Wythenshawe vs St Marys

I live in Chorlton too and decided to give birth at Wythenshawe. Far easier to park, bigger midwife led unit with many pools, I also used to work at Wythenshawe (not maternity) so it felt more familiar. If you’re low risk and keen on water/midwife led birth centre I’d opt for Wythenshawe.

I had a water birth at wythenshawe in September and cannot fault it. I wanted a midwife led birth centre and a water birth specific. All my appointments were at St Mary's but as they only have one pool, i was told that if it was in use/out of action then I wouldn't get a water birth. I'd recommend arranging a visit to wythenshawe to look around and then make a decision from there.

I gave birth at St Mary's in September and I would definitely recommend it. I was looking for a classic hospital birth with epidural. At the end everything was so quick that we had time only for gas, but even then I had a good experience. They played relaxing music, had only a small lamp on, staff was very nice and helpful throughout the whole stay (4 days).

I'm from Urmston and I gave birth in Wythenshawe in December and I can't fault a single bit of it. I was in for a few days before and after birth (emergency section in the end) and everyone who looked after me was amazing! I had a tour beforehand which was helpful. There's the midwife led birth centre with pools in every room and even on delivery suite there's a room with a pool if that's what you hoped for. There's so many options for you there I felt.

I had my first 2 at Wythenshawe and currently planning on having my 3rd there also even though St Mary's is a lot closer to me. Personally I prefer Wythenshawe as I know the hospital extremely well and previous experience there, the midwife I had on the ward after my 2nd was absolutely amazing completely went out of her way providing support when I broke down also with St Mary's each person I know who has delivered there has had a bad experience, not saying its a bad hospital atall and was told by a friend who gave birth there 3 months ago a lot of people were being transferred from there to Wythenshawe

I had my first 2 at st Mary’s ended up very medicalised, care is good 1:2:1 while in labour but antenatal and postnatally crap in my opinion. Just had my third at whythenshawe for this reason and they were brilliant! It’s smaller and the care was so much better. Good luck x

I had my LG at St Mary’s last year and can’t fault them. Every midwife and Dr I met antenatally and during labour were lovely! I had a high risk pregnancy and was consultant led so was there a lot! X

I had the same dilemma to make, and in the end chose St Mary's. My reasons, it was closer and in the end due to having to go back and forth to triage, worked out well for us. I was familiar with the hospital and ultimately that was the most important thing on the day. Finally baby movements were reduced when labouring at home so I wasn't going to get water birth anyway, so made sense to stick with St Mary's. Our midwife was an angel. Stayed in the hospital for 3 extra days and they were noticeably short staffed.

Thank you everyone, very helpful 🙏