Would you deliver your baby at your place of employment?

[BSNbeauty]

I just found out that I'm pregnant (yay!) and debating whether I should choose my ob from where I work or choose another hospital. By the way I work in PP so I'm pretty familiar with the OB team.

Pros: I have awesome co-workers and know they would take excellent care of me

Cons: My job is 45 minutes away and the OB I prefer has a really busy practice and I'm not sure if she would be able to truly dedicate a lot of time to me. Patients love her but complain about the wait for appts.

So my question is: What are reasons you would or would not have a baby at your place of employment.

[applesxoranges, BSN, RN]

I don't know how it would work if I switched hospital systems now. If I were in a position, I may try to deliver at the county hospital since that's 15 minutes versus 40 minutes that the other hospitals are. However, I don't think the health insurance would be so kind if I did that.

[Katie71275]

I am a L&D nurse and at this time i wouldn't deliver at the hospital I work at. Good nurses, but I am just not comfortable for my coworkers to see all my business. I am actually about to move out of state to a very large hospital and it's one of the top hospitals in the area for deliveries, so I think if I do have any more children, I would be OK with delivering there(although again, I'd be embarassed with my coworkers seeing all my lady bits).

[anie10]

If I were pregnant/about to deliver?

Absolutely not.

In my first week of nursing school, I had an appendectomy and the RNs/CNAs, basically everyone in the hospital hated their jobs. Which to me is appalling in the county of LA where the real unemployment rate exceeds 10% (myself included).

I still want to become a nurse with all my heart and soul, however I don't want to be in these huge corporate machines y'all like to call hospitals/medical centers.

Additionally, after working in a department that touches all employees of a "community" hospital, the practices and morals these people have will eliminate the need for botox, as my eyebrows are raised so high, they look like they are on the back of my neck.

[ThePrincessBride, MSN, RN, NP]

I work in L/D. Why not? Better coverage than going elsewhere!

[RunBabyRN]

I probably would. I am also in postpartum (precepted there, will be working there once I pass the NCLEX), and on my last day, I got to care for one of the PP RNs. It was really cool getting to see her transition to motherhood and to get to care for her. Of course she had the disadvantage of knowing too much and tried to do too much for herself (like getting her own dinner tray from the cart after her c-section) and needed a few reminders to be a patient! :) I think with how complicated her labor and delivery ended up being, she was happy to be in the care of people she knew and trusted. I think that it also depends on your relationship with your coworkers. You said that you know they'll take good care of you, so that's good. How do you feel about your other options?

[Bortaz, MSN, RN]

I don't think it'd be appropriate. Because, well...I'm a dude.

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

I don't think it'd be appropriate. Because, well...I'm a dude.

Have you never seen Junior? Arnold Schwarzenegger did it in 1994. :)

[Bortaz, MSN, RN]

He also was twin of Danny Devito

[hiddencatRN, BSN, RN]

Nope nope nope.

I did pick my hospital for my DD's care. But my privates are private and not for coworkers to be all up in.