Mercy Hospital Melb NICU/SCU

[crumpet]

hey girls...

just wanting to hear from anyone who has experienced the NICU or SCU at the mercy in heidelberg in melb...

we are facing a stay in one of these units and i just would like to hear ur experiences and any info u have about how they operate etc....

im not seeing my OB for 2 weeks so im info sourcing here before i get to speak to him..

many thanks in advance

[Ahurani]

Hi hun

Wasn't my baby obv but both my friends babies were born there at 27-29 weeks and both in the nicu. She had nothing but praise for the staff there. I went there to visit a few times and the staff were lovely and so caring considering the circumstances it was a lovely environment iykwim. Good luck hun xox

[crumpet]

thats great to know!!

thank you!

so baby can have visitors if we want them??

we would only have the grandmas and 2 aunties to be able to see her, but not to hold her if she was in NICU

[Ahurani]

From what I remember there is a 2 person at a time rule but any visitors were allowed just not all at once get used to washing your hands :P

[crumpet]

From what I remember there is a 2 person at a time rule but any visitors were allowed just not all at once get used to washing your hands :P

ok cool thank you!! is that say mum or dad and one visitor ?

lol i will, that was the first thing my GF said to me!

[Early Kids]

KEMH Perth have a two visitor rule and one of those must be a parent, there are exception to the rule for instance, DP Brendan and I were all allowed in to visit Tristan.

I have heard nothing but good experiences from my friends who have been through the hospital, actually I haven't heard many bad experiences from ANY NICU hospitals.

[Persephone1]

Our DS was in NICU at the Mercy, but for less than one day. The staff were fantastic, very supportive of breastfeeding/colostrum through a syringe and skin-to-skin etc. Couldn't fault them, although obviously our experience was short-lived. Hopefully yours will be too!

[crumpet]

thanks everyone!!

[nickers]

My son Nixon was born @ the Mercy 4 1/2 yrs ago, he was born at33+3 weeks.
The facility is fantastic as were the staff. we were able to have a tour of scn the day before Nixon was born which really helped both dh and I, but we didnt really go into NICU as the nurse said we wouldnt need to be going in there having got to 33wks.
We had a paed talk to us about how 32-33weekers generally do, they thought he'd likely only do a SCN but he end up being in NICU the first 5 days. even though thats short in comparission to many others it was still a very tough time.

After Nixon was off monitors in SCN we were able to wheel him just out the door for some visitors to meet him (this was after he was afew wks old) and yes it was 2 ppl at a time, but when Nixon was first born i got wheeled into nicu in my bed, there was me and my big bed, dh,and my 2 parents along with all the docs.
I had my parents (then when they left dh parents) down from interstate, so they made an exception and let both of them in with me and i & they allowed them to go in without 1 of us (when dh wasnt there and i was still bed bound upstairs)