Little miss pink
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Hi Everyone
I was wondering if you could help me out with something.... I've trying to decide which hospital to go with in our area and the two i'm stuck between is an Obstetrics Hospital ( i think thats the correct term but basically a main hospital with doctors, surgeon and obstetricians) and a Midwife led Unit Centre
The obstetrics Hospital has fab reviews but as with all hospitals at the moment the midwifes are really over stretched and they also don't offer water births which i really wanted and also your partner is told to leave outside of visiting hours once the baby is born and the mothers and baby's are placed on wards.
So because i had my heart set on a water birth i went to view another local hospital that has a midwife led unit which offers water births plus with it being a MW led unit you have a more one on one care from the midwifes as they are less stretched and they have birthing pools and also you are kept in your own room which contains a sofabed where daddy can stay with you at anytime/all times.
I understood that if i wanted an epidural or needed a c-section at any point they would transfer me to the above obstetrics hospital (takes about 18min) but after chatting through how all this happens and being reassured that they don't wait till its an emergency my worries were calmed and i thought i would go for the water birth I'd had my heart set on so opted for the midwife led unit.....
But now my OH and mum keep saying "what if the baby is born needing some kind of treatment and they cannot give it the care it needs at the midwife led unit - Are you not running the risk of losing the baby by not being in the obstetrics hospital" Other than needing oxygen (which the midwife led unit can provide) i don't really know of any unforeseen events that happen after the babies born that means you shouldn't be in a midwife led unit. Does anyone know what kind of things can occur so i can get a better feel for the risk i'm taking... I really want a water birth but if anything did go wrong after the baby was born and god forbid we lost our baby i feel like all eyes would be on me for the decision i made!!
What are you all doing and whats your opinions on this?
sorry its so long but any thoughts would really help me in thinking this through!
LMP x
I was wondering if you could help me out with something.... I've trying to decide which hospital to go with in our area and the two i'm stuck between is an Obstetrics Hospital ( i think thats the correct term but basically a main hospital with doctors, surgeon and obstetricians) and a Midwife led Unit Centre
The obstetrics Hospital has fab reviews but as with all hospitals at the moment the midwifes are really over stretched and they also don't offer water births which i really wanted and also your partner is told to leave outside of visiting hours once the baby is born and the mothers and baby's are placed on wards.
So because i had my heart set on a water birth i went to view another local hospital that has a midwife led unit which offers water births plus with it being a MW led unit you have a more one on one care from the midwifes as they are less stretched and they have birthing pools and also you are kept in your own room which contains a sofabed where daddy can stay with you at anytime/all times.
I understood that if i wanted an epidural or needed a c-section at any point they would transfer me to the above obstetrics hospital (takes about 18min) but after chatting through how all this happens and being reassured that they don't wait till its an emergency my worries were calmed and i thought i would go for the water birth I'd had my heart set on so opted for the midwife led unit.....
But now my OH and mum keep saying "what if the baby is born needing some kind of treatment and they cannot give it the care it needs at the midwife led unit - Are you not running the risk of losing the baby by not being in the obstetrics hospital" Other than needing oxygen (which the midwife led unit can provide) i don't really know of any unforeseen events that happen after the babies born that means you shouldn't be in a midwife led unit. Does anyone know what kind of things can occur so i can get a better feel for the risk i'm taking... I really want a water birth but if anything did go wrong after the baby was born and god forbid we lost our baby i feel like all eyes would be on me for the decision i made!!
What are you all doing and whats your opinions on this?
sorry its so long but any thoughts would really help me in thinking this through!
LMP x