Antenatal care - hospitals near Purley

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Hi,

I just found out I'm pregnant and my GP has asked me to self-refer to a hospital. I'm in the Purley area, the closest hospital is the Croydon University hospital but have heard mixed reviews.
I wanted to see if anyone has had any recent experience with any of the hospitals in the area and whether they would recommend them? Just wanted to see which one might be best to go with.

• Croydon Uni Hospital
• St Heliers Hospital
• Epsom Hospital
• Princess Royal University Hospital

Would appreciate any information! I'm really new to this and haven't had children before.

Thank you

I'm with St helier and the service is great.
My friends have been with Croydon uni hospital and they have no complaints.
I think there are just some people who moan for the sake of it. I'd go to Croydon if I lived in Purley x

Hello, I live nearby in Kenley and chose Croydon. There are reviews of Croydon's maternity unit here: www.careopinion.org.uk/opinions?nacs=rj611&tcx%5B0%5D.tname=maternity You can change the filtering to view the others on your list and compare.

There are good and bad reviews of all of the hospitals, but I liked that Croydon was nearby and had a range of options, including a midwife-led unit with birthing pools and private suites in the labour ward.

I'm 22 weeks and the care so far has been great - scans have all been scheduled on time and without issue. The consultant I saw at 19 weeks was lovely and even offered an elective C-section if that's what I wanted, which I wasn't expecting. The initial appts at Purley War Memorial were fine as well.

Happy to answer any other questions!

My sister have birth at Mayday a couple of years ago. The labour ward was fine but she said the after care was awful. If she has another she will go to East Surrey Hospital. A lot of her friends have all had good experiences there. I'm a bit further out and had my baby at Pemberry ( to far for you) my experience was mixed.

Just had my second baby at Croydon. Community midwives okay but care in hospital was great. Was on the post natal ward for 2 days after emergency section and all the midwives were lovely, much better than the care I got 2 years ago when I had my eldest.

@Quail15

My sister have birth at Mayday a couple of years ago. The labour ward was fine but she said the after care was awful. If she has another she will go to East Surrey Hospital. A lot of her friends have all had good experiences there. I'm a bit further out and had my baby at Pemberry ( to far for you) my experience was mixed.

I had my last baby at ESH, post natal Ward was dreadful. Was considering Pembury for this one

I gave birth at PRUH two years ago and the care was good antenatally and in labour. The induction ward and post natal Ward were hellish although I can't fault the care my baby received.

@TakeMeToYourLiar I gave birth at Pembury two months ago and it was fabulous antenatally, in labour especially and postnatally. Having my own room for the entire process really made the difference for me during induction and after birth. The midwives were wonderful in labour too. I can't fault it.

Thank you for all the replies, everywhere I looked seemed to have good and bad reviews. I think I'll stick to Croydon as it is the closest to me.