Good/bad experiences with hospital staff due to being in same sex relationship

[DrGirl72]

Hi Miskilla, Another congratulations to you and DP on your pregnancy. I am also in Adelaide and am happy to share some of my experiences. My first two children ( who are now 11 and almost 9 years old) were both born at WCH. My ex-DP was the birth mother for both of them so my expereince was as the non-birth mother. We had really good care with WCH and did not experience any homophobia. We also conceived both boys at home using a known donor and the method of conception/identity of donor was never raised during any of ou antenatal/postnatal care. We were both times booked to go through the birth centre but both times ended up with emergency caesarians. Like Nurse27 we attended all appts together and were clear from the beginning that we were a couple and the child's parents. I was a little anxious at the time 9especially the fist time) as to whether we would encounter much homophobia but did not (well not overt anyway!). I am currently 25 weeks pregnant and this time we are going to birth at Ashford (we needed the help of IVF to conceive but again using our own, known donor). We have a private obstetrician amd a doula.. so far so good re these issues. I also know a number of lesbian couples in Adelaide who have had their children at Ashford and been happy with the experience. Great to have another Adelaide lesbain around the raps, hope this is useful and more than happy to chat more if you would like, feel free to PM me, Girldoc