About cross regional medical care London and Cambridge

[AndrewCabon]

Hi,

I have a dilemma I am trying to resolve and would appreciate your input.

My wife lives and works in Cambridge and and is going to give birth in April / May 2013.
I work in London and live in East London (Whipps Cross). My wife and I are in the middle of sorting out an elective Cesarean at her local hospital. This is all going to to plan but my wife has to move out her flat at the end of February. This is two months before birth. We intend to live together and would like to live in my house in London due to the limitations of similar properties in Cambridge.

I think we should stay in Cambridge so as not to interrupt the medical process. My wife thinks this is not a problem and we can interrupt the medical care in Cambridge and pick it up again in London with a little planning. I do not think this is feasible. It is at this point we are having a disagreement. We need to make a decision very soon. Has anyone got any thoughts on this matter?

Thanks for reading

Andrew

Only that from what I have heard on the grapevine (living in the between the two areas you are talking about) is that the Rosie Unit at Cambridge is supposed to be really good whereas Whipps Cross isn't - my GP told me that people in the Whipps Cross 'catchment' area were really pushing hard to get their maternity care at PAH in Harlow which is where I gave birth and highly recommend it. I'm sure you would be able to switch hospitals but I would do some research about whether you feel you will be getting better care by doing so.

People change care/move all the time, the medical profession are used to it. It sounds like you are doing an awful lot of over thinking for not a very big problem imo. Just move to London if that's a more suitable house. Good luck :)

Thanks Gail. The Rosie is considered a good unit. I will have a closer look at Whipps Cross.