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Public Hospital With Midwife Care.

by ellamia

(September 2007) (rank 51st)

This is for people needing help on where to go to have their baby. This is just a little information on Public hospitals and what they offer.

Public hospitals is the most popular choice for pregnant women to go to when they are having a baby. The fact that

they're free isn't the only advantage. The car provided is of high standard and some studies have shown that midewife-led births involve fewer medical interventions. An obstestrician is on call as well as pediatrics, if required.

On the down sid, you will probally see different midwifes for your antenatal visits and the birth, and may have to share a room afterwoulds. This isnt necessarly a bad thing as you can meet other mums in the rooms as well. When i had my girls at a public hospital i however didnt have to share a room even though they were so busy they try so hard to find you a room to yourself.

Some hospitals even have a birth centre attached. This is good if you have an easy birth and want to do birthing pain free. As for me i tried at a birthing centre but too many things went wrong so I went to the hospital part. The Birthing Centres are great and they are all lovely midwives there. That is also another consideration to make.

COST: Free with medicare card

TIPS: Tale a tour of the maternity unit before making any decisions as facilities can vary from hospital to hospital. As your due date approches, ask the midwife to record any wishes you may have for the birth. Or you might have a book that you can write your wishes on what you would like to do. For example, use a birthing ball, the bath, squatting or simply on the bed.

I hope this helped.

Love Kelly

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| December 2007 \| Arna

Re: Public Hospital With Midwife Care.

I'm dreading going back to our hospital. They know me by sight and by name and I told them after my last was born there was going to be no more! Guess they will be laughing after all!loll

I have gone public with all four of mine, and while they were very busy, I also found that by having a different midwife for my antenatal visits prepared me for having a different one for deliveries. I got a feel for each one, and they were all great. Rooming in with other mums was a big help to me. There was always someone there to watch bubs when I went to the toilet etc. With my last, I even helped a first time mum deal with the earlier stages of labour. She was terrified, but happy to have another new mum talk her through it all. The Midwives also appreciated the help I gave her.

Naughty me went home the same day with 2 of mine, but only because I don't like hospitals and they were a little short on beds and staff at the time. Hey, we were both fine, so why stay where you don't feel comfortable when you can go home and know they are just on the other end of the telephone if you need them.

The only down fall of our hospital, is that there is limited birthing services available, oh, and we might have to be sent to another hospital if the specialist aren't there. So, walking around, birthing balls and the good old bed are the only things they offer, but fine by me.

I want a home birth, but don't have the funds. Might get my wish though, as my labours have dropped in time dramatically. If the trend keeps going, this one will be born before the phone is even picked uip! lol

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| November 2007 \| Libby24

Re: Public Hospital With Midwife Care.

i did this twice with my 2. I had them at kalamunda hospital, and i swear by it to. I had a friend who went private and coped crap from the nurses due to her age and when i was in hospital both times they really helped and took care of us no matter what age we were. they even rememeberd me when i came back for charlie.

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| November 2007 \| emmysmum

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i wasn't overly happy with the public care i received. One midwife told me i should just hand over my baby to docs as i was too young to know how to care for her etc etc and i told her it didn't matter how young or old we are, these things come naturally and it doesn't mean we don't know how to love a child.
Not only that, i didn't like the shared rooms or bathrooms....they were filthy and if u wanted a salt bath.... there were only 2 of them which had to be shared by heaps of patients, in private care you get your own and private care also provides everything such as disposables, only thing u need to provide is a change of clothes for baby going home and formula with bottles if you formula feed!
I must say that public is much better for first baby though!
Cheers

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	November 2007 \| toosh

Re: Public Hospital With Midwife Care.

Well done Kell - great advice for people to read when they are trying to work out which way to go. I went public for our first but our small country hospital has single rooms in the maternity wing anyway so we all get our own room & share an onsuite with the next room. I went private with our second as the hospital pays the excess & they make more money out of it - I was still in the same rooms as with our first but I got a newspaper everyday, free tv & a different menu (no idea why they have different menus but I must say that the private menu has a lot better food on it!).

Teshia xxoo

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| October 2007 \| winja

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great advice. i love my hospital, i get seen thru the high risk clinic so no midwifes but i get the birthing suite automatically because it has alot of the equipment in there and is a nicer environment for stressed mums and bubs only a quick scoot down the hall to emergency.

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| October 2007 \| cazza

Re: Public Hospital With Midwife Care.

Great advise again for new mums to know...

and for me all my babies were public hospital babies....

take care
love cazza

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| September 2007 \| Domestic-warrior

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I went Public as well and have no complaints. I actually got to have some of the same Midwives that i saw throughtout my pregnancy. For my first and second delivery one of the midwives was the same for both, with the second one she had move up to a Senior position and although i had a midwife i didin't know for the delivery of my third baby, a midwife that i had seen during my second pregnancy came in to say hi (she had seen my name on the door and recognised it!). Thats continuity of care!

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| September 2007 \| ellamia

Re: Public Hospital With Midwife Care.

Thanks ladies for all your reviews. I think public is best myself but it is personal choice.

xoxox

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| September 2007 \| janicepovey

Re: Public Hospital With Midwife Care.

Hi kelly,

This is great advice & information tips...especially for mum's to be. Well done.

Cheers Janice

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| September 2007 \| Kellzacar

Re: Public Hospital With Midwife Care.

Thanks for writing this . .

Both my friend and I were due to have our babies at the same time and this was good for us both as we were able to support each other. However when it came to delivery she was a private patient and I was public.

The only differences in care was that she had a private room and got a free newpaper each morning and it cost her $3500 where as I was in a room with 3 other mums (exchanging delivery stories), we all shared a paper (and talked over it contents) and we all got a friendship to take home with us . . .THE cost FREE ! ! !

Needless to say when my friend had her next bub she went public! ! !

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| September 2007 \| Ngairi

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My first was private, my own gynae and such. I ended up in a private room and was bored silly. Not to mention that they used the same labour room as the public patients and was extremely sterile (as in boring). My next I went public at a different hospital. The labour room was really great, nice paint, ensuite etc. 3rd one I had public with shared care through my local doctor. Went back to the RBWH, the hospital had been upgraded by this time and had a fantastic experience. The nursing staff were brilliant, midwives excellent, couldn't really fault anything.

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| September 2007 \| Flicka

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While it would be nice to have Private Health Care with most things, the feedback I've had from people at the Private hospitals having babies has been mostly negative. The feedback from Public hospitals has been good. What I liked is that you aren't treated as a patient when you have a baby. You aren't there because you are sick, unless there were complications, and there was unrestricted access to the kitchen to make coffee or a quick snack. I had to provide my own things but could use the kitchen to cook, heat, or prepare things. Also had access to the laundry which helped in the use of cloth nappies!

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| September 2007 \| emmie

Re: Public Hospital With Midwife Care.

this is great advice thanks for sharing it

emz

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