Well, I think this is one of the most confusing threads I've ever read here! Wow! Bonus points to all of you for trying to figure it out.
Tea - Your statements are very difficult to understand, but if I may try to interpret what you are asking from other's interpretations, I think that I would not want anyone visiting labor and delivery if I was in the process of labor and delivery in a hospital. I had a hospital birth and when I toured it while preg, we were not allowed into the actual rooms because they were busy with deliveries. Can you imagine a tour going through while nurses and docs and midwives, etc, are all trying to do their jobs? We were allowed to see a new wing that was undergoing remodelling and not being used. I actually ended up delivering in that wing, in a lovely brand new room!
And, that women in your story was probably visiting the hospital while nearby at a doc appt and just wanted to plan ahead for her next baby. You don't have to be pregnant to be planning ahead like this.