Gbmc vs. St. Joseph

I supposed to have my baby sometime in August at Gbmc but for some reason my heart is leaning to moving to St. Joseph. Does anybody have and recommendations for either hospital.

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I love gbmc !

St Joseph I had my son there everyone was so nice and really welcoming all the nurses tended to my every need and was super nice . I really I had a good experience there

I attend GBMC and like it a lot!

My OB is at GBMC. The experience hasn’t been the worse but it hasn’t been the best either. They are always so busy and short with patients. I thought about having a home birth! You should weigh your options 🫶🏾

Go with your gut 😊 I have personal bias having worked with the leadership in both L&Ds, but it’s worth investigating their self reported metrics:

https://ratings.leapfroggroup.org/facility/details/21-0007/university-of-maryland-st-joseph-medical-center-towson-md#return:distance=10&address=Towson%2C+MD%2C+USA&coords=39.4014955%2C-76.6019125&by=distance&sort=distance&showdeclined=0

Congratulations! I had my son at Gbmc, my experience there was great. The doctors listened to me, Would be going back there again am due in Jan 24.

I delivered my Daughter at GBMC and my experience was Amazing! Maybe do a tour with both hospitals and see where you prefer?

How many people did y’all have in the delivery room at gbmc or st. Joseph.

I had 5 people in the room when I delivered at mercy 13 years ago.

I love GBMC. I just had a lengthy stay. With the unexpected turn of events they kept me calm. The nurses and doctors don’t miss a beat. They are top tier. I also delivered my son there 10 years ago.

I delivered at gbmc..it was ok, I had one nurse during labor tell me to pull myself up in bed while I had an epidural, she refused to help. My postpartum nurse asked me every time she came in when I was leaving..everyone else was great though.

I love GBMC, the nurses were amazing the three times I had to go and the last one, for the actual delivery, they kept calm and were super helpful (I gave birth 20 min after getting there so it was pretty chaotic lol)!

I haven't delivered yet but when I had a couple really bad scary moments during this pregnancy St. Josephs was amazing

I gave birth at GBMc & had the best birthing experience!

in our community

Oh my God, oh my God I hope this is not true!!!! I’m kind of scared

I’ve been throwing up and taking a shit all night!!! I just hope that it’s not what I think it is

Small head reported following 20 week scan

Has anyone else had it flagged that their baby is in the bottom 5th percentile for head size?

They said everything was fine whilst we were in the scan and then I got a phone call the next day saying that it’s on the small side and we’re being referred to a paediatric specialist at St George’s. Has anyone else had this and how did things go??

Would you bring 9 week old to a family party of 35+ people?

These are also people who will want to pass the baby around and get a turn to hold him. He just got his 2 month shots two days ago

Exercise 6 weeks after c section

What movement did people start to introduce? I won’t do anything too vigorous until I’ve seen the pelvic physio as I don’t want to compromise anything that may have been extremely weakened through pregnancy! But just wondering what types of classes/movement people started off with?

Induction experience

I just wanted to share my experience with being induced as I wasn’t sure what to expect and thought it may help others.

I opted for the foley balloon which was inserted at 8am Saturday morning, I had to stay in hospital due to hypertension and protein urine however usually you can just go home once this has been done. The insertion of the balloon was not painful, was slightly uncomfortable as there was slight pressure. I actually found having the cervix checked prior to be worse (again not painful at this point just uncomfortable) The balloon had little effect and after having it removed I was still only 1cm. Removal also was pain free and hardly even noticeable.

I then had my first dose of the gel and definitely noticed a difference, I started experiencing period like cramps almost immediately however they were light and manageable. After 6 hours I had another cervix check and although my cervix was soft it was still only 1cm and was only open at the front. I had another dose of the gel and felt an increase in pressure and more intense cramping where I now required pain relief (codeine). After another 6 hours I had another cervix check and I had now dilated to 2-3cm however was still quite difficult to get all the way through so a third gel was recommended which I agreed to.

Almost immediately I noticed the difference and was in considerable pain, I had paracetamol and codeine however the contractions had now become intense and a lot closer together (around 3 minutes apart). After a couple of hours I had my last cervix check and was 4cm and taken down to the Labour ward to have my waters broken and an epidural.

I had been in my room for approx 20minutes when my waters broke by themselves and I was now 10cm and actively pushing…. There was no time for the epidural and my beautiful girl arrived into the world within 2 minutes of pushing.

All in all I would say the cramps/contractions were manageable up until the third gel where it became pretty unbearable however it was for a very short time a gas and air helped take the edge off. The worst part about any of it was actually the later cervix checks where after stimulating the cervix my contractions were at their most painful.

If I had to be induced again I would skip the balloon and opt for the gels immediately as thy had a quicker effect and I would have been out a lot sooner if I had done this to begin with.

One more thing, I’ve never believed when people say “you forget the pain once they’re here” but I can honestly say this is true. It’s been 4 days and I would do it all again in a heartbeat.

Anyone else experiencing this?

Gave birth (vagina) 5 days ago and yesterday morning and this morning getting lot of pain in my right bottom side and lower back