Photo of the Day: Today we toured Södra BB (an alternative birthing center) for my healthcare class. It was part of a hospital but had a very home like feel to it which was the point. It is considered calmer than “normal” labor and delivery department.
Observations of the Day:
Sweden views pregnancy as a natural process rather than as a medical condition like the US does.
All prenatal care is free and available to all women.
The delivery room is the same room in which the family stays while in the hospital to reduce the migration of bacteria. (There are even 2 beds in the room so that dad can stay too as in the picture above.)
Women only stay in the hospital for 48 hours after their first childbirth and 24 for every child after that.
Word of the Day: fängelse (prison)
