Hi, while you are talking about "Canossa Hospital" and obviously all of you here have experience in giving birth there (I am due in mid-June). I have another concern and would like to ask for some advice:
I phoned up Canossa yesterday to ask if I can visit their hospital for a quick look (to familarise myself with the environment, i.e. where's the labour room, where's baby room, where's toilet, etc). They are very polite on the phone and said, "Yes, of course you can come for a tour, but we cannot promise that you can have a look into the maternity ward because they are all very full. Not just full at the moment but they are full all the time!"
So, after being told that the wards are always full, I asked the nurse on the phone what happens if the common ward is full when I am admitted, she said, "we have to send you to other available but you have to pay for the price of that room", which means more expensive. She then said if there is only First Class room is available, they can only send me to the first class room and I have to pay for the first class room rate!
Now I am a little bit 'worried' about the unfortunate incident may fall on me, having me to check in the first class room, which will require me to pay 30~40K more than my original budget! Any ideas, ladies?
)... There is a canteen, which is mainly used by the nurses and your husband can have a meal there too, it was cheap, but don't expect to keep a great memory of it !!