tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725982105367596476.post587506460389717147..comments2022-11-23T04:46:02.289-05:00Comments on Oh BABY!!!!!!!: Northside vs. Crawford Long HospitalOh Baby!!!!!!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05002580109111933573noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725982105367596476.post-84229712293132113942014-05-30T12:02:53.470-04:002014-05-30T12:02:53.470-04:00I haven't had the most pleasant birthing exper...I haven't had the most pleasant birthing experience with Crawford Long. My son is a victim of medical malpractice and they're trying to say the doctor did everything right if that was the case the severity of his injury would not be that. When I went in the first time they was saying I couldn't deliver because it wasn't time, but i kept contracting every 10 mins not hard but constant. I went three times before the actual birth and the nurse was very rude, when I got an epidural I didn't feel it until they were done even then it went up instead of down and I felt pain and stiffness in my neck and shoulders that I am still to this day SEVEN YEARS LATER experiencing. My OB was rude to my mother and did not respect her wishes when it came to me her child... I don't care HOW OLD you are the one person that should have any type of say so besides the father of the baby should be the mother of the patient especially of a teen mom. I was 18 at the time but it was a big deal for my mother to have voiced her opinion what SHE felt was BEST FOR ME AND MY BABY. Not to mention when it was time to get my rhogam shot I had to go pay the hospital instead of my OB administering it to me which was money out my pocket because some confusion about my insurance... If you ask I've heard plenty of malpractice goes on at Crawford long and it only took me to have my first child there to review the hospital if I could do it over again northside would be my choice but since hearing about intown midwifery if a better hospital permits I'll choose them but I will NEVER have a baby at Crawford long again, they're unprofessional, rude,and accommodating patients is not their business. I was torn during the delivery and did not receive the best of help or care and it took them a whole day just to let me see my son, they waited until I left him to go back to my room and then chose to tell me something was wrong and he stayed in the nicu our whole stay. Now the nursery staff(Dr/nurses) were totally different, understanding, and took wonderful care of my son and I. It upset me 2 know that I've had friends and family have children there under the same Dr I had because warning come before destruction and if by any chance something went wrong with them I for one wouldn't want to hear because "I told you so" is all I'll have to say to that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725982105367596476.post-36351778739686122042013-08-17T22:20:48.309-04:002013-08-17T22:20:48.309-04:00I'm trying to learn more about the hospitals a...I'm trying to learn more about the hospitals around here for if I'm able to conceive, and although my boyfriend and his ex liked Northside, hearing that they are identified as the baby factory scares the crap out of me. I'm afraid of just being a number on the ticker with them and I'm afraid of getting pushed into a needless c-section.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09194161390597502046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725982105367596476.post-19035071700916529352013-03-21T22:05:23.507-04:002013-03-21T22:05:23.507-04:00I agree with you Jenny. I am actually surprised wh...I agree with you Jenny. I am actually surprised when I hear woman say that if you have a C/S you have to keep having a C/S. <br />Our first child was a C/S. I felt it was a C/S that could have been prevented. <br />Baby #2 was a VBAC. I used Intown Midwifery. My favorite. I was determined to have a VBAC and I did my research the 2nd time around instead of depending 100% on the Dr.<br />Baby #3 will be at Northside and since Intown Midwifery doesn't deliver there, I won't be using them. :-( The Dr. I am using has you schedule a C/S regardless of if you've had a VBAC. I went along with it, but I this will be a vaginal birth.Dorothy (@TheSaneMom)http://thesanemom.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725982105367596476.post-28265139479520312152012-11-29T00:01:23.036-05:002012-11-29T00:01:23.036-05:00Northside has no security in labor and delivery! ...Northside has no security in labor and delivery! They only utilized the bracelet on baby. Anyone from the streets could come in without signing in or showing id. They can just walk into any of the rooms. I don't recommend this hospital. