Has Anyone Had Problems with Northest Baptist Hospital San Antonio Tx

I've heard horrible stories about Northeast Baptist Hospital, the whole system plus the baby part. It isn't highly recommended.

Congrats A.,

I had both of my girls at NE Baptist and my experiences were wonderful. There was no limit to how many people could be there, video recording was fine & both girls could stay in the room with me and when our first was born my husband even spent the night.

I would consult with you ob/gyn and just ensure that all is still that way. If you have asked the hospital then I think things should be fine.

Good luck with your new bundle of joy....

My daughter had both of her children at Northeast Baptist and they are a very good hospital. I will say they did not let us have video camera's during the delivery and that is the choice of your doctor. They do this for legal reasons and if something should go wrong they certainly don't want it on tape. You need to check with your doctor. We were able to video before and right after the birth though. Just not during the delivery. Also they were very friendly there but of course they had to take the baby to the nursery to run the necessary tests etc. but they brought the baby right back. At one point my daughter had to get some rest and asked them if they could take the baby for a while and they did which was good for her at that time. After she was able to sleep for about 2 hours she asked for the baby back and they brought the baby back immediately. Of course if anything goes wrong (which it won't) but say your baby is early or has a few complications then you would want them in the nursery with the nurses right there to watch the baby. Their job is the safety of you and your child and they are not there to make your life miserable or difficult. They truly try to make it as much a pleasant experience for you as possible.
I don't mean this bad and I fully understand you wanting the child with you, but don't fight them on every issue. Again they are there to help you and the baby and you will have the baby home with you forever after a couple of days. It would seem to me if you argue with everything they do then I could certainly see why one nurse would be not as nice. They work very hard for your care and the babies care as well as the other patients and they certainly don't need a ton of distractions and interruptions. Be patient as you may call for your baby and it may take a few minutes because they might be in the middle of doing something and can't just drop it and bring the baby back immediately. If they are not back within a fair and normal time then yes I would contact them again but again remember they are very busy there and aren't there playing cards or chit chatting.They truly do try hard to make your experinece a good one for you.
Good Luck and congratulations!

I was in North CENTRAL Baptist for my daughter's birth but I'm sure they're similar. I could have my daughter in my room all night. The only time I couldn't was when they had to run the tests to make sure everything was ok and when I asked for them to take her so I could take a shower. As far as going into the nursery, they are right to have you stay out. I would be pretty upset if they let people parade through where my newborn, susceptible to all these strange germs, was staying. You are supposed to limit contact with a lot of people for three weeks. If you want to see her, you can look through the glass or take her back to your room. It's nice and private that way.

I had to remind the doctor of my wishes regarding a few things but everyone was very accommodating. I can see why you couldn't take a lot of pictures in the nursery with all the other babies for privacy issues (some parents may be weird about it) but we took tons of pictures in our room.

They have a tour you can take or the labor and delivery area but I think it is just once a month. You might check it out to have many of your questions answered. The stuff that you are most insistent on, have them give to you in writing to be sure you can refer to it later if they change their minds.

Congratulations on your new bundle of joy!

I had my first baby at Northeast Baptist, and it was fine. This time I'm going with the birth center, but not because Northeast Baptist was horrible.

They were pretty good about letting my baby stay in the room with me. My husband and I had to be kind of insistent about it, and he went and asked for the baby back once when they'd had him in the nursery too long. I was the only one having a baby that weekend, so I think that helped. They were willing to bathe him in the room with us, but they did insist on putting him in the heater rather than letting him warm up on my chest.

You are not allowed to videotape the actual birth, but once the baby is out, you can tape or photograph to your hearts content. I guess the birth thing is for liability reasons.

I had two really great nurses and a couple of really not great nurses there. One nurse's entire contribution to my labor was to come in at the beginning and ask, "does it hurt yet? Well, it's going to hurt so bad that..." (I forget exactly what she said). Then at the end she came back in and looked at me and said, "see, I told you." Nice, right? As I said though, a couple of the other nurses were awesome.

I'd guess that it's better than most hospitals (I've heard that the methodist ones actually have a policy requiring that babies go to the nursery for at least 6 hours!, so it's better than that).

My friend had her daughter at NE and had a great experience.

