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Has anyone delivered here or planning on delivering here?
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Re: NorthShore Evanston
Yeah, let me know!
I'm currently seeing the NorthShore OBs.
I did, overall it was a positive experience. I was induced at 39 weeks due to preeclampsia (went in for my 39 week appointment and found out that I would not be going home with a baby still inside me!)
Do you have any specific questions?
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I was just curious about your experience overall.
What did you think of the rooms, and the nurses? The rooms are private, right?
Did the medical team involve you in your healthcare or act like you weren't there?
Did you have to wait long after pushing the nurse call button until someone showed up?
The rooms are private, yes! There was a big flat screen TV on the wall, a rocking chair, and then another rocker that reclined flat for a husband/partner to sleep on. There was one in the L&D room as well as the recovery room.
For the most part it seemed like I was being involved. A lot of it was one huge whirlwind for me though. Since I was being induced for pre-e, my birth plan had to be modified quite a bit, but it was nice that the nurses and doctors seemed to always be mentioning how something would go against what I wanted and asking if we could change the plan, etc. There was a lot of "I know this isn't in your plan" so much so that I did start reminding them that while I wanted to know what was happening and I wanted to explore any options available, I wasn't going to put my foot down on much in an emergency--my birth plan was actually a list of birth preferences rather than a plan. I felt like they respected the fact that I did have some preferences and they tried to keep it as close to what I wanted as possible.
During labor there wasn't much time between nurses coming in and out so I don't think I ever had to call for anyone. Since I was in a pretty dangerous position I was getting my vitals checked and monitored a lot and it seemed like someone was always there (although there were definitely moments we were alone). In recovery there were times where I did have to wait a few minutes but nothing was ever unacceptable, and most of the time it was pretty quick. But a lot of times my husband just stepped out in the hall to flag someone down and they were in pretty quickly. I didn't like how long I had to wait for some things though, like I asked for some nipple cream and went through a shift change with the nurses and I finally got some about 12 hours later after asking a few times.
One thing I didn't exactly like were the "patient care technicians," they were fairly nice but kind of clueless. Sometimes one of them would come in instead of my nurse, to check my vitals or help me go to the bathroom. One in particular didn't really seem to know what was going on at all. I was still on magnesium sulfate to prevent pre-e seizures (had to be on it for 24 hours after birth) so they had me using a bedside commode instead of walking to the bathroom. It was still really early on so my nurses had been whipping up my pads with ointment/ice/witch hazel for me and they'd help me into my underwear when I stood up. One care tech just kind of stood there and I had to ask her to get the pads for me (they were in the bathroom, I couldn't go there) and I told her that my nurses hadn't told me exactly what they were doing to them but they had been putting them together for me. There was this AWESOME ointment, Americaine, which is a simple numbing ointment made for hemorrhoids but the nurses had been putting it in a line down the pads so it would go right against my girly business. This stuff was vital and made things feel great. Well, this care tech couldn't get it through her head that I did not have hemorrhoids. I asked her if she could put the ointment on there and she said no, it was "for my hemorrhoids." No, it wasn't, because I didn't have and never did get hemorrhoids. I don't think the techs were exclusive to L&D/recovery--I think they floated around the hospital, because some knew what was going on and others had no idea what to do.
The nurses were pretty fantastic, though. Some more than others and I had a couple favorites in recovery but I didn't have a bad nurse. They're all VERY educated on breastfeeding if that's important to you; the lactation consultants don't see everyone as standard procedure, but if you have any sort of issue whatsoever your nurse will request a consult and they will come see you. LO's first latch on my right side was nipple only and really destroyed it, so the LC came and saw me and hooked me up with a pump so I could stimulate that side and help the milk come in while I wasn't able to nurse her from it. But when I needed help with latching or anything, the nurses were on it!
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I am planning on switching ob's so I can deliver there again. It's a bit of a drive but worth it.