Hi all i hope you dont mind me posting this in here im from 1st tri and my baby is due next june, i have the option of having my baby in clarendon wing or LGI and wasnt sure which 1 to choose has anyone recently had their baby in either of these hospitals, if so what is ur opinion on them? many thanks x

Hi,
I was exactly the same as you but with homebirth as an option too!! I ended up being high risk and had my little boy at LGI. I was very 'anti-hospital' but I have nothing but praise for all the staff at LGI. They were amazing. I didn't get a choice as to where I had him in the end, but have to admit that Jimmy's looked nicer, and the wards were nicer (some parts of Clarendon Wing are a bit tatty and tired looking)

You can't have a water birth at Jimmy's, so that's something to consider. Why not arrange a look around both delivery suites? When we went to look rounf LGI delivery suites at Parentcraft lessons I didn't like the high risk rooms (very clinical) but at the time of delivery you really don't give a stuff what the wallpaper is like in the room, as you're concentrating on other things!! Plus, Alexander struggled to breathe when first born so I was very glad for all the scary looking machines!!

Hope this helps, feel free to ask further questions;
P.S Post-natal ward in LGI (ward 57) was fantastic-lovely m/w's who helped with anything, and answered all my questions no matter how daft they were, and showed me how to change Alexanders 1st nappy (I didn't have a clue) Breast feeding support was great too.

Caroline x

P.S Just to clarify; Clarendon Wing is a wing in LGI, not sure if that was clear in my post. Also, if you choose to have your care at St. James' and decide you don't like it you can change over to LGI.

xx

Hi

I had my baby at Jimmy's and didn't like it to be honest. I didn't look at LGI so can't comment on that! There is a website you can look on which rates maternity hospitals (I will try and find link for you) and St James comes out poor!

Sorry that wasn't much help!

xxx

hi ladies thank you for your replies i had my 1st in dewsbury and didnt like it atall no support after delivery ect and the birth was very difficult, helent1983 can i ask why you didnt like jimmys if u dont mind and i have been looking for a website that rates hospitals but couldnt find any so if you could find a link that would be great!! also when i asked the lady in LGI she quite abruptly told me that i could not be shown around the del suite unless i was booked in to have my baby there and wouldnt be shown untill around 34 week and that i could change hospitals after the tour but that "it will cause alot of messing about" so just wanted to make the right decision!

I have found this link http://2009ratings.cqc.org.uk/findca...w_1&cit_id=RR8
It appears that St James is now rated as fair. You can see that 2006, 2007 and 2008 though it was rated weak!! Must have improved slightly!

I didn't like Jimmy's because my midwife left me too long when I should have been pushing and Archie was born in real distress and I was then left in my delivery suite for about 3 hours on my own with my baby waiting to be taken onto the maternity ward. I was left with my baby to work out what to do. I didn't get to feed my baby until I was up on the ward as there was nobody to help and I didn't have a clue at the time!!!

To be fair though they were good on the ward and helped me with feeding etc!

xx

im sorry to hear you had a bad experience in hospital and thank you so much for that link it seems that LGI and jimmys are rated about the same yet dewsbury seems to be rated higher harrogate looks to be rated well but thats a liitle too far for me however i am sure that which ever hospital i choose they will do there best, thanks again for all replies x