Is this midwife your caregiver for this birth or just someone you know? Are you having to choose between her birthing center and Northeast? It is normal that she would want you to give birth at her facility if she does not have practicing permission at the hospital (my second OBGYN could only practice at Southeast Baptist, otherwise I would have gone to Northeast again). However, she is not being honest with you about Northeast. If she is intentionally lying to you for this reason, you may want to look around for another person to help you. The person should have your WHOLE well-being in mind, not just the "natural is the only way and in-a-hospital is not natural" mentality. You can have a completely natural/drug-free birth in a hospital, it just gives some moms peace-of-mind knowing that the baby will get immediate help without an ambulance trip if it IS necessary. If I could have had a natural birth, I might've chosen a midwife and maybe even a birthing center. But being a diabetic before I got pregnant, there were more risks than for non-prediabetics and it turned out my baby needed the NICU.

My cousin had her son at Northeast. She had him c-section, but the baby had NO complications. He stayed in her room almost 24/7, except when they had to do things like weighing him or tests that could not be done out of the nursery.

We also had our daughter at Northeast. For me it was a pretty good experience. I had a scheduled c-section because I am diabetic AND my daughter refused to turn head-down and was sitting cross-legged in a breach position. Yes, they tried to turn her, but she wouldn't budge (still a bit like that:>). I am a diabetic, so she had low blood sugar and had to go to NICU almost immediately, but they asked my husband to be the first one to feed her - he gave her a bottle of glucose to help raise her blood sugar levels. Because of her tubes and monitoring wires, I didn't get the option of her staying in my room. If she had not been in NICU, she WOULD have been in my room. Anytime we wanted to visit, we just scrubbed up and went to visit her. There were occasions when we were asked to wait a few minutes before going in for the well-being of the other newborns or, if I remember correctly, for privacy of the other babies when the pediatrician was checking on them: the babies have privacy rights just like we do and for other parents to hear what the doctor is talking to the nurses about is not appropriate. The only time we were questioned about intering the nursery was the first time my husband visited our daughter he didn't check in with anyone and just scrubbed up and went to pick her up and the head nurse asked who he was to be picking up "her Baby". She made sure our daughter was well taken care of and safe. The only problem I had was that I wanted to breastfeed and they mistakenly marked her as a "Bottle" baby, so for the first day they never called me to nurse and I didn't ask because I thought it was due to needing to get her blood sugars stabilized (which did take almost two days until my milk started coming in). The next day I asked when I got to feed her, and they let me know they thought she was supposed to be fed by bottle. After I cleared that up, they called me every 2 hours. If I was late to a feeding (I walked after my c-section to start healing sooner, I didn't go to the nursery in a wheelchair), they called to make sure I was on my way. The reason I didn't ask the first day about feeding her is because I fought the sleepiness that the anesthesia normally causes because I didn't want to miss anything and so I wasn't thinking straight (okay, I was down-right goofy). When I had my son a few years later, I let my body sleep a couple of hours and didn't lose that whole first day.

As far as cameras in the delivery room, that is up to you and your OBGYN. Some doctors are cool with it, my doctor was not - I think he had been sued before because he wouldn't let us record sonograms, either. We did not film the birth, but as soon as she was born the nurses handed my husband our Baby, took the camera from my husband and took pictures of us with the Baby, of my husband next to the Baby warmer, of him giving her a bottle of sugar water (the nurses let him be the first one to feed her). Our family was allowed, a couple of people at a time, in the operating room to see us before they took our daughter to NICU and me to recovery. They even let my husband carry her to the NICU instead of insisting she lay in the rolling crib. The nurses insisted on us taking care of her. They would come and get me saying she needed me. I would change her diapers if she had a dirty one while I was there. If I wasn't, they changed her. They didn't make her wait. The nurses were great!

My husband and I closed the factory after our son was born, but if we were to go through it again we would definitely choose NBH again. We can't say enough good things about.

Hope this helps. Congratulations!

I had all 3 of my kids at NE Baptist my friend said she had problems also but I didn't have any. You can keep the baby in the room if they try to take the baby tell them you want him to stay in the room. They may have to take him/her to run test bath & other things. I'm not sure about the nursery I know I never went in but in didn't matter because I would have the baby in the room with me. You can't have videos or camera during the birth because doctors are afraid of getting sued if something goes wrong. With my first child we were able to take pictures but that was 7 years ago. With my last child (who just turned 2) my Husband had a video in the room and my doctor reviewed the video to make sure he didn't have the actual birth on video. Hope this helps.

I had all 3 of my babies at NE Baptist and had none of these problems. I roomed in with all of my babies and the nurses were mostly supportive. The only one I had trouble with was when one was trying to get me to give my son a bottle because we were having trouble latching on at first and I said no and she said I was going to starve him. Other than that, no problems. I never sent my babies to the nursery, I don't know what the protocol for that situation is. Good luck!