Experiences at Summa Health (Main Hospital) or Akron General

I toured akron general and the recovery rooms are so small they felt like closets. I delivered my son at Fairview and it was a much nicer facility and ultimately decided to go there for this baby. I have a lot of friends who love summa!

I had my son at Summa and had a great experience! They do have a few rooms with birthing tubs (I think they said maybe 4 rooms had them), but they try to reserve though for moms who are planning to try without an epidural because most of the rooms don’t have them. The rooms themselves are very nice, super spacious, has a couch that turns into a bed for your support person. I had a planned induction due to being 41 weeks + 3 days, and I chose to see a midwife instead of an OB. I had already seen most of the midwives from my practice at prenatal appointments and felt really comfortable with them. The entire staff was amazing. When I wanted the epidural they were super quick. After I gave birth I was in that room for about 2 hours and then they moved me to the mother baby unit. The rooms there are also nice just smaller. But also amazing staff. I had no complaints at all. I can’t speak to Akron General though. If you have any specific questions feel free to msg me!

Thanks y’all!!!

Akron general was the worst experience of my life.

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