Comments on: Advice to Those Giving Birth at Mount Auburn Hospital http://innocuous.org/articles/2009/12/21/advice-to-those-giving-birth-at-mount-auburn-hospital/ Richard Tibbetts on Various Topics Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:35:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Susan http://innocuous.org/articles/2009/12/21/advice-to-those-giving-birth-at-mount-auburn-hospital/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Susan Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:30:45 +0000 http://innocuous.org/articles/2009/12/21/advice-to-those-giving-birth-at-mount-auburn-hospital/#comment-87 Heh. We also noticed that at dinner, at least one item would be randomly omitted from each tray -- from a fruit cup to a hamburger. We were ordering at 6:25 both days, which is not really wise. We'd heard and taken Camilla's advice, though, so nobody starved. Heh. We also noticed that at dinner, at least one item would be randomly omitted from each tray — from a fruit cup to a hamburger. We were ordering at 6:25 both days, which is not really wise. We’d heard and taken Camilla’s advice, though, so nobody starved.

]]> By: Camilla http://innocuous.org/articles/2009/12/21/advice-to-those-giving-birth-at-mount-auburn-hospital/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Camilla Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:19:47 +0000 http://innocuous.org/articles/2009/12/21/advice-to-those-giving-birth-at-mount-auburn-hospital/#comment-86 My experience with the food there was that I had to remember that most items are portion controlled, so it's important to order far more items per meal than would seem reasonable in a restaurant (for lunch and dinner, at least one item from every category on the menu). Just ordering french toast and bacon won't get you a reasonable breakfast, you need to order bacon and sausage and pancakes and eggs and toast and grits, etc. or else be specific that you need three or four orders of french toast on one tray. Oddly, however, french fries come in huge buckets, and you just need to make sure to ask for the ketchup. (I think the postpartum ward needs a flag for meal service that says "don't put less than 900 calories on any of my meal trays".) My experience with the food there was that I had to remember that most items are portion controlled, so it’s important to order far more items per meal than would seem reasonable in a restaurant (for lunch and dinner, at least one item from every category on the menu). Just ordering french toast and bacon won’t get you a reasonable breakfast, you need to order bacon and sausage and pancakes and eggs and toast and grits, etc. or else be specific that you need three or four orders of french toast on one tray.

Oddly, however, french fries come in huge buckets, and you just need to make sure to ask for the ketchup.

(I think the postpartum ward needs a flag for meal service that says “don’t put less than 900 calories on any of my meal trays”.)

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