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Originally Posted by HockeyPuck
-Also, think about a doula. These are helpers in the delivery room that are there to help both mom and dad out. My wife and I are thinking about this one...
-When you're wife is in labor, don't take her to emergency, take her up to the Maternity Ward. At the Foothills hospital, it's on the 5th floor and at the Rockyview it's on the 2nd floor. Not sure where it is at the Loughheed.
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Instead of a doula, your wife may just want to invite a good friend to come and help out and do the doula's job.. Your wife may be more comfortable with that, but it's up to them, I suppose. My wife's sister was in for our first baby, and my wife brought in a friend for the second. It's very helpful to have an extra person there - fetching water, extra encouragement, etc.
Maternity is on the 3rd floor at PLC, in the NE wing.
As long as the mother is past week 23 (or something around there), you don't have to go to emergency at all, even if not in labour. Make use of the ability to skip emergency waiting lines if you need to!
Table 5, just don't look there!