John Peter Smith Hospital and Sharing Rooms

I do know that JPS does have private rooms, but I am not sure of how to go about ensuring that you get one. You may want to call the hospital and see what the "protocal" for a private room is. Congrats on the coming baby.

hi i want to know how was your experience at jps because i m planning to go the jps 4 my pregnancy n delivery n i m scared dont have any insurance do they cover all the bills n how r the doctors i dont know any thing please help me

i had my first so at jps and at that time i didn't think i had any insurance, but when i was admitted i found out that i had excellent insurance through my dad's work. Anyways just from those few hours i found out i had insurance they peoples attitude went from who cares to can i get you something else. I had an emergancy c-section there and now my stomach is all lopsided. My c-section is up and down. It was pretty awful. You would have thought going to a better hospital Harris, they would have fixed it. Anyways while I was there I got my own room, which was great cause I have a huge family and I couldn't see all of them in a little half room and trying to be quiet at the same time. Congrats on your new addition. Good luck

I had my son at JPS and I was lucky to have my own room.
The service there was good, I can't complain.

Unfortunately when my son had a jandice and we had to go to pediactric department , it was awful. A lot of people there, dirty, bad service and etch.

Hi J., Congratulations on your baby on the way! I'm sorry but I don't have any idea about JPS' maternity ward set up. I know at Parkland you do have to share a room, or at least you did several years ago. But the beds were all divided by a curtain from ceiling to floor so you could hear what was going on with the person in the bed next to you, but you couldn't easily see them.

When my mom was in St. Paul Hospital 7 years ago, she was assigned to a joint room with someone and couldn't stand having people in her room she didn't know, so I made arrangements to pay the difference between the shared room and a private room so she could get a room by herself. I think it was something like $40 a day more or something like that.

Now, I know if you're having your baby at JPS, it's probably because you can't afford a private hospital, so adding room expense on top of that would be prohibitive. And they may not even offer that option at JPS. But if they do, you can always ask some of your friends or relatives if they can make that your "gift" instead of a baby related present if it's really that important to you.

Some things to keep in mind based on my experience with my mom: We didn't say anything about being willing to pay more for a private room to the nurses or doctors in advance, other than saying we wished she could have a private room, because in mom's case, it was the luck of the draw depending on when she was admitted. The person admitted before her and after her both got private rooms because joint rooms were not available. She just happened to get admitted when one was so she had to get the shared room. I then had to go down to the administrative office and just write a check for the difference based on her projected stay. She was actually there longer so they just billed her for the rest. Turns out that she qualified for "financial assistance" with all of her hospital bills so she didn't have to pay anymore of the difference after all, but you shouldn't count on that as that was just her particular situation.

Again, JPS may have private rooms for new moms with c-sections, or they may have no private rooms at all. But it's an idea if that option is available to you. Good luck and congratulations again!