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Additional facts to consider<br />
when choosing your hospital<br />
Take into account the accommodations and practices of<br />
each possibility and what will make you feel most at ease.<br />
You'll also find that many hospitals also offer:<br />
• Childbirth and parenting classes and lactation consultants<br />
• Certified nurse-midwives on staff<br />
• The ability to have an unmedicated, "natural" delivery<br />
• Birthing stools, birthing balls, and other equipment to help<br />
you feel comfortable during labor<br />
• The option to wear your own clothes during labor and<br />
delivery<br />
• The option to have friends and family attend the birth and<br />
to videotape your delivery<br />
Should distance matter?<br />
When choosing your hospital, you may have<br />
to decide if you would be willing to travel<br />
quite a distance while in labour or would you<br />
rather have the hospital be somewhere close<br />
to your house? However, bear in mind that<br />
this factor should not play such an important<br />
role when making your decision because all<br />
you want at the end of the day is excellent<br />
care; the distance is only a one-time thing.<br />
The only thing you have to ensure is to get<br />
to the hospital in time if you’re having an<br />
unscheduled birth.<br />
Moving on to one more very important thing to find out ahead<br />
of time is the number of people that would be allowed into<br />
the delivery room while you are in labour and who are those<br />
people. Most hospitals have a policy of only allowing one<br />
person into the delivery room; it being either your mother or<br />
your husband. So, if you are thinking of having your sister or<br />
best friend in there with you, you should check ahead of time<br />
to make sure this would be allowed on the day of your delivery.<br />
A little tip for all you expecting mothers; the best way to find<br />
out about hospital facilities available in your area is by asking<br />
your doctor, friends or people you know who have been<br />
through it. This would enable you to see everything first hand,<br />
plus ask questions that will help you in making your decision.<br />
So, which hospital, then?<br />
When you go hospital hunting, you’ll probably find similar<br />
offerings, if not the same facilities; from public hospitals to<br />
private hospitals. So this is when you have to consider the<br />
minimal factors as well. Such as, visiting hours allowed in the<br />
hospital and the length of stay for you and your new baby.<br />
If you’re wondering where to start, we’re here to help you<br />
with that. You will find a list of 8 hospitals in the Klang Valley<br />
that you can consider for your delivery, along with their<br />
contact details and visiting hours.<br />
Hospital policies on labour and<br />
birth<br />
Before deciding on the hospital for your delivery, you might<br />
want to check out the hospital’s policy for labour and birth<br />
because different hospitals tend to have different policies.<br />
To ensure mobility during labour for instance, you should<br />
consider a hospital that allows you to move around the<br />
hospital if you wish to and not keep you in your room.<br />
Something really important to find out about the hospital<br />
policy during labour is about their birthing positions. Be<br />
sure to find out if you are free to take on the birthing<br />
positions you feel most comfortable with or do they have<br />
doctors trained for one specific way only.<br />
<strong>Baby</strong><strong>Talk</strong> | <strong>January</strong> <strong>2019</strong> 17
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