I hear you on the hospitals babe!!!!!

I used to live in NSW prior to moving to VIC in Oct 06. my hospital i was going to and booked in for was Bowral public. Now im sure some people have heard of Bowral. Its not a huge place, nor is the hospital, but they took me on with my weight but asked that i see their anethasist (sp?) to speak about options if be offered if a c/s was needed and epidurals etc.

However, DH and i moved to VIC and all hell broke loose with hossys down here. They are sooo damn strict on BMI's and in order to go to the hospital i wanted to i needed to be 35 and under. At the time i was 40 so classed as high risk.

I was given 2 hospitals to choose from to deliver DD1. One was 25 mins drive the other 60 mins. Both times on a good day and not have to travel on the Monash which is the worst freeway in history in peak hour IMO!!

I picked the 25 mins one. My labour was straight forward, no complications.

I then had the same problem with DD2 only i knew that it was going to be the case and picked the same hospital.

I asked why i was called a high risk and the reason i was given was:

'If we had to perform a c-section, administer epidural, give a spinal block or GA then because you are carrying more tissue it can be harder to give the epidural effectively'.

However...if i was to have normal surgery for anything other then a baby...im not a high risk and can go to any hospital i choose??

I dont under stand that one!!

Just because we are big does NOT mean we cant birth babies the same as any skinny mum.

Hugs babe....