There is often not even a pretense of saving the fetus. If you are OBVIOUSLY miscarrying and there is no hope at all for the fetus, they won't treat you of there is still a heartbeat, even if you are developing sepsis. |
That will be the very rare hospital. Spreading misinformation as if this particular hospital has such a policiy, or even a lot or most is wrong. |
Back in 2020, I initially planned to deliver at Holy Cross in Silver spring. However, at one point I was sent there from an appointment due to concern for fetal distress and I found the overall experience rushed and disappointing. I didn't feel like my voice was heard and I felt that the team was pushing for a C-section. Thankfully everything ended up being fine and I was sent home. I later decided to deliver at Washington hospital center and had a really great experience. The facility overall felt a bit outdated but I was very supported by the team. |
That's how I felt although I did deliver at Georgetown which seems different. |
If this is misinformation (it's not), then it's funny how HC won't give their policy about these things publicly. Call them and ask. You will get nowhere. They could easily just put a policy on their website but they are intentionally being cagey. I happen to know that HC specifically will not remove an embryo from a fallopian tube to save a mother's life. They might unnecessarily remove the entire fallopian tube, damaging a woman's fertility and robbing her of a needed body part for no good reason. They will also transfer to a less misogynistic and insane facility. But they won't just remove the damn embryo when that is the safest and least harmful option. |
? You realize it felt different simply because you attributed a lot of fear/assumptions to Holy Cross because it’s a catholic hospital yet for whatever reason you didn’t attribute those same fears to Georgetown…a catholic hospital. Weird because they aren’t different based on your metric. Georgetown is gross imho. |
