Basingstoke or Winchester?!
Hello my lovelies,
FTM here, I’m moving to Whitchurch in a couple of weeks, and need to find the best hospital to have my little boy in and just wanted some opinions on the above hospitals.
Tia x
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Winchester is the best by far that’s where I had my daughter x
I’ve had 2 babies, one at each hospital. One was in Covid 2020 and the other 2024 and couldn’t fault either hospital at all!
I’d go with the one closest to you - we lived in Basingstoke town centre in 2020 and were sent to Winchester as Basingstoke was full. The 25 mins to drive to Winchester at 2am was not fun when having contractions every 3 minutes 😂 the less time in the car, the better!
Basingstoke is amazing!! I had my first at Winchester (shocking) and second was absolutely fantastic but unfortunately I do think it’s luck of the draw really! I work in Whitchurch (live in longparish just down the road!) lovely village!
Hi!! We’re moving to Whitchurch at the end of April, we have 1 boy 14 months and due a little girl in May.
My boy was in Basingstoke and I’d definitely be choosing Basingstoke again 😌 xx
Hi, I had both my babies in Basingstoke. My first during Covid restriction times and my second last year and couldn’t fault it xx
Thank you my beauties for all the advice! Ahh im so nervous about everything, im also going for an elective c section so I didn’t know if that changed any of your opinions?! Xx
I recently had an elective c section at Winchester. Care was good, midwives were lovely and parters are allowed to stay in 24/7 x
Hi, I had an elective c-section at Winchester. Care before & after was amazing. During the section we had our own music playing and it was so calm. Honestly it was a wonderful experience!
I would say being on the ward (I saw your previous comment - we were not in our own room) was tricky, there wasn't much space. But my husband was with us the entire time and my mum was with us most of the day after too.
Took a while to get discharged but I found out later it was a very busy day for them so I think the staff were rushed off their feet. I had problems feeding at the beginning so that was another reason it took longer as they wanted to make sure I was totally happy before I left.
Hope that helps! Xx
I was due an elective c section, but it ended up being emergency due to going into labour early, at Basingstoke. The obstetrician was lovely (and actually a lot nicer than the one I was due to have for the elective). Literally everyone working at the hospital was lovely. We stayed a few extra days to get breastfeeding established, which was super helpful. I was able to get a side room and requested the cot bed for my birth partner too, which was great.
I had an emergency C-section at Basingstoke hospital 2 weeks ago and can't praise the staff enough. We ended up staying a week as baby spent some time in NICU but everyone went above and beyond.
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