How far away is your hospital?

[Kinsters]

I was pregnant and planned to deliver at the hospital closest to me which is 5 minutes from home and probably one of the better hospitals in town.

However I sadly had a miscarriage and ended up getting treatment at a different and smaller hospital further away as my Dr at hospital 1 was not willing to perform erpc. DH and I really liked the Dr who looked after me at hospital 2 and if I got pregnant again I'd love to see her for ante natal care and deliver the baby with her (we live overseas so choose a consultant and pay privately).

How far is your hospital? This smaller one would be half an hour in rush hour, 45 minutes on a really bad day. Would that be too far? I'm also not sure if it would be irresponsible to choose to give birth in a smaller hospital which may not have such good facilities.

I'm a bit against hospital 1 also because it was where we found out our baby had died and MIL died there last year so right now it doesn't seem like a good place for us.

Sorry for rambling. This is all so hypothetical right now.

It’s not so bad in quiet times but if it’s visiting hours it’s absolute carnage. We always allow an hour to park!

Good luck for your Christmas baby!

Around 20 minutes if traffic isn't too bad.

We haven't had an issue with parking during the day (have gone for blood pressure checks a few times), but we were told by midwives during a tour round the maternity ward/birth centre that most women seem to give birth during the night, so parking is usually easier then.

Parking can be a nightmare at my hospital too even though it has a 10 level multi storey. The queues for any of the car parks can be ridiculous. I always had to allow 45min before appt times.

We have a Health Centre (doesn’t have hospital status) a 15 minute drive away where moms further along than 36 weeks can deliver.

Anything less than that and it’s an air evacuation (or 4.5 hour drive) to the closest city.

I’m in Canada.

Probably not the best example but i can see the hospital when I step out my front door... bout 2 mins drive towards the top of my street (or a 10 min waddle haha!)
Theres then 2 which are same difference (newcastle & sunderland) bout half an hour either way.

I can say its a nightmare to park at all 3 hospitals.