 Washington Hospital
Information gathered December, 2000 - Thank you Sabrina!
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GENERAL |
| Address: |
Mowry Ave Fremont, Ca. |
| Main phone #: | - |
| L&D phone #: |
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| Directions from a major freeway/street: |
Highway 880 to Mowry Ave ...Follow Mowry Ave all the way up until you hit the Hospital. |
| Parking information (where do you park? are there any parking fees?): | No parking Fees |
| L&D location (floor, how to get there from parking lot): | L&D is floor 2 |
AMENITIES |
| What kind of rooms? (L&D, LDRP..) | Labor and Delivery rooms (very nice structured
specifically for baby to room in at all times) |
| Cafeteria hours/what is their food like: |
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| Refreshments available at L&D: (juice? coffee? snacks?) |
clear liquids, toast, Jell-O etc.
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| Microwave available? |
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| TV/VCR/CD available? |
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| Showers/Tubs/Jacuzzis in rooms? On floor? waterbirth available? |
Jacuzzis in all rooms.
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| Telemetry units available? waterproof telemetry? |
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| Birth Balls provided? |
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| Birthing stools available? |
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| Does this hospital have a doula program? |
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| What level of nursery does it have? |
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| Can newborn assessments be done bedside? |
yes
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| Is baby taken to nursery? if so, how soon and for how long? |
All newborns are room in, they rarely use the nursery at all.
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| Can both partner and doula attend cesareans? |
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POLICIES |
| Eating/drinking in labor? |
toast, clear fluids.. |
| Fetal monitoring? |
you must be monitored the first 30 mins after admittance , but you can come off it as long as there is no interventions...but you must do a strip every so often...
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| IV/heplock: |
IV is refuseable, unless there are interventions.
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| Walking after rupture of membranes? |
Yes
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| Pushing positions: |
you can push any way you like.
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STATISTICS |
| Epidural rate |
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| VBAC rate - |
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| Cesarean rate - |
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| How many births a month/year are done here? |
A high-birth-rate hospital
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| Comments from doulas who have attended there: |
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