Midwife-led unit or labour ward for birth: pros, cons and choices

[Shopaholic100]

Midwife led unit or hospital labour ward what are the pros and cons and which did you choose?

I had one of each. Induction is what caused my issues, but they tried to suggest an unnecessary intervention without even considering my lack of consent (I had made it clear I wanted anything tried before this one thing) and it was not needed.
MLU was a great experience but it was above the labour ward in the hospital so didn't really need to concern myself with transfers etc.
I would not give birth at home due to the ambulance delays these days, and I wouldn't use a MLU if it was not in the main obstetrics hospital for the same reason.

Excellent experiences of a midwife led unit within a hospital, although wish that I'd been brave enough to have home births.

I gave birth to one of my children at the same hospital a whilst back and even then my husband had to advocate for me because they were short staffed and just left me on the ward, it was only after he intervened that they moved me to the labour ward. They missed that he had a VSD (hole in the heart) even though it was a loud murmur. I really hoped things would have improved by now, sadly doesn’t look that way.

@Shopaholic100 Do you mean you were moved from a midwife unit to a labour ward, which was understaffed?
There's no doubt that midwifery services are stretched and that goes for both MLU and hospital labour wards. I had a very long wait to get into a suite as none were available (baby boom year!) and after one birth I was discharged within 4hrs of giving birth (straightforward delivery obv) - which was probably due to the conveyor belt of others coming in but it was exactly what I wanted at the time.
I stayed in for a few nights with my first as there were a few health concerns and I felt very unsupported actually. It does feel like a lottery unfortunately, which is exactly why the midwives i know have left the job.