i wouldnt worry about sharing a room either! i have both times been in a 4 bed ward, last time had the ward to myself so heaps of room, this time i made friends with the other 3 girls and were all catching up soon!!! we chatted, cried together, it really was lovely having others to talk too!!
IMHO, I think if you didn't have a bad experience with your public hospital, and the only reason you want to go private is to shuv it in your friends face, then you're mad!
Do what is right for you and bub is all I have to say!
Tellytubby, it is your choice babe, and well worth investigating by ringing the hospitals or asking to go on a tour. See which facility you feel most comfortable with.
Personally, I am going public. I went public last time and it was fab. This time I'm at a different hospital and while I'm not guaranteed a private room, I know that I'm not going to be in there for very long! (unless, heaven forbid, something happens with baby or me, but I won't have a whole lot of choice in that regard. In that instance, I will be happy to be at a major public hospital with excellent facilities.) That's something to consider when you're in the public system - if you and your baby are healthy, they may want you to go home on early discharge to free up the bed. While that all sounds negative, here are my thoughts on it:
1. I would rather sleep in my own bed.
2. My DD can run around and do whatever she likes at home, but in hospital we will need to keep her under wraps - regardless of what hospital we go to.
3. Sometimes bfeeding can be hard to establish. Midwives can assist. HOWEVER: on early discharge the midwives still come to your home and visit you. Even so, if my baby and I have issues with breastfeeding, I would rather spend my money on a good lactation consultant who can help me at home than on staying in a private hospital so I could have the midwives on hand for longer. JMpreference. Last time in hospital I was taught how to attach DD to my breast a million different ways. I felt it only complicated things further and was happy to go home where we could just work on it together!
GL with whatever you choose
TellyTubby
Only you can make your final decision. It’s what you will on Labour day, feel comfortable with.
The best thing would be to get all your options out there and see what actually is available to you. From your health insurance what you are and aren't entitled to, to what both the public and private hospitals have as options. Speak to a possible ob that would be covering your care also. Also the aftercare the hospital provides. Again, each hospital is different.
Even going private in a public hospital does not guarantee a single room, it’s the pot luck of your timing being in hospital ie other background of girls in the post natal ward at the time.
The intervention factor is relative to the Ob's, doc on duty at the time and midwives at the time. Remembering that every birth is different. I know of people that were not intervened with during their labour, and their outcome was less than ideal for their situation.
Again I can also ramble about how I chose to go private, but they were for my reasons and my reasons only. I was low risk, figuring that I had never done this before, so there was a risk of something going wrong. Labour was traumatic, and to the credit of my Ob, he could have given me a c/s at the first opportunity (and when I demanded it hehehe after I had had enough), he stuck with me and I had a wonderful vaginal delivery.
Again, that was my ob's decision, and they all make their own decisions.
For our Number two, we are going private again. I didn’t even think twice about going public. I was happy with my experience, so have decided not to change it.
Good luck, do what you feel is right for you and your child. Ultimately you are the one giving birth and have to feel confident you are in the right place with the right people.
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