Mine is a tricky circumstance. In theory, I would be totally happy to go public. However, circumstances for meant that I went private. We already had full top hospital private medical insurance due to a previous sickness of mine, and also we thought that we might need to go down the IVF route (we didn't) so hence we had full private cover.

When I finally got pg with Olivia we had moved to Darwin, where there is a distinct lack of medical services (as not many Dr's want to live in the Territory and there is no Med Shcool up here).

There is one public OB who had just recently been in court for negligence, so that scared me, so we opted for private.

Through my pregnancy I saw my OB fortnightly and had a scan at each consultation, which for me was fantastic, having had a late missed MC previously, those scans gave me SO much reassurance and made me so much happier and confident.

I had a simple labour and delivery, which was attended by my OB, but could have easily been handled by midwives. I did really appreciate the private room and I really appreciated the on-site paedeatrician (sp) which wouldn't have been available in the public.

DH was able to stay with me in a double bed and got fed for the whole time we were in the hospital, which was great adn supportive and convenient.

So, for me private was great........