Anyone given birth in the Mother's Suite at the Homerton?

[hackneyzoo]

Am overdue at the moment so my planned HB is likely to go out the window. Has anyone used the Mother's suite at the Homerton, am interested to hear what it's like.

I was hoping you would get some responses here hackneyzoo, as I'm planning on having my baby there in July (long way off still, I know!).

Hope all goes well for you. Would love to hear your experience afterwards.

Me too, as I'm hoping to have my first baby there in April! Anyone?

Hi ecuse - it's my first too! Whereabouts are you located? The PR for the new wing sounds great but I haven't seen or heard anything yet...

I'm south Stamford Hill or north Stoke Newington, depending on how you look at it! You? I'm doing the hospital ante natal classes from mid Feb so I guess I'll get a look then.

I had my baby there on Friday and it was excellent in every way. Will write a proper post when I get a minute but I would really recommend it!

Well that is very happy news. Congratulations! When you get a minute to yourself (no rush, of course) I'd love to hear your experiences. Enjoy your new baby first, though :D

Congratulations hackneyzoo - so happy for you!

Glad to hear that it was such a good experience :)

ecuse I'm right in the middle of Stokey - more or less halfway between Church Street and Newington Green. Not too far away! Did you sign up to the hospital classes? I'm planning to do them some time (would love to have a look around!) but it's still quite a while for me so I haven't looked into it yet. Hope you enjoy them!

I will link to the birth story on another thread for you. But basically the facilities were great, I hadn't looked round before as was planning a HB, but everything was spotless and brand new. very different from wen I looked round a few years ago last time I was pregnant.
The rooms were spacious and private, with a double bed, sofa, arm chair, bean bags, birthing ball, birthing pool and shower and toilet en suite. The lights could be dimmed and there was a place for music/ipods...I was and ... much better than my font room where I had planned to give birth!
The MW really listened to me and was very hands off, she left me and DP to it and offered support when needed.
I was completely impressed with all the staff post pre, during and post birth.
Te ante natal ward was completely different from what I expected, I had heard horror stories, but it was clean and well staffed, all be it rather noisy.
DD ended up on SCBU for a few days and I couldn't fault the Drs and nurses there either.
So all in all a pretty good experience!

Epic birth story

Wow, that's an epic indeed. The actual birth part sounds kind of lovely, though, as births go. And your description of the birthing centre has heartened me! Glad your little girl is OK now, that must have been terrifying.

Wow sounds like they made it a rather lovely place! Hope it won't be full up when my time finally comes...

Haven't read your epic yet, although judging by ecuse's response it's quite something. Having a look now...

Ooooh that sounds really good except for the last bit where it's suddenly terribly scary! Very glad your little bundle got through it okay...