Location of Your Provider - Spouses Hospital or Not?

[ladymoreta]

I also went with the closer, (nicer) more convenient hospital.

[v-girl]

DH's hospital doesn't do deliveries. I'll stay in the suburbs.

[oceanchild]

DH's hospital doesn't do deliveries.

This is a good point. When I said affiliated with DH's hospital, I meant the university system. I do not see pediatricians.

[v-girl]

This is a good point. When I said affiliated with DH's hospital, I meant the university system. I do not see pediatricians.

I have considered using the university hospital for my next delivery, but if we have a repeat of the last one (water broke several weeks early and I had to have a rush c-section), being 35 miles from the hospital would really suck big time.

[oceanchild]

Yeah, like I said, it's the only place our insurance pays for. And we live under a mile away, so it works out.

[diggitydot]

Our insurance only covered docs who were affiliated with his hospital. Granted, that gave us a couple hundred to choose from for our care. Also, of the two in town, his hospital was the higher level trauma center. Patients were in bad, bad, baaaaaad shape if they had to send them out by chopper to another hospital in another city.

It doesn't suck for your insurer to only cover the better hospital.

[scrub-jay]

This is a good point. When I said affiliated with DH's hospital, I meant the university system. I do not see pediatricians.

We were very happy with my prenatal and delivery at University Hospital (except for the billing, they were whack). We don't have DH's insurance, but we chose University anyway. Although our area is in an all-out hospital competition with who offers the best delivery... billboards EVERYWHERE.

[oceanchild]

We were very happy with my prenatal and delivery at University Hospital (except for the billing, they were whack). We don't have DH's insurance, but we chose University anyway. Although our area is in an all-out hospital competition with who offers the best delivery... billboards EVERYWHERE.

I'm fascinated by this. We saw ads for delivery at Denver Health, and my DH was basically like, there's no way in hell you're delivering there. I wonder if anybody makes a decision like that based on a billboard.

But yeah, I've heard good things about University.

[scrub-jay]

I'm fascinated by this. We saw ads for delivery at Denver Health, and my DH was basically like, there's no way in hell you're delivering there. I wonder if anybody makes a decision like that based on a billboard.

But yeah, I've heard good things about University.

I had the same thought. The MPH in me just hopes that it gets some women thinking about prenatal care and delivery long before the due date. For many of those women, Denver Health might be the best (or only) option. (For those of you following along - Denver Health is the local safety net hospital). But really, University has 2 distinct Midwife practices and a great OBGYN group, you really can't go wrong.

[niener]

I will have to go to the OBGYN group affiliated with DH's hospital -- it's a group of 7 men, most nearing or past retirement age, and one of the two CNMs in the city. Wouldn't normally be my first choice but a baby will basically be free so I can't complain too much. The hospital is less than 2 miles from our house, also a plus. But I floved the midwife I was seeing in our last city -- everything about the experience was just so awesome, it's going to be nearly impossible to live up to that precedent.

[DCJenn]

We see military providers but my primary care doc isn't at the hospital but at a troop medical center. I've had procedures at the hospital and dude sees the pediatricians next door the pediatric subspecialists (aka- Daddy's office.) I've also seen civilian providers when the military can't squeeze me in. (for free!)

J.