Birth records/history

[HotI]

I went private so I wonder if if have to ask the ob as well as the hospital

the records don't belong to the Ob. Go through the hospital. There are guidelines under which some information can be withheld, if your ob needs to be consulted, the FOI officer will do it.

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

not sure? I only had my babies there no other surgery etc so it was only my pregnancy, labour birth and postpartum records

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

jellybean, do you mean your file from the standard OB clinic visits? If yes, then I just put a request in writing to him and got them directly from my his office.

[Jennifer13]

Yes, my independent midwife applied on my behalf from the private hospital where DD1 was born, five years after the fact. It was easy enough, with a hard copy sent to me.

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

I also kept mine for more macabre reasons tfb. With both my parents deceased (Mum gone before I was 12, Dad 2 weeks prior to DD1s birth), I have no information on my birth etc so should the unfortunate happen and either myself or DH are not around to be able to tell my DDs of my pregnancy with them and their births etc, at least they will have "hardcopy" information to refer to...