The Gravley Life

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Good News...

Good news for you, the reader. This is the last post (yeah, umm, it's probably the last, but who knows) about our pregnancy for at least a year. Unfortanately, I feel obligated to disclose to you that there is a good chance I will be posting a lot more kid information. ...and soon.

Dan, my brother, thought it would be a good idea for me to post some general information about where we'll be when the miracle ... the miracle ... the miracle ... takes place.

I agreed and here it is.

If all goes according to plan, we'll be at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, just south of downtown. Here's the information you'll need:
  • Directions (basically, from the south, take 35W to Lake St, don't turn right on Lake and follow the big blue H signs)
  • General Information Website
  • Phone number for information and the operator: (612) 863-4000
  • Due date: 12-6

posted by Steve Gravley at Wednesday, November 09, 2005

9 Comments:

  • HA! now I'm going to show up. And I will never leave. Even when the small talk dies, and you and your wife eye me with disdain while the uncomfortable silence sets in. That's when I'll ask if I can hold the baby again.

    That's the hospital Erin and I went to. We were told by pretty much everyone to go there, even though we have the southdale hospital just down the street. We are actually planning on kid #2 and we think that we'll give that a shot. All I can offer you as advice is bring a ton of food for yourself because you become persona non grata in the eyes of the nurses there. And if you're a coffee man... And I bet you are... there's a cafe in the basement that serves coffee, but they're not open long. So, learn that cafe's schedule. learn it by heart. And if a nurse catches you trying to upload a picture on your cell phone, they will start screeching like an alien... from Aliens.

    Good luck. Expect to see me right when they open the gates at the start of visiting hours.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:58 PM  

  • Pat,
    You or anyone can hold the baby for as long you like (disdain aside), but the party's over when breastfeeding time rolls around. How were the recovery rooms? Did you stay there overnight?

    The hospital is a bit far away, but like you, we were told to go there for different reasons by many people. (I'm not even sure we have much of a choice) Seems like a good place, though.

    Oh, and Dan, WOOT!

    Speaking of which, my Woot bag of crap is arriving at my house today. Yes!

    By Blogger Steve Gravley, at 5:27 AM  

  • Oh, and Aaron, thanks for the heads up on the coffee. Pat was right, I'm a coffee drinker, and I have a feeling I'll need plenty of it.

    By Blogger Steve Gravley, at 5:27 AM  

  • Expect it Dan-o. First time births usually take a long time unless it's delivered under the knife.

    Of course by Betsy's 15th kid, she won't even need the hospital, just someone with a catcher's mit. Perhaps that's an exaggeration, perhaps not. Either way, Steve will need to install bunk beds in every room.

    He won't need to put the kids in some kind of little league at that point as they will be their own team.

    What were we talking about again?

    By Blogger Jon Roberts, at 10:50 AM  

  • I would suggest that no one come to the hospital until we're close to the end, if we can tell that, that is.

    For example, I could have someone call the family when she goes into the pushing phase. That way no one is waiting for 20 hours.

    If you like you can come right away though, I'm not trying to discourage that either.

    By Blogger Steve Gravley, at 11:14 AM  

  • Man, I could of used Aaron during my stay. I didn't know there was more than one option for coffee.

    My stay was pretty good, food issue aside. The nurses were really nice and helpful, though they were swamped. We had one nurse try to show erin how to get Audrey to 'latch on', but was called away. She said she would come back, but it wasn't until 4 hours later. Felt pretty bad for her. We must of been there during an especially busy period of 'birthin's because all the nurses were running around like crazy. But good people. I've heard horror stories about the staff at Southdale, but being close to our home is a big plus. So we're going to try it.

    The recovery rooms were good. You get a surprising amount of space, and it's pretty quiet. The room that Erin gave birth in was a little unnerving, since we tried to get some sleep but was woken up by screaming women who were in the process of pushing. All I could do was picture the women in the films. *shudder*.

    Erin and I held people off for as long as we could before we accepted visitors. We both just wanted to get sleep (myself included since I stayed both nights and would help erin sleep by watching the kid)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:46 AM  

  • Strange that this 'real person-and not a bot' found the site by looking up "personal achievement", I found Gravely's site by googling "New ways to commit suicide that will impress my ex-girlfriend".

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:25 AM  

  • Quit talkin' about it, and do it. No wonder your girlfriend doesn't respect you - is the name of my new book.

    By Blogger Steve Gravley, at 8:33 AM  

  • My book came out 4 months ago and noone noticed. It was called, "Please Toss into the Trash".

    I wonder what happened to all my copies...

    By Blogger Jon Roberts, at 12:55 PM  

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