Anyone deliver(ing) in an NYC hospital?

Re: Anyone deliver(ing) in an NYC hospital?

• shutupanddance07 member

  September 2012

  I mentioned it I watched it last week, so I'm fresh. The part where they talk about pushing pitocin and then pushing an epidural, and how c sections are easier for the doctors and help prevent them from being sued is all filmed in the same NYC hospital. At the end, the producer of the movie goes into preterm labor and her midwife decides to transfer her to that same hospital, where they decide together that a C section is safest for baby.

  I wasn't so much trying to say that those hospitals are scary as much as I was trying to help the OP in that thread educate herself, depending on where she's coming from. Hospitals don't always foster a supportive environment for women choosing an intervention free delivery, and often times you need to be your own advocate.  I felt like that particular movie allowed me to have a better understanding of what I need to know should I need to deliver in hospital. 

  I wouldn't worry much about needing to deliver in NY. As long as you're informed, you'll be ok  

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• RMama2012 member

  September 2012

  I delivered at Mt. Sinai hospital.  While  no one pushed anything on me, they weren't exactly helpful either.  I really didn?t care either way because I knew what I was going to do regardless. I should mention that my OB has a very low csection rate and strives to maintain that.  Additionally, My labor progressed well and I got to the hospital at over 6cm.  The nurses were actually shocked I was able to wait that long.

   

  The nurses tried to get me to stand during my contractions because I was messing up the monitor.  Two different nurses asked me and after a firm and simple "NO" the second time, I was pretty much left alone.

   

  I was asked if I wanted the EPI when I first got there and I said I preferred not to.  Then I was offered it at 9.5cm.  They weren't pushy.  The same nurse who offered the epi at 9.5 helped me find a more comfortable (if that's possible) position during transition.

  
  

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• Nechie122 member

  September 2012

  Westbury isn't particularly close to Manhattan; most people on Long Island deliver at North Shore/LIJ. My sister delivered there twice, my aunt once and my DH was born there! If there's an emergency at 35 weeks, that's where you'll want to go. Stay away from most hospitals in Queens.
  
  As far as the most natural birth friendly place in Manhattan? Far and away St. Luke's Roosevelt. It has the lowest csection rate in the borough and the only hospital with a birthing center, which means they get most of the women who want to go natural. Dr. Moritz, the "good guy" from BOBB, is on the faculty there. And I believe it's also where Beyonce delivered. And where I did! Highly recommend.
  
  I believe Roosevelt has a level III NICU but you also can't go wrong at any of the major teaching hospitals: NYU, Columbia or Cornell. Lenox Hill is the private hospital and also top notch.
  
  ETA: North Shore has a relatively high csection rate but I'd still advise you to go there over any other hospital in Queens. If you have time to make it into Manhattan, go there, but I'm telling you, you'd rather be in a place like North Shore with an excellent reputation than some dump.

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• RMama2012 member

  September 2012

  PP made a good point about NICU levels.  Here is a link regarding thAT.

  https://hospitals.nyhealth.gov/learn.php?t=PC

  
  

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• LollyBug18 member

  September 2012

  Thank you so much! I hate to admit it but I wasn't even thinking about the hospital also having a good NICU! Gah, I feel awful!

  

  
  

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• MelissaNY05

  September 2012

  It's not super close about a little bit more than an hour away but it's an amazing hospital that supports your birthing wishes and works with you. Allows water births, midwifes, doulas, etc.  It also has a level 2 NICU.  It's called hudson valley hospital.  

  

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• maiatene member

  September 2012

  If you're in Westbury I wouldnt worry too much about NYC (Manhattan) hospitals because if you do by some chance go into labor you probably wont make it in time. I agree with the PP about staying away from the hospitals in queen. I would look into how far Northshore LIJ and Stonybrook hospital are from where you are staying.

  If by chance you are in the city and go into labor I would recommend NY Presbyterian (Cornell or Columbia), Lexox Hill or Mount Sinai. St Lukes Roosevelt is a good hospital as well but it is very expensive and I was told it was notoriously hard to get into bc everyone wants to deliver there

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• KensingtonBK

  September 2012

  It probably won't be relevant to your particular question, but I delivered at NYU hospital. I had to be induced at 39 weeks because I developed pre-eclampsia, and I delivered with no further interventions beyond the pitocin - no epidural, no vacuum, no c-section. The nursing staff was amazing, and extremely supportive of my desire to go natural, and sympathetic to the fact that I wasn't happy about being induced, even though it was absolutely medically necessary. They gave me as much latitude with the monitoring as was possible, given that I did need the baby on a monitor due to the pitocin, but they were more than happy to help me to the bathroom and to get me into and out of the shower to help with the pain. I'd recommend them in an instant to anyone wanting a natural birth.
  

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