St Mary's Hospital in Blue Springs

I had a c-section there and LOVED it. the nurses were great about making sure I did not have pain and they were quick to come and get my son out of my room if I was needing to rest. They were pretty informative (since this was my first child). I thought the facility was great and I loved the security they had there for the babies. Guests had to be buzzed in and the babies had bracelets on that matched a bracelet the mother wore. they checked that I had the correct baby every time they brought him in. Plus his bracelet would set off an alarm if anyone took him near an outside door. :) I would definitely go there again if I was pregnant.

I had my daughter there but it was 8 years ago so I'm not sure if the same nurses are still there or not. I had a wonderful experience and the room was nice. The nurses were all nice as well. My sister has had 3 children there and she loved it. Congrats on your baby and I hope your experience is great.

Hello, I had my son there in 2007. I have delivered at 3 different hospitals and this was my favorite. I will be having my next bundle of joy there in June of '09. The nurses were wonderful and very nice to all of my family and friends! Good luch and congratulations.

Hi J.,
I have had 3 babies at St. Mary's and I love it there. I accually had the same nurse for my 5 1/2 yr old and my 9 month old. Her name is Cheryl Herr and she is the most wonderful nurse in the world! Your Dr. is the one that makes the medical descisions for you and the nurses are the ones that are suppose to execute them quickly. I have heard good and bad as you would with any place you go. I just want you to know you probably won't be doing internet surfing while in labor. The rooms are big and comfortable for you and everyone. As weird as it sounds enjoy your birthing experence. Good luck and congratulations on your new baby boy!!!!!

I delivered there in Feb. '07 and I did like it there. I ended up having a c-section and that went great. Most of the nurses were great. I will say though the weekends they don't have much of a staff and so you might have to buzz a nurse if you need anything. Otherwise if they have a full staff they come in to check on you often. Breastfeeding I feel they dropped the ball and was not helpful. So if you are planning on breastfeeding let them know and that you want all of the help and support you can get. Last time I checked they did not have WiFi but you might call and ask. Good luck and I think you will like your experience there.

Congratulations on expecting your first child! I had my second child at St. Mary's almost 5 years ago. Things may have changed a lot since then, but I'll tell you about my experiance anyway.

I am very much into natural childbirth practices. I did not have an epidural when my son was born (first child) 2 years prior to giving birth to my daughter at St. Mary's. His was a very difficult birth, but I made it and the nurses at that hospital in Warrensburg were very supportive and encouraging of my efforts to forgo pain meds.

I made the same decision of not wanting pain meds for my daughter's birth. However, I did not feel supported AT ALL in my decision. There were signs in the room encouraging women to have an epidural and I even had a nurse go so far as to tell me, "Your baby will never thank you for not having an epidural." That really made me angry because it wasn't about getting thanked by my baby, it was about doing things the way I felt they should be done. It's easier on the nurses if you take pain meds, and it was obvious to me that they wanted me to have them. I made it VERY clear that I was not planning on having them and I stuck to my guns. I told my nurse (who was receptive to my requests) that I would let her know if I felt like I needed something and for her to please not ask me if I wanted an epidural. When it was time for me to push, there were several nurses in the room. They were all amazed that I could feel to push because most of them had never seen anyone give birth without an epidural. It kind of made me sad that the meds were pushed so hard there.

I also didn't like the way they did the doctors rounds. All the babies are taken into the NICU at the same time and the docs check them out. Parents are not allowed to be in there since confidential information about ALL the babies is discussed at that time. I did not like being told I could not be with my baby. After they are checked out, the doctor comes to your room to talk to you. With my son, the doctor came to your room where you had your baby with you and discussed things with you while checking out the baby and I liked that so much better.

I felt like after my baby was born, I rarely saw a nurse. My daughter had to be in the NICU, so they weren't coming to my room to check on her, but it would've been nice to have regular communication with them w/out me having to make the walk to the NICU every time I wanted information.

The rooms were nice, not sure if there was wi-fi or not. I wasn't terribly impressed with the care or communication I recieved, especially as compared to my experience with my son, who, by the way, was also in the NICU. Didn't like how much they seemed to push meds, but if you plan on having meds anyway, that wouldn't be a big deal.

My advice to you and any mother to be is to know what you want and know how you want things to go. Get educated beforehand about things like breastfeeding and natural birthing practices so you have an idea of how you'd like things to go. Enlist your husband as your advocate and then both of you stick to your guns. Nurses are great people and I appreciate all that they did to help me, but when it came to my body and my baby, I am glad that I made my own decisions and stuck with them. Best of luck to you!

I had my first daughter there in March 2006. It was a great experience. The only negative was I had a very compassionate nurse while I was actually pushing. She got mad at me for crying. I just chalked it up to her being old and forgetting what labor was like (if she even had kids). Not to mention Emme had a GIGANTIC head so yeah...I felt the crying was necessary. ;) She was the only negative and thank goodness she was just around for an hour. Everything else was great. Even the food was good! I can't remember if they have Wi-fi. Good luck! It's a great hospital with very large rooms!

I just had my daughter there 3 1/2 weeks ago and had a great experience there. The nurses were all wonderful and very helpful and understanding. This was my first pregnancy and they were awesome. I had planned on going there since I knew of past experiences thru other friends/family. Im not sure if they have Wi-fi - my dad was in the room (up until time to push) with his laptop. Congrats on the new arrival (when he gets here) and would love to hear how your experience is.

I've given birth to both of my children at St. Mary's, the first in 2006 and the second just this past July. My experience with my first was okay. They were very quick to use pitocin (ended up being a need thing, but I felt they moved to it too quickly) and my night time nurse that first night (while laboring) was horrible. After that, everything was great. No complaints what so ever. With my second, it was a scheduled induction and was wonderful. The nurses were awesome and I could not have asked for anything more.

Some nurses know more about breastfeeding than others, so read up before hand (if you are going that route). It is standard policy for the baby to be taken to the 'nursery' for ped visits each morning. I freaked out the first time, they just came in and said they were taking her! I knew what to expect the second time.

I do not remember having wi-fi, but I didn't ask. I wanted nothing to do with my computer for my short stay.

Good Luck!