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It was soo bad. The doctors were both rude, the nurses were way overworked and had no time for us, the air conditioning was broken, the food was unbelievably bad, and everytime we went to the left side of the room an alarm would go off spectacularly loudly.
It just sucked.

I had a bad experience though I loved my l&d. My room was small and the bed wasn't good for nursing. I had a bad experience with a nurse mainly.

Nope, it was WAY better! All my nurses were absolutely fantastic, my rooms were great. My nurse came to check on me often enough without being annoying or neglectful. the food was halfway decent. They let you order off a menu and the portions were enough that DH and I could share. Although to be fair after the first meal my mom brought me every meal.

My only complaint was the LC on staff. I'm considering refusing refusing to see her if she's working when I deliver.

I feel sad for people who have horrible hospital experiences! It have to that way.

I loved my stay! I had a scheduled c-section, so I kinda knew what to expect. My postpartum nurses were amazing! Of course, they came and checked on me allll night long, but the baby didn't sleep much those 2 nights, so I was awake anyway. The LCs that came to help us with latch issues were also awesome! The food was actually pretty good, too. I ordered pancakes both mornings (I knew that's what I wanted the morning after I'd had him because I had GD and I wanted some pancakes Sooo bad!).

I have Zero complaints about the hospital, labor, delivery, or recovery. The nurses were all great!! I will next time(if there is one) bring a fan to sleep. I use one at home but it will be great to block out noise.

I wasn't sure what to expect, so I didn't have any expectations. I had a general idea of the room from my hospital tour, though.

PROS
- we had a private room
- place for DH to sleep with extra blankets and pillows
- the food was great and the portions were huge. My meal could feed both of us. They had an entire menu, like at a restaurant.
- it was quiet. I never heard another baby cry!

CONS
- the shower was really small & I felt like a whale after my csection
- there was one nurse I didn't like at all
- I didn't expect so many people to be in and out of my room. Vitals, cleaning, check on baby, ped, OB, nurses in and out..

Because I was hoping for a med-free birth, I was expecting to be discharged within 4 hours of having LO. I had an epidural, but was home within 12 hours of LO being born. Though my stay was short, I was pleasantly surprised- everyone was wonderful! The only downside was, though I was the only person in a double room, DH wasn't allowed to sleep in the other bed, in case someone needed it. So we shared a single hospital bed (but again...only slept for like 3 hours).

@PermaStudent: a big fan! Especially if you go with the midwives, too.

My stay was great, for the most part. There were two nurses who didn't seem to appreciate my choice of med free labor but apart from that the room was super comfy. DH had a sofa bed to sleep on. I was allowed to have anyone I wanted in my labor room (before things got serious it was a party in there!) and the food was OK. I got lots of help the following morning with breastfeeding and bathing LO and carseat checks. I'd say the stay was 8/10.

I have really fond memories, really loved my time in the hospital. The doctors, nurses, staff, LCs, and everyone else were so nice, and I felt so safe and protected with people monitoring me and LO all the time. The food wasn't that great, &I wish guests had more comfy sleep options, but otherwise loved it!

ETA: I checked in wed morning, had LO thurs morning, (med free, no complications), checked out Saturday morning.

It was awesome. We were there for 4 days due to complications. Good food, limited checks, my nurses were great, and C's nurses were even better. The night shift baby nurse taught us how to swaddle, etc. and the day nurse hopped up in my bed to help me get him latched. They respected my wishes to have no visitors, and I was actually pretty sad to go home

I had a great stay. There was a seating area in the room that converted to a bed for family who wanted to stay. The food was delicious. It was also a teaching hospital and I did get some interesting questions like "does that hurt" from a male resident after a contraction. He took notes when I said yes. My DH asked if he wanted to she his damaged hand as proof.

The two downsides were the not being able to sleep because we were woken up every hour for vitals and every hour to feed and the two never came at the same time. I also had an idiot nurse who gave me a lecture everytime she saw me. My daughter was readmitted for jaundice and was born on the boarder line of premature so she had a hard time latching. I had so many nurses try to get her to latch and we ended up needing to use a tube to teach her to suck. This nurse loved to inform me if I did my job as a parent my daughter wouldn't have been readmitted to the hospital. She almost got my foot in a place where the sun doesn't shine, but I was too tired to hurt her properly.