Editing Pregnancy (section)

=== Post Delivery ===

At the beginning of the process, they asked us if we had any objection to the initial treatments the baby will be given. We consented to all of them:

* Erythromycin on the eyes
* Vitamin-K shot to the thigh
* Hepatitis-B shot to the thigh

They suggested and I was eager to put the little band-aids on her at the injection sites.
[[File:CPMC Van Ness Newborn Room.webp|thumb|Quite a bit smaller but still spacious]]
[[File:CPMC Van Ness Newborn Room Couch.webp|thumb|Much smaller, but it does expand out to about the same length as the delivery room one]]
[[File:View from CPMC Van Ness Newborn Room.webp|thumb|I like cityscapes as does Julie so this was quite pleasant. I especially loved the depth to the city.]]

They gave the child these injections while she was being weighed and so on in the newborn warming bed. One interesting about the entire process was the emphasis on metric units throughout (degrees Celsius and grams and so on). In fact, much later as we were checking out there was a trainee nurse who the nurse in charge asked for temperature who responded in Fahrenheit. The experienced nurse said "Metric, please" so the data are all written down in metric, which is unusual to me in the US.

We were then given some time and a cart to pack up and move to Floor 8 of CPMC for Newborn Care. The room there is much smaller, but still quite large. I'd say about 150 sq. ft. with a nice view out the window.

There was a small two-seater couch by the window which extends into the same length as the couch in Labor & Delivery. The back comes off but isn't the same height as the seat so I had to augment with some pillows to be comfortable.

There's also a folder with a few infographics and some questionnaires.