Medstar Georgetown maternity ward tours paused???
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Anonymous
| Has anyone been able to find any virtual material on the Georgetown maternity ward? They seem to have stopped the tours and courses during COVID and haven't replaced them. How are you supposed to know what the heck to expect when you go in to deliver! |
Anonymous
| You can read a description. |
Anonymous
| These tours were never useful |
Anonymous
| Honestly you don’t need a tour. |
Anonymous
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Here is your tour --
Enter any door Follow signs to Labor and Delivery Take elevator to Labor and Delivery Follow arrow off elevator to Labor and Delivery Press button to get in door Personnel will greet you and take you to a room to triage or labor or delivery If it is after hours go through ER entrance and they will point you to Labor and Delivery. |
Anonymous
I’m laughing so hard at this because it is so accurate. |
Anonymous
x 10000000 |
Anonymous
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NP. Wow I SUPER disagree with this. I thought my hospital tour was really important and helpful. Labor is a big deal, and having an image in my mind of where I would be, what the room looks like, what the bed looks like, a sense of “okay, you’ll walk in here, then go here, then be here, and after the baby is born you go here” was really calming and helped me emotionally prepare.
I dunno what’s up with GT but I’d be bothered, too, OP. I mean, sheesh, it’s a big deal and you’ve never done it before! |
Anonymous
This. It's really not necessary. It's a hospital. I think it was a waste of scarce resources to have offered these tours. |
Anonymous
| Hospital tours? Who knew? I think hospital beds and rooms look the same. |
Anonymous
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I hope none of the posters here were on the WHC thread blaming OP for her hospital choices.
Tours are important if you’re choosing where to deliver, or if you have questions about specific facilities. Call the hospital administrators and ask for someone in the maternity section to discuss any specific questions (if you have them). |
Anonymous
Aren’t Georgetown and WHC the same company? |
Anonymous
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I had both of my children at Georgetown. I was in very different rooms both times - and multiples rooms both times (one emergency C and one planned C), none of which were the same. Did I care? Not a bit.
What I DID care about - they were all singles. It's not a resort! You can't book a particular room. |
Anonymous
Every human being has something called "COMMON SENSE.". Find your CS and use it |
Anonymous
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OP here. The snarky responses are really unfortunate.
There is more to a hospital tour than just the facility, which I what I was hoping to get out of Georgetown. I want to know their policies and procedures. My friends in other states got tours with useful information about hospital rules and were able to plan ahead. |