Hi everyone. I'm new here, just 6 weeks pregnant with my first! Very excited. My question is about a birthing center. We've been planning on delivering at a birthing center, since my husband was pretty queasy about delivering at home. We just found out that the only hospital where my midwife can deliver... has a joke of a birthing center. Not friendly or inviting, sterile-looking, shared rooms. I just can't picture us delivering naturally, while another woman in the room is screaming through her own trials!
Am I over-reacting? Are non-private rooms really that bad? We are in a position now where we will most likely have to switch providers, or (if our midwife does it!) home birth. Freaking out!
p.s. Wasn't going to mention names, but it's Yale-New Haven hospital maternity center.
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