Birthing Centre or Hospital???

[tinkerbell13]

Our birth centre is 40 mins from hospital so no way was I risking it. Although I was considered low risk because I was induced I was on the normal labour ward / suite but the room was not clinical at all and was very comfy indeed. I was lucky we opted for hospital though as I required emergency c section and it literally happened in minutes. I dread to think what would have happened if we'd had the 40 minute journey.

 

[Rooster30]

Yup, the same really. The birthing centre is about 15 minutes from my house, the hospital is 30/40 minutes away, I just wouldn't want to have to travel for that amount of time whilst something was going wrong.

 

[tinkerbell13]

Just to add - during our antenatal course the hospital route was made out to be very negative and i personally felt they were trying to push home births and birthing centres and in fact I felt like we were considered strange for wanting a hospital birth. The midwife also mentioned home birth / birth centres several times. I think if I lived closer to hospital or if the birth centre was closer it would have been a consideration.