahead of us in encouraging natural births within the safety of a hospital! It seems like you have great midwifes over there!
November 4th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
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