Where are you high-riskers located?

buggles · March 2009

And does your hospital have a high-risk and NICU unit? Or how far is the nearest one to you?

buggles · March 2009

I'm just outside of Washington, D.C.

I'm no longer delivering at the hospital where my ob/ gyn usually delivers (10 minutes away) since I'm high-risk and will now be monitored and will deliver by the same hospital where I spent bedrest for HRP patients (about 30 minutes away) which has a level IV NICU.

schmoodle · March 2009

I'm in Chicago - I only looked at OBs who delivered at Northwestern hospital since they have a level III NICU.

nurseamy · March 2009

i live in long island, ny. i am delivering at the hospital i work at. We have a NICU and a high risk floor. I know the floors well cuz i'm in pediatrics and float to the nursery, NICU, and high risk floor. I ended up spending a few nights on the high risk floor and they were great (and i had worked with a couple of them when I floated there). I wouldn't feel comfortable delivering at a place that did not have a NICU..but that's my personal feelings as a nurse.

avann · March 2009

I'm outside of Seattle and my hospital has a NICU/ High Risk unit with a MFM clinic inside. We are so lucky, it is only minutes from our house.

MStason · March 2009

I am in Colorado Springs and the hospital I am delivering at has a NICU and is a 5 minute drive from my house and if for some reason I am on the other end of town that hospital has one as well and my OB can deliver there as well. Both treat high risk patients.

AlpacaBunny · March 2009

I'm in the suburbs of Chicago. THe hospital we are delivering at does have NICU. If the babies needed additional help beyond what our NICU can provide there are several hospitals in downtown Chicago where they can recieve care.

kakeluv · March 2009

I am located in Cent. VA. I go an hour and fifteen mins to MFM office in Norfolk where I will be induced at 38 weeks. There is an NICU and I am praying my baby wont see it!

ZachnLoriahn · March 2009

I moving to Kansas. But since Im staying in the military community (my DH is still in ) my HROB docs made sure I was going to be taken care of. But there are not any HROB docs on post so I get to go off post to a civillian doc, I plan on delivering in Denver though. Closer to my parents since my DH will be in yet another military school.

Sharra711 · March 2009

I'm in Southern California, and the closest hospital is about an hour away Tongue Tied (in network... gotta love that)- out of network emergency room is 5 minutes.

The hospital where I will deliver has my OB and my specalist at it, with a NICU (don't know the level, or how to get it)

I know that if something went wrong with me/baby that I would end up flying somewhere into LA for an emergency.

DNK777 · March 2009

I'm from rural Ohio. It's about an hour drive to the hospital where I will be delivering. They have a high-risk and a level-3 NICU. I now see the high-risk doctor at the hospital for prenatal care.

VAannie · March 2009

I'm just south of D.C. ?Our hospital has both high-risk services and a great NICU.

asnowracer · March 2009

I am on the eastern shore of maryland (at least an hour from baltimore) my hospital is 10 minutes away, it does not have a NICU and they do not deliver before 35 weeks.

That made me nervous after I became high risk. They assured me that I could be transported to the closest hospital with a NICU which takes 20 minutes if I went into unstoppable labor prior to 35 weeks. Or if I went after 35 weeks and the baby needed a NICU, the transport team would come and take the baby.

It doesn't look like we'll be needing anything like that, but for my next pregnancy I will most likely be switching doctors in order to deliver at the NICU hospital 20 minutes from my house just for peace of mind!

MissesRootbeer · March 2009

I'm in Portland Oregon and my hospital has a level 3 NICU. It's the largest birth center in the state. Not far from my house at all.

j&jp · March 2009

I live outside Baltimore and this is a great area for high-risk and NICUs because we have so many hospitals here. I see high risk specialists and will deliver at a hospital with a Level III-C NICU about 15-30 minutes away depending on traffic. It was one of the reasons I chose the hospital because there are several closer, but hopefully we will no longer need that.

I wouldn't have felt comfortable being at a hospital without a NICU even before I became high-risk because I spent 10 days in the NICU when I was born and my brother spent 14.

Daisy22 · March 2009

I'm in Atlanta and using the baby factory as most of the people here call it. Northside Hospital has the highest level NICU and a 45 bed high-risk unit. Plus the Women's Center has like 5 L&D areas, 4 floors I think of postpartum rooms. I was in the high-risk unit from last thursday until Monday and it was pretty nice. They are about to renovate it but the nurses and techs were excellent. So helpful and sweet. Oh and the hospital is only

MCGMK · March 2009

I live in Ohio, but on the OH/WV border. The nearest NICU for me is 2.5 hours away. I had DS there. I ended up going back to work and drove those 2.5 hours every weekend to see my baby. We're hoping I make it to term this time so I don't have to go back to that hospital.

BeachBride72106 · March 2009

I am in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The hospital where my DH works only has a NICU for +32 weeks. If we make it that far we will deliver there because it is great from an insurance stand point. If not the other hospital in town has a better NICU and the OB will direct us their if necessary and that will be fine too. If the baby is super early the University of Iowa has one of the best NICU's in the state. It is 40 minutes away. Ironically my brother works for the ambulance service down there and drives the NICU van that they send to transfer babies to that hospital if the helicopter can't go and pick them up.

YukonC · March 2009

I'm in St. Louis and the hospital I go to is the only one with a level III NICU. That is why I chose to stay at that particular hospital. It's also only about 15 minutes from my house.

JCM · March 2009

I am just north of Dallas. My hopsital does have a NICI level IIIC and it is about 30 minutes to an hour away depending on traffic. There are hospitals closer but I will be going to Medical City Dallas it is the only hospital in North Texas with that level of NICU.

SWMcFarland · March 2009

We are outside Tampa and the hospital my OB delivers at is a Level III NICU. Hopefully we won't need that.

KrisFlower · March 2009

I live in SLC, UT. ?I will be delivering at the University of Utah Hospital, it has a high-risk unit, NICU and my MFM clinic is located on the same floor. The hospital is about 20 minutes away from my house.?

GretchenlovesMichael · March 2009

i live in central NJ, and my OB delivers at the only hosp in the area with a level III NICU. my MFM is also there (i was just there this morning for an NST the hosp is only about 15 min away.

autumngigi · March 2009

I'm in San Diego. Luckily the hospital I'm at does have a high risk floor and a NICU. It's only 20-30 minutes from my house.

chocolatechip06 · March 2009

i'm in boston. i'm 10 minutes from the hospital where i will deliver. they have a level III NICU and are right next door to the children's hospital.

jennandjt · March 2009

I'm in Boston (well...7 miles north of Boston) and haven't gotten so far with finding a place of delivery....hoping to deliver at Melrose-Wakefield but really would like to get past the first 20wks before I feel safe in investigating!!

happytracy · March 2009

I am in a suburb of Chicago. The hospital closest to me has a level III NICU and that is also where I see the high risk OB.

JosieH · March 2009

Outside of Worcester, MA. Luckily, my practice has both a high-risk unit and a NICU and they're within 15 minutes of me.

katiekate1974 · March 2009

I'm just outside of Boston. My hospital does not have a NICU--only a special care unit. If I deliever before 34 weeks, I'll have to head to MGH, but from 34 weeks on, I'm OK to deliever at my hospital. Only 1.5 weeks to go! Hang in there little man! No NICU for you!!

mrsolsenk12 · March 2009

I am just outside of Omaha, Nebraska. My hospital is in Omaha which is about 30 min. from my house. They have a level III NICU and they are connected by a walkway to the Children's Hospital.

laurncui812.0 · March 2009

Im in Orange County California and I will deliver at a hospital that is about 15 minutes away. There is no NICU at the hospital but Childrens Hospital Orange County is across the street. They are connected by an underground tunnel.

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