Hi ladies,
So I've got my 20 week scan this week and starting to think more about birth plan options.
Basically I have a choice of a hospital or MLU attached to the hospital - but they're 30 mins away (the drive there was the worst part for me with my last DS!) and I'm really not particularly keen on the hospital: it's scruffy, packed & not very friendly. It would also be a shared ward which bothers me as I have real issues with bf in public, even when not directly visible to others.
Or I have a MLU 5 mins away which I've looked around and love, with a high chance of being able to use the birth pool and a private room which DH and I can stay in as long as we like.
My heart tells me the MLU: I'm low risk, healthy, young and have had one birth on just gas and air so know my pain threshold.
My head is worried - what if something went wrong and I had to do a 30 min transfer??? Keep reading other people's comments and although loads of people are very positive about their MLU experiences, the majority ultimately needed to transfer either before, during or after the birth :s
Please advise and share your experiences - feeling really worried about whether I'd be making the right choice to go MLU