Best hospitals to give birth in Oxfordshire
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Had both my babies at the JR. Both on the delivery suite, as i had Preeclampsia.Can't fault the care was excellent!
The John Radcliffe is fantastic, although maternity is very busy! The Horton is a lot quieter, providing you have a straight forward birth and no complications. Otherwise you'd need to be transferred to the JR Xx
i had my first in the delivery suite of the JR in 2021 and was happy with no complaints. i wanted to go spires for a water birth but due to bleeding i couldn't. with some complications at the end of the birth, it got scary but the staff were great and i cannot fault them. i just had my second and wanted it in spires so that if anything happened like my first labour, i was in a hospital. my midwife spoke to me about the local birthing unit the day i went into labour. i last minute decided to go there when labour hit and i am so glad. it was such an amazing experience and thankfully i didn't have the same issues with my first labour. i don't know what your first labour was like, what type of birth you want or what the birthing units around your area are like etc. but maybe worth looking into? X
I live in Banbury, and gave birth at the Warwick Hospital. It was a good experience BUT If you live in a different country to the birth, we could not keep our lovely community midwife. When we were discharged from the Warwick, we were then under the care of the Horton Midwives, so had no continuity with the lady I felt I knew. AND We gave birth at a different county to where we lived, so when we registered the birth they were not able to do this in the Banbury Registry office- they took the details down to send to Warwickshire who then posted us the certificates.
I had my baby in John Radcliffe Hospital, it was a good experience so I would definitely recommend it. (: x plus it’ll be easier for you to go a closer hospital