Private rooms vs wards

[MoonstoneGoddess]

Wondering your opinions on your experience with private rooms vs ward ?
Would you recommend a private room ? I guess my worry is just wanting to have peace and quiet with baby after birth and worry there might be husbands other kids in the ward . I remember visiting my mum as a kid and it was noisy. Men can stay overnight in my ward and im feeling uncomfortable after having gave birth having to share this space with other men who I don't know. My friend had mentioned in past a noisy snoring husband kept her awake at night. There's only 1 bathroom and I really dislike the thought of sharing it with other women plus their men. Ive seen how other women treat public toilets are they are disgusting. Theres people who dont even put pads in bins. I think about getting up during night maybe urgently needing toilet and having to walk past rhen in my nightdress. If im breast feeding my baby ill have to keep pulling the curtains and i feel clausterphobic about the thoufht of having to keep a curtain close around me. Do you think I'm being daft? Only problem hospital with private ward, much convenient location but they are facing staff shortages and I'm worried what if theres a problem with me or baby

Thankyou so much for your help. You've definitely helped me make a decision. Were going to go with our nearest hospital to ensure a private room. For those asking yes all rooms are private. There's no wards. It was just the fact we were worried about the care we would receive as staff is more scaled down due to shortages.
The hospital with wards is a much larger hospital but I really just dread the thought of sharing the space with multiple women plus potentional partners staying the night. I'm going to be a first time mum so I'm extremely nervous and its taken us years of fertility treatments to conceive this little one and I honestly just want peace and quiet to spend with my newborn and rest. I've stayed in rooms with friends and relatives in the past and I just struggle to sleep when people are fidgeting all night or making noise with phones ect . I've a friend who works as a midwife in the hospital with wards and know men do regularly stay with partners, which I'm not against men , my partner is a man but I do just feel at nighttime women should be left alone in peace to rest and recover . I don't understand the purpose of men being there in wards when there's other women in the room to consider. I can understand if private rooms yes but not a shared place as I know unfortunately not everyone is respectful and mindful of others . I didn't want to sound unreasonable like im entitled and demanding my own space .my partner isn't planing on staying the night, i wouldnt expect him to sleep in a chair and it just makes me really uneasy about having a room full of men i dont know at night when I've just given birth and have a newborn. That might sounds silly to some . And I just really don't like the thought of sharing bathroom with lots of others. If I was in hospital for any other reason then sure but being my first baby I obviously want to be in a really hygienic environment. You can't chose who's going to be there and of course not everyone is like that but there are definitely some unsanitary people out there. I've encountered alot of public toilets that are repulsive . I used to work in a supermarket and even an hour after cleaning the toilets they would make you sick. Some people just don't respect shared spaces and thats my worry.

I had a dreadful experience for 2 nights on a ward. Husband wasn’t allowed to stay. Baby wouldn’t latch so I had to call for a midwife every time she wanted feeding to get them to help me. Different person each time, if anyone came at all, so inconsistent advice. Noisy, crying babies. After 2 nights of this I told them I was discharging us and formula feeding (we were only in for BF support) unless they found us a private room, which they managed within hours. My husband stayed, was able to go find a midwife to
help me feed, help look after baby overnight while I slept and baby learned to latch and feed that night. We went home next day. 100% go for a private room if you get the option!!!!!