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725982105367596476.post-43624944644011396172012-06-25T19:01:11.428-04:002012-06-25T19:01:11.428-04:00I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes! Maybe ...I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes! Maybe I care too much about this stuff, but it makes me so sad that the majority of women don't seem to realize that the World Health Organization says the c-section rate should not rise above 15%. Anything above that is associated with increased risk for mother and baby. I see post after post of women in the Atlanta area who went to Northside, got their c-section (40% of births at Northside are c-section), and don't see anything wrong with it. They rave about the size of the room or the nurses or the food, but they have no clue that so many of these sections are unnecessary. The lack of bonding time is what kills me. I mean no disrespect whatsoever to this blogger. I realize this post was made some time ago and I'm sure that she is a wonderful mother to her two kids. But it just really made my jaw drop when she said they "allowed her" to hold her son. I wish that women realized that our lives and our children's lives are forever impacted by the circumstances of their births. And if every mom could experience holding her child close to her chest the very moment he is born, it would make me so happy. The world would be a happier place! Yes, sometimes an emergency c-section saves lives, but only around 15% of the time. Intown Midwifery has an 8% c-section rate for their patients. EIGHT, y'all. Do your research before you decide that Northside or any other place is the best place to have a baby. A supportive and knowledgeable care provider is what's important, not the place of birth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899325885950729118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725982105367596476.post-43648844613832693782012-05-14T15:21:40.806-04:002012-05-14T15:21:40.806-04:00Thanks for the review! It really does help, I had ...Thanks for the review! It really does help, I had my last son at North Dekalb, but I was not from the area I had to deliver him there because of his rare heart defect and I had an ok experience there until I actually had my emergency c-section and felt everything but the staff in Mother/Baby there were really friendly and that helped a lot. Unfortunately I got no bonding time with my son at all I got to see him twice before he was sent to CHOA-Egleston, but now I'm staying in Atlanta and I've been looking at reviews on both Drs. and hospitals and I've seen soo many good reviews on both hospitals but more on Northside so I decided I would choose the Dr. on my list that delivers at Northside but he also had great reviews but since this is the beginning of my pregnancy and I have a long way to go I hope it is as good of an experience for me as well. Again thanks sooo much this really does help!!!Tashira's World https://www.blogger.com/profile/01189827739081721840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725982105367596476.post-969912914090905522010-11-28T01:08:00.870-05:002010-11-28T01:08:00.870-05:00This review was so handy! I was looking for someon...This review was so handy! I was looking for someone who had an experience with both hospitals so I could decide where to have my next baby.<br /><br />I gave birth to my first child last summer at Northside and had to have a c section because I got to 4 cm and stopped dilating after that. I sometimes wonder if I would have been able to deliver vaginally if they had given me more time. I felt like the labor and delivery part was rather rushed and impersonal. The recovery part was wonderful though. My sister in law has had her last 2 children at Emory and loves it, and I was thinking of trying Emory next time. Thanks again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725982105367596476.post-55370095939193370202010-11-14T09:13:13.718-05:002010-11-14T09:13:13.718-05:00My northside experience was much different. I had...My northside experience was much different. I had a C-Section and was never showed the baby until after they drugged me and I was unconscious. He was in perfect health, no low heart rate prior to the C-section. However since I was upset they sedated me and I didnt see him for over 2 hours. Not only did I not see or hold him but my husband didnt either. So he got no bonding with either of us.<br /><br />I just wanted to say Im glad that you got to see your baby after the C-section but from what I experienced that was not the case at all.<br /><br />We are delivering at Emory this time and I really enjoyed reading your reviews.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725982105367596476.post-33169345392012293402010-07-19T17:43:16.380-04:002010-07-19T17:43:16.380-04:00yeah the only time I was separated from Aiden and ...yeah the only time I was separated from Aiden and Noah was when I was in recovery but at least with Northside I got to see Aiden get a bath and stuff. That didn't happen at Emory. But I was not in recovery as long at Emory.Oh Baby!!!!!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05002580109111933573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725982105367596476.post-66920109138630451452010-06-29T07:59:15.530-04:002010-06-29T07:59:15.530-04:00Glad you had a great birthing experience! I love t...Glad you had a great birthing experience! I love the Northside baby factory! And this time Kaydence barely left my side only for us to be escorted to recovery. They're pushing this skin to skin contact stuff now so she was bathed right next to me as I lay in the bed. Then they immediately placed her on my chest. Chunky girl refused to wait for the lactation nurses and latched on right away. So I guess the big difference between Kinsley and Kaydence was the separation period which was pretty non existent with Kaydence but about 45 minutes with Kinsley.L. Eleana Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12896429924043499591noreply@blogger.com