Ray ray - just a little note. Having private health in no way guarantees you a private room. All it allows you to do it choose your hospital and referring Ob.

Unfortunately a lot of peopl ego to private hospitals with the presumpsion that they ARE entittled a private room. From working in private hospitals over the past 5 years i have had to deal with a lot of upset and angry patients that has this assumation!

If a public patient was there first and had a higher need (difficult birth etc) then you may be stuck in a double or quad room. Unfortunately that is just the way it is.

As for choosing a hospital. I was 1300km and had to choose a hospital in brisbane. I have private health but choose the public system for both my children. We had to go to the nearest hospital to where we would be living so didnt have much of a choice (not that it mattered in the end as DS was born in our bedroom! lol)..