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Ward or private room

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2020firsttimemum · 05/08/2022 18:52

So I posted a thread about paying for scan photos and remembered another thing I found interesting so thought I'd do a new thread.

When you gave birth did you go on a ward after having baby or did you get a private room?

Only reason I ask is because I thought it was the norm to have a private room and was surprised when it isn't!

I had a private room at the hospital I gave birth in and it was my first so was none the wiser

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Russell19 · 05/08/2022 18:56

I was on a ward of 4. I wanted to pay for a private room but they were saving them for women/babies who were possibly ill or had to stay in longer. Completely get that.

FatAgainItsLettuceTime · 05/08/2022 19:05

I was induced so on a ward before birth, was supposed to be taken to delivery room when active Labour hit but it was all a bit quick so ended up being wheeled into the delivery room with DD crowning.

Then afterwards sent back to the ward. I had to push DD in her plastic crib on wheels along several corridors, up in the lift and around the rabbit warren of hallways about 1hr after giving birth. So honestly I didn't care at first if it was a private room or a ward I just wanted a bed. In the middle of the night when the noise and people were pissing me off my opinion changed and I would have loved a private room.

Wildflower922 · 05/08/2022 19:06

I was given a private room and I hated it, I felt so isolated and forgotten about. I had a c section with my twins and I couldn't lift them out to feed them because I was in pain, hospital was short staffed and it really distressed be tbh, I've heard stories about the other mums on the ward being a great help tbh. So next time I'm hoping for ward!

Trinxsy · 05/08/2022 19:10

Private room but I've had 3 really sick NICU babies so they don't put you on a ward (unless its a room with other nicu mum's). I did share a room with another lady when I had my twins but her twins were in NICU also :) it would be very mean to put someone in a ward full of babies when they don't know if their baby will make it through the night!

WhatIsModeration · 05/08/2022 19:11

Ward of 4 both times for me.

MajorCarolDanvers · 05/08/2022 19:12

Ward for first child.

Private room with en-suite for second.

If you have the choice get your own room.

ShirleyPhallus · 05/08/2022 19:13

I gave birth last week and was on a shared recovery ward, they wouldn’t give a private room as I’d had a c section

It was hideous. Noisy snoring husbands, people on their phones, visiting siblings being all noisy, people watching tv without headphones

some places let you pay for a private room, I’d do it in a heartbeat if possible

Albgo · 05/08/2022 19:28

I was on a ward with 3 beds. We were both quite poorly afterwards (not bad enough for neonatal) and so were put in a room with slightly less beds. All the other mums and babies in the room had complications too. I was in there for a week and the lady opposite me for 6 days. I wouldn't have liked to have been in a room on my own tbh. I think for how long I was there I would have found it really isolating.

Kabalagala · 05/08/2022 19:35

Ward of 8, ward of 6. Private rooms are available for a fee...

BurningBenches · 05/08/2022 19:36

Ward of 4 for dd1 and dd3. Dd1 was born in 2000, services were marginally better than they are now, plus no smart phones, no signal in the hospital, strict visiting hours so whilst busy it wasn't horrendous. I had to stay in a week and was transferred to the MLu for the last 4 or 5 nights which was lovely. 2 beds to a room, great aftercare.

Dd3 4 bed bay. Sadly it was 2011 so people had mobiles, lots of noise, got discharged as quickly as possible the next morning. I only opted to stay because she was born late afternoon and they made you wait 6hrs to be discharged. And that would have been late, so I stayed thinking I'd get more rest than at home with a toddler....how wrong was I?

Thankfully 2, 4 and 5 I was able to be home same day. Dc5 was born around 6pm and I was home by 9.30pm.

There is an option for paid for private but not ensuite and not guaranteed. Likewise you could still transfer to MLU for postnatal rather than stay at the main hospital. I would have asked for either had I had to stay in with 4 or 5.

katieg03 · 05/08/2022 19:42

Wards of 4/6 is absolutely normal in our hospital. Private rooms are few and far between and given to NICU babies /mum's

fairgame84 · 05/08/2022 19:51

Ward of 4. Private rooms are for nicu mums, babies having phototherapy and mums with infectious disease

HippeePrincess · 05/08/2022 19:54

Arrived at hospital crowning with DS got sent straight home instead of the ward.
Stayed at home with DD

Flopisfatteningbingforchristmas · 05/08/2022 19:57

My hospital is all private en suite rooms in maternity.

jupeBex · 05/08/2022 20:05

I gave birth at my local birth centre and had a private ensuite room afterwards, it was nice to get the chance to rest

Goodnewsday · 05/08/2022 20:07

Ward of 4 and all the other 3 babies cried non stop, the door kept creaking every time it opened and I was right beside it. Literally didn’t sleep a wink, like didn’t even close my eyes once. It was so much worse than the actual csection. Although two girls I know were at the same hospital and had their own room

bbqhulahoop · 05/08/2022 20:09

I was on a ward first time and initially the second time but then baby was taken to NICU who refused to let me stay overnight and the midwives kindly moved me to a private room as I struggled so badly being on a ward with other mums who had their babies with them 😩 I know it's the norm in some hospitals to have private rooms but not most and tbh with DD1 I appreciated the company

20viona · 05/08/2022 20:09

Private en suite room and husband stayed the entire time which was nice. However I did feel very isolated from the staff and barely saw anyone!

SGChome20 · 05/08/2022 20:11

I was on a ward and I was in nearly a week as well because baby was poorly, nothing serious but it was a bit of a bummer seeing so many women come and go. It was also in the middle of lockdown so DH was only allowed in a couple of hours a day.

ljdxxx · 05/08/2022 20:14

Private room and en-suite however I did have a emergency c section and I needed to be hooked up to lots of monitors for a day until I had a another operation.

Ponderingwindow · 05/08/2022 20:14

Where I live, there are only private rooms.

elliejjtiny · 05/08/2022 20:15

With DC4 I was on the main ward with 11 other women and 9 babies. DC4 was in NICU.

With DC5 I had PTSD so I was in HDU for 2 days, private room for 3 days and then when DS came out of NICU we were in a 6 bedded bay for mums whose babies were poorly or in nicu.

Russell19 · 05/08/2022 20:15

Flopisfatteningbingforchristmas · 05/08/2022 19:57

My hospital is all private en suite rooms in maternity.

Where?

Mamansparkles · 05/08/2022 20:15

Bay of 4, which is standard. Private rooms kept for infectious mums, mums of twins/triplets so partner can stay and help and more space for cots, mums of stillbirths and seriously ill mums (as in, nearly died, need over a week's stay etc). Our local hospital is quite big so they have a separate 4 bed babyfree bay for NICU mums but where we used to live NICU mums were a priority for private rooms too so they didn't have to go on a bay with babies.

PutinIsAWarCriminal · 05/08/2022 20:16

Ward both times. I was only in overnight anyway and enjoyed chatting to the other women.

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