Ok, so we went on a tour of the maternity sections of Monash Clayton tonight. Didn't get to see a birth suite or the rooms where you can stay after birth with your partner. The midwife that did the tour couldn't answer my questions clearly.
They are:
Do you stay in the same room that you birth in with your partner/DH if you elect for the 24hour stay option? Or are you moved to another room for the post birth stay?
What happens if all the rooms with double beds are taken? What are the options apart from being in a 4 bed room on the ward and my DP not being able to stay with me and bubs?
How many rooms are there with double beds where partners can stay too?
Have you had an experience ( positive I hope) with the midwifery birth centre at Clayton? Can you answer any of my questions please???
Thanks! I thought the tour would help me to get some answers but it's just created more questions!!
I cannot help you with the birth centre questions at Monash, I birthed my three daughters there but they were all high risk CS so a different experience than yours.
I am not sure where you are located but if you want your husband to be included/able to stay with you a smaller hospital may be a better option, at places like Monash it is not very personal, you are more like a name/number if you know what I mean.
Places like Casey hospital have single rooms and encourage Dads to stay (well, they did 4 years ago so unless that has changed), they do not offer epidurals and are a little more about you. I am sure there are more hospitals like this around.
Box hill also had rooms with double beds that you could stay in with DH, you were only moved if the room was needed.
When I birthed at Mercy (10 years ago) you stayed in the room you birthed in. Women in labour had highest priority so people would be moved to another room if a woman in labour came in and there was no room left. Not sure what monash is, but you could ring and ask a midwife on duty.
one of my friends has birthed through the bc at mmc twice so i'll ask her. I've birthed at monash twice but not through the bc. the first time though I did end up staying in one if the bc family rooms with a double bed (although dp wasn't to stay and they had me in a normal bed). this time I got lucky again and had a single room. there are a few single rooms with single beds. I think they normally keep them for people who've had tougher births and I just got lucky.
Thanks guys, I'm slowly getting more info about the birth centre at Clayton and learning more about their birthing practices e.g delayed cord clamping, skin to skin contact. Writing a birth plan/ preferences is going to be so short cause they already do so much of what we want!
I haven't heard back from my friend yet but I just remembered that the m/w who was there when dd was born was actually a b/c midwife who happened to be in the birth suites that day. he was awesome. the most calming, unobtrusive presence I could have wished for. I wanted to delay cord clamping and didn't know whether there would be any opposition. he just told me it was fine - my body, my baby and they were just there to do what we wanted/needed. I nearly cried after she was born and I asked what the sex was and he turned dd to us and asked us to tel them because it was our baby. he was perfect (for me)
Thanks Sloane,
Ive spoken with a midwife called George who has been lovely and helpful and calm on the phone a few times this week. I wonder if its the same person??
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