I live in the Downey area and would like to know of a good hospital to deliver my baby... I would not mind traveling about 20-30 miles, but anything beyond that, in LA traffic, would probably take a couple hours, so nothing in the West LA area. Thanks :-)
Thank you everyone for the responses. After finding the right doctor, I found out he only works at Presb. Inter. in Whittier - so I'll be having the baby there. Thank again!
Well I had my first daughter @ Downey Regional Medical center/ downey hospital
And my other 4 children @ Whittier Hospital on colima ! Both hospitals were wnoderful I wouldve had em all @ downey but my ob wasn't contracted w the downey hosp...Good luck :)
Hi Hisela,
I had my baby at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach. Just take the 5 freeway to the 55 freeway. The 55 freeway ends on Newport Blvd and keep going for another couple of miles. It's an excellent hospital and they take very good care of you. They will give you a tour before the baby is born so that you will feel more comfortable about what is to happen. You also will have a nice view of the mountains or ocean in your recovery room. The staff are very nice and knowledgeable and very helpful. I wouldn't have a baby any place else.
A.
Long Beach Memorial is a great women's Hospital not to mention one of the best NICU's around. Congrats!
Not sure if this is in your mile radius, but i delivered both my babies at Huntington Memorial in Pasadena. BEST HOSPITAL! They have the best NEONATAL care should anything go wrong. All deliveries are in private rooms; no sharing with other patients. excellent!
I live in Bellflower so I delivered at Long Beach Memorial and had great experiences w/both my daughters. I wanted to be there since Miller Childrens is next door and is known for their NICU. Also I have heard from plenty of my friends that Whittier Presb. is very good for their maternity ward. Long Beach was not far from me and I side street it most of the time, plus my doctors were affliated of course which made everything just a smoothe experience. Hope this helps and good luck!
Hi there. I highly recommend Arcadia Methodist hospital in Arcadia, CA. I had both my kids there and it was an amazing experience. The staff is very friendly and respect your wishes for the birth. The rooms are very spacious. I felt like I was in a resort! No tubs for laboring but they do have showers. I wish I could have all my future kids there as well. You dont have to change rooms to labor and then to deliver. And you dont have to share rooms even in recovery. let me know if you have any questions about the facility.
Whittier Pres. Intercommunity is wonderful. I live in Downey also and wasnt crazy about going to Downey Comm. I had a great experience I hope you do to! i noticed alot of thumbs ups for Long Beach Mem. I also delivered there and had a great experience too so its a toss up!
Is Good Samaritan close to you at all? We thought it was great.
Hello Hisela. I delivered my son (in March) at Downey Regional Medical Center, an awesome hospital! I actually live in Bellflower, and had a choice of a few, and was interested in Long Beach Memorial because of the NICU unit, etc... but I heard so many good recommendations about DRMC, that I decided to give it a try. I went on the stork tour three times, to make sure it was the hospital for me. I felt very good about my choice to deliver there, and had an excellent experience. I liked the one on one attention that both my baby and I received there. I believe their nurse to patient ratio is 1:4 in the maternity wars, I'm not sure though. Anyway, it was lower than any other hospital. The only small problem I had (and it didn't even matter to me since the rest of the time I was there was great!) was that one nurse asked me more than once about having an epidural. I told her I didn't want one, and even though she didn't push it on me, her questions made me feel like she was trying to, inadvertently. It didn't last long though, I stood my ground, let her know that I was against it, and she eventually left me alone. Good luck to you in your search, and congrats on your pregnancy :)
I delivered my first and will deliver my second in November - both at Long Beach Memorial. It is comforting to know that they have one of the best Neo-Natal Centers in the area. I have heard that if you are at other hospitals and something is wrong, they will bring you to LB Memorial anyway, so it's nice to already be there just in case. Plus, with my first child, all of the nurses who helped throughout my labor were great!
