Hi Ladies
I just found out we are expecting and am so excited. My doctor practices at Medical Center of Plano. Anyone delivered there? Any opinions on it? I really like my doctor so I am hoping that the L&D there is nice. I looked online and can't find any photos.
TIA!
Re: L&D at The Medical Center of Plano...thoughts?
Hi! I just delivered there a week ago, this was my second delivery at Med Center of Plano. I thought both times were good experiences. I don't have anything else to compare it to, but I thought the L&D rooms were really big and I liked all the nurses, drs, and staff I encountered there. My first delivery I had the same L&D nurse the whole time, but the second time they were pretty busy so I had a couple nurses who switched off between patients - I liked them all and thought they were very helpful and supportive, especially the second time when I had to wait a little bit to get my epidural and was having some really painful contractions. I also liked all the post-partum and nursery nurses in both cases and found the lactation consultants really helpful after my first delivery when I was having some trouble getting started with breastfeeding. They have a room service style menu you can order from for your meals and I thought the food was pretty good - not like a 5-star restaurant but what can you expect from a hospital? This second time they've added a "Celebration dinner" that you can order for you and your spouse/partner - it's steak and lobster tail along with sides and dessert, it was pretty cool.
The only downside was that this time around they are in the process of renovating their post-partum rooms so not all of their rooms are available; as a result, since they were full when I was there, I spent the night in an L&D room the first night. It wasn't that big a deal, the bed was decently comfortable and the room was pretty big. They actually moved me twice - once from the room where I actually gave birth to another L&D room farther away from the action and therefore less noisy, and then the next night they moved me to a PP room which was very nice but smaller. Since DH didn't spend the nights with me this time around it wasn't a big deal but could have been annoying if he was trying to stay with me, because the L&D rooms didn't have a comfortable place for him to sleep, just a sleep chair.
Anyway, like I said I don't have anything else to compare it to, as I've never stayed in a hospital other than these two pregnancies, but I thought it was a good experience and if I ever have another baby I would not hesitate to use the same hospital again.