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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not OP. But of course scenario planned for risks during pregnancy.

I did not know WHC was as well regarded as it is being discussed in here.

I thought if I were in OPs hypothetical that Georgetown was the answer, but it seems like WHC might be better.

FWIW I live closer to WHC than GTown.

I would hate to be separated from baby right after birth though, can someone go directly to Children's?[/quote]

I don't think you can deliver at Children's. I mean I'm sure if you showed up pushing someone would catch the baby 😂 but I don't think they'd admit an adult once the dust had settled. WHC has a level 3b NICU so they probably wouldn't need to transfer a micropreemie without medical complexity. I don't think Georgetown would be a bad choice though. Their NICU is a level 4 which is the same as Children's and they're a very good hospital. I'm much closer to WHC with a history of precipitous labor and fast recoveries, so for me I'd risk being temporarily separated to make sure I had the baby in the hospital and not in the car! But I think it would be perfectly reasonable to ask your OB or call WHC NICU and ask what they would transfer to Children's for.[/quote]

My baby was in the NICU in both whc and children's. They "separate" you anyway since the baby can't be in the same room. But they encourage you to walk down the hall to the NICU. There is a certain time limit after which you must leave the hospital, for me it was 4 days. Luckily I could take the baby home with me after that. I believe they said that sometimes they don't have enough space and send the baby to children's, and I believe the hospitals have a walkway through which they are connected, though I'm not 100% sure. Obviously a fairly long walk is not great depending on how your recovery is going. But I would not suggest going to a hospital super far from home. Traveling back and forth between NICU and home,with potentially 1-2 parents back at work and sibling responsibilities gets old really quickly. [/quote]

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