C Section in Public Hospitals

I am 15 weeks pregnant and will have an elective C Section( recomended after 1st child)Unfortunately our medical ins doesnt cover pregnancy so I have to go public. I have recently heard husbands arent allowed to be with you during delivery and children under 12 aren't allowed in the maternity unit. This is really bothering me, does anyone know of any hospitals where this is not the case???I am even considering going back to the U.K as this seems a better option.

Cara, we are going to give birth at QMH too. A few days ago, I found out from my private doctor that our baby's head is quite large. Based on that information compared to the size of my body (I am very petite sans huge preggo belly!) and the fact that I've been challenged with a lot of hip and back pain in the last trimester, I am seriously wanting an elective C-section. Was it hard to get QMH to approve an elective C-section? I keep hearing from my private doctor and others, "It's your first baby. Just give the natural birth a go." But my private doctor did also say that it's a possibility that if I do that, I should not be surprised if I end up having to have an emergency C-section. If I hear "just give the natural birth a go" one more time, I think I'll go crazy! I have my next appointment at Tsun Yuk next week. Do you think I will need to be very pushy to have the C-section?

SCSMF - you are the patient here so you can put your foot down.


My doc advised me to have a C Sec as i have very narrow hips and suffered from terrible hip displacement and she told me that there was a very good chance that the abby could get stuck in birth canal becuase of her big head and worse case scenario would have been to break her shoulder to get her out, hence the C Sec option.


AGAIN, YOU'RE THE PATIENT STAND FIRM!!!!! and good luck, C- Sec's aren't half as scary as you're led to believe and you CAN pick up your kids that day if you feel strong enough.