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| Address: | 525 W Brown Rd | |||
| Main phone #: | 480-834-1211 | |||
| L&D phone #: | not given out publically... call main number and ask for L&D | |||
| Directions from a major freeway/street: | Follow Brown west past country club...you will see it right on your left. | |||
| Parking information (where do you park? are there any parking fees?): | Outside parking...free. | |||
| L&D location (floor, how to get there from parking lot): | 6th floor | |||
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| What kind of rooms? (L&D, LDRP..) | about 20 LDRP's (see 'comments' below) | |||
| Cafeteria hours/what is their food like: | Breakfast 7-10am, lunch 11-3pm, dinner 5-7pm, evening 1-3am. Nurses report that the cafeteria food was "fairly good". | |||
| Refreshments available at L&D: (juice? coffee? snacks?) | juice, coffee, sandwhiches, pudding... |
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| Microwave available? | yes |
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| TV/VCR/CD available? | TV/VCR in each room | |||
| Showers/Tubs/Jacuzzis in rooms? On floor? waterbirth available? | Showers only |
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| Can mom labor in tub/shower after rupture of membranes? | Up to doctor | |||
| Telemetry units available? waterproof telemetry? | No | |||
| Birth Balls provided? | Yes - only 1 |
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| Birthing stools available? | No |
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| Does this hospital have a doula program? | No |
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| What level of nursery does it have? | Level 2 |
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| Can newborn assessments be done bedside? | Yes - if requested |
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| Is baby taken to nursery? if so, how soon and for how long? | Baby is taken to nursery as standard...usually about 2 hours after delivery for about 2 hours. |
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| Can both partner and doula attend cesareans? | No...only one | |||
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| Eating/drinking in labor? | Up to doctor |
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| Fetal monitoring? | 30-40 min. upon admitting, and then 30 min off/15 min on in an undrugged, uninduced labor..otherwise continuous. |
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| IV/heplock: | Up to mom and doctor |
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| Walking after rupture of membranes? | up to doctor |
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| Pushing positions: | up to patient and doctor...squat bars available. |
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| Epidural rate | I have been told from different people as low as 65% and as high as 85-95% ..none of these numbers are confirmed. |
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| VBAC rate - | - | |||
| Cesarean rate - | 2004 - 22% | |||
| How many births a month/year are done here? | 1905 births in 2004 |
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| COMMENTS FROM DOULAS WHO HAVE ATTENDED THERE- | "Nurse told us that they were breaking too many machines moving them out/in for LDRPs, so they now have LDRs and reserve a few rooms as postpartum rooms. If you want an LDRP room, you need to say something when you are first admitted! " "Bathrooms are very very very small! Rooms are pretty little also." |
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Banner Mesa Hospital
Information gathered January, 2001
