Hello,
I am new to this site and not sure whether this is the right place to post.
So I was wondering do I have the choice of which hospital to give birth in/ book myself into.
On the maternity notes in my area you have a choice to go to 2 birthing centres one 23 miles away from where I live and the other 10 miles away, the main hospital with a birthing centre attached is 5 miles.
My question is if I can go to a birthing centre from where I live that is 23 miles away, surely I can go to another hospital, not my local one that is 13 miles away. I thought women had a choice of what hospital/ birth centre they wanted to give birth in, as long as you can get there and it isn't miles and miles away.
Can someone help please, I refuse for personal reasons to go to the local hospital and would rather be at a midwife led unit where the labour ward/ hospital is next door and the one 13 miles away is only a 20/25 minute drive and obviously I wouldn't be the one doing the driving.
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can I give birth at any hospital?
Princessbaby1984 · 11/11/2015 18:01
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