Hi
I'm going to deliver in the Matilda. But am unsure which room type to select. I'm only partially covered by insurance. Aside from how much different the final bill can be, I'm mostly concerned about privacy and cleanliness. I recall from my first birth that there was a lot of blood involved and I get really icky and grossed out by it.
If anyone has had any experience in a 4 bedder or a 2 bedder, could you please share your experience?
Thanks.
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When you say a lot of blood involved... are you talking about after delivery when you bleed for up to six weeks?
If you're referring to the actual birth, then you don't give birth in the room that you stay in. You give birth in the labour room by yourself, and then they move you to your bedroom.
The single rooms with balcony are lovely. I booked a single for the first birth but they put me in a double room by myself - but that was also great because my husband stayed with me for the whole three days and slept in the other bed. It was fantastic having all that privacy.
Second time around, I've booked a double room to save money. If you want privacy, you have curtains you can draw around the bed - which the mothers usually do.
I wish I had a single because I think it would be more fun to hang out with baby and have my own tv to watch and room to myself and have as many visitors as I like. But it's only for three days and it's probably two-thirds the cost of a single.
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I shared a double last time and would definitely prefer to do a single next time if cost is not an issue. Obviously you might get lucky with your roommate but mine... TV blaring loud, talking on the phone and noisy visitors all day long. Add to that her baby having difficulty feeding/settling all through the night every night so lights on and nurses in and out. Don't mean to sound harsh but I was having a tough time too and some quiet time when my baby didn't need me would have been great. As for the blood thing, yes having to witness someone else's when you use the bathroom isn't nice, a call to the amah and it was cleaned quickly...
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I was the same as Slammy, private room first time around and shared (2 bed) room second time. I would have loved a private room second time around but insurance would only cover shared room costs. It was definitely not as nice as private room. My roommate was lovely but I felt I couldn't watch TV at night when I couldn't sleep so took my laptop and watched things with headphones. Also it was hard having 2 babies wake you up. I spent a lot of time in the nursery with my baby when she needed feeding etc.
So, to sum up, depending on how much $$ you want to put in yourself, private nicer but 2 beds is fine. I had no drama sharing a bathroom. When I wanted to take a bath I just asked my roommate if she minded me hogging the bathroom for an hour!
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I was in a shared room at Matilda last year. The experience really depends on the type of room mate you have. I was there for 5 nights - 2 nights with one room mate, 2 nights by myself and 1 night with another room mate. The first 4 nights were great - with the first room mate who was very considerate and she chose not to breast feed at night so I was only woken up by my own baby. The other 2 nights by myself were great too. But the last night was horrific, my new room mate snored, had her 2 year old son in for most of the day and the new born was crying for 20 hours out of the 24 hours that she was there. I did not sleep a wick in the last 24 hours that I was there. If that room mate was there for the whole stay then I would definitely not go back to sharing a room - the next time we go back to the Matilda.
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Having a baby is a very private and special thing. If you can afford it I would seriously suggest treating yourself to a single room. The lack of privacy and the potential lack of sleep of sharing is just NOT worth it. I had a single at Matilda and it was bliss. For my second I insisted on a single, private room and I was so happy I didn't want to leave, in fact I stayed an extra night I was so relaxed. It's great to have the baby, have our family around you and have the nurses at your beck and call. Baby can sleep and you can munch on chocolates and watch TV in between seeing to your baby. At my sons birth I had a massive box of choccies and a series of Dallas and I just chilled post birth!!!
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Sounds sooo great. I really wish I had a single, second time around. I'm just going to prepare myself with ear plugs and eye patches for night time, and a laptop with earplugs to play my own DVDs on during the day time. And hope the three days passes quickly so I can go home!
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One oher thing...and I would endorse the "single if you can" comments...if you have a single room your partner can still stay with you. There's a large visitor's chair that folds out into a sturdy-enough single bed. My husband stayed all 3 nights in the single room with me - fantastic. As for the view from the balcony, unfortunately the weather was so foggy we didn't see beyond the perimeter wall until just before checking out!
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