PSP Recommendations

PSP Member advice about choosing hospitals:

"I wish we had taken the time to explore OBs / hospitals closer to home. The taxi ride to the upper east side whilst I was in active labor was not an experience I ever want to repeat!"

"Choosing a birth location that was close to home was key. I personally think any hospital experience no matter the reputation is a roll of the dice, mainly colored by who's on staff that day/night. Being close to home was helpful mentally and made the trip home much shorter and less nerve wracking."

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The Park Slope Parents Birthing and Beyond Toolkit, featuring 70+ pages of wisdom on everything from preparing for your BEST birth, caring from your mental health as an expectant parent, and hospital logistics to activities to do with baby, healing your body after birth, and managing the transition into motherhood.

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