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Hospital Feedback?
I've recently heard some negative feedback about labor and delivery at Beaumont in Royal Oak? Any feedback on delivery at Troy? This is my first time posting on the bump, I was an active knottie back in 06/07. 
) My OB/GYN delivers at both hospitals as well as St.Joseph's in pontiac, and my DH and I are trying to figure out what will be best.
) My OB/GYN delivers at both hospitals as well as St.Joseph's in pontiac, and my DH and I are trying to figure out what will be best. This discussion has been closed.
Re: Hospital Feedback?
What kind of bad feedback have you heard? I didn't deliver at Royal Oak, but I have a number of friends and relatives who have and they all have nothing but good things to say.
I delivered out of Troy and I was really happy. They're all private rooms and they recently redid them so they have flatscreen tvs. When I delivered, they had just installed them, so they hadn't quite figured it out, but the nurse was telling me that they were getting wireless keyboards so you could access the internet. They do have wireless, so you can hop on-line while there. The nurses were nice. I thought I heard that while you're in labor, there's one nurse per patient. Don't quote me on that, but the nurses I had were with me quite a bit, so I really can't imagine they had another patient. What I liked is I only had 2 different nurses. They work 12 hour shifts, so I had one lady in the am and another in the pm. Since I was on LDR for over 24 hours, I had the same am nurse and the same pm nurse stay with me throughout. After I had DS, they moved me to the postpartum room. The nurses there were extremely sweet and very helpful to us, being first time parents and having absolutely no idea what we were doing. DS was extremely gassy the one night, so the nurse came in, showed us a ton of different ways to help gas and then went on to give us some other pointers about all sorts of stuff.
I just delivered (via c-section) at Troy and LOVED it. The nurses were WONDERFUL, and I couldn't have asked for a better experience -- they were super patient with my 9 million questions, showing DH how to do everything since I was stuck in bed for the first couple of days, and about getting anything I/we needed. I would highly recommend going there. Do you have any specific concerns?
**During my pregnancy, I stayed overnight at both RO and Troy -- I think I would have been happy delivering at either one, but definitely preferred Troy, just because it seems a bit newer.
I was on hospital bedrest at Royal Oak for 10 weeks with DD. I had to deliver there because of their NICU. They took such great care of me, I would absolutley deliver there again. They re-did their rooms as well, all 3 (antepartum, l&d, postpartum) were new with flat screen tv's and wifi.
I'm a nurse at Troy Beaumont so my original plan was to deliver there, but because of my complications I couldn't. My sis has delivered there and they took GREAT care of them. They were all really nice to us the one time I was there when my water broke at 24 weeks.
I recommend both hospitals. Troy's is much smaller which a lot of people prefer, but I thought my care was just as good at Royal Oak. It is like a baby factory there though, I swear there were like 40 babies in the well baby nursery at night. We would walk by it on our way to the NICU to see DD.
Hmmmm...well, it all depends, really, on what kind of birth you are looking for. If it's the "typical" american "I'm gonna get that epidural as soon as physically possible!" type birth, any of the three hospitals should do you just fine, and with flat screens to keep you occupied until you get to complete or get the cesarean, at least it's higher def!. However, be aware that both Beaumonts are getting closer and closer to a 50% cesarean rate.
However, if you are looking for a less typical birth (read, low interventions), you may be happier at St. Joes. I would strongly recommend, especially if you are planning a non-medicated birth, that you avoid Royal Oak, and if you ARE planning a non-medicated birth that you seek out a practitioner who knows how to support one (the midwives at Troy are pretty good), or else get yourself to a childbirth education class that is out of the hospital, and get a doula...and maybe St. Joes is a good place to go. I would used to say that Troy was the best place for non-interventive birth, because they didn't have residents there to "practice" on you constantly, but as they are starting the med school program with OU--I wouldn't say so anymore! Also, remember, that if you choose to say no thank you to the eye goop and/or vit K shot, St. Joes is DEFINATELY the place to go, as Beaumont will try to bully you and give you inaccurate info.
Really sad that they take away informed consent that way, but I have seen it with several clients and friends as well, first hand.
I delivered at RO Beaumont six months ago, and had a great experience. I love that they have an OB Triage, so you don't have to eff around with the dopes in the ER. (I had to go back 5 days pp for preeclampsia, and the regular ER there SUCKS. Don't use it to make your decision...you won't be anywhere near it.) I really liked my labor and delivery nurse, Katie, and while I wasn't very happy with the anesthesia team, my overall experience was very positive. I didn't feel like drugs or interventions were pushed on me at all, the epidural was my choice. The whole 'teaching hospital' aspect gets a little annoying though; residents everywhere! And they want to help, jump in, etc. But, that's how we get good doctors right? Anyway, the nursing staff is AWESOME; all the nurses I had throughout my stay were great. The recovery rooms are huge and private; they used to be double rooms so you really get a lot of space for all your crap and guests. DS slept in our room both nights too; and the follow-up care was excellent. The food is always pretty good too, as far as cafeteria grub goes; there's a Starbux in the lobby too, lol.
We actually live about 1/4 mile from another hospital, and at least four others are closer than Beaumont, but we still choose to make the trip..it's a great hospital to have a baby. I know they do tours so that maybe that will help make the decision. My bf delivered twice via c-sec at Troy recently and that's a good hosp too. GL ;-)