which hospital? lewisham/kings/st thomas'?

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Hi I'm new to mumsnet, I'm 28, have just found out I'm pregnant and now need to decide on a hospital before my doctor can refer me to a midwife. My local hospital is Lewisham but I have heard it not a great place to have a baby at. I'm looking for people's experiences at having babies at either Lewisham, Kings College, and St Thomas' Hospital and the care you recieved, both positive and negative, and just generally your overall opinion. Any feedback will be much appreciated, thanks X

I wouldn't opt for Lewisham. I had DD there 2 yrs ago and I made a complaint because of the poor care. The labour ward was fantastic I have to give them that but the antenatal ward and postnatal ward were terrible. Having said that the birth centre is meant to be amazing. Ive heard lots of good stories about it and i really wanted to give birth there but it wasnt to be. Im having another now and wouldn't touch Lewisham with a barge pole for maternity services but that's just me and the experience I had. Im going to Queen Elizabeth, Woolwich this time because its nearer but the PRUH at Farnborough would have been the next choice for me as that has a good reputation. St Thomas' is meant to be good ive heard from several people. Don't know much about Kings apart from they've got a super duper scanner and that its over stretched badly because of the amount of patients they have but isn't every hospital???

I had mine at st Thomas's which was great. But particularly second time I was very very glad to only be a few minutes away from the hospital. That cab ride in labour was the worst thing in the world.