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Preference between St. Joseph Hospital & Advocate

knottie713486f3c0c95c13knottie713486f3c0c95c13 member
in Illinois Babies
Hi!
My OBGYN has asked me to make a decision on hospital for delivery and I’m between 2 choices:

- Presence Saint Joseph Hospital (Chicago)
- Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center 

I like both and they have pretty similar services. 
Anyone that can speak to their service and prenatal clases? Any preference? 
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Re: Preference between St. Joseph Hospital & Advocate

  • AGK2015AGK2015 member
    Obviously a bit late, but in case anyone stumbles across this thread later... I had my first at Presence Saint Joseph. Staff was great and rooms were great. The baby-friendly hospital designation is a bit of a double-edged sword; it was so helpful to have so many knowledgeable people around supporting my breastfeeding ambitions, but I can imagine it would have been a tough spot to be in had I not wanted/been able to go that route. And rooming in immediately after a C-section was... tough, to say the least (getting out of bed was excruciating initially, even if there was a sweet little squish whose tears and snuggles could motivate me). 

    In retrospect, I would have skipped their full-day childbirth class; it was 8 hours of too freaking much information and it caused me more anxiety than it prevented, I think. 
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