Meeting with Neonatologist

Today, May 16th, we had a meeting with the Director of Neonatologists at St. Luke's. She gave us a rundown on what they will be doing for Kinley once she is born. A lot of the information we received, like Kinley being intubated right away and the number of people in the delivery room, we were aware of, but we were also given a good amount of new news. We learned that the doctors encourage dads to be up close with the baby, which is nice to hear that we will not have to stay in the background. She encouraged us to take as many pictures as we wanted, both during and after the delivery. We were also given the impression that Kinley will only remain at St. Luke's for a matter of hours. In one instance the doctor had had a baby transferred to Children's Mercy within one hour of being born. We already had confidence with St. Luke's staff and after this meeting we came away with even more. We both feel that Kinley will be in great hands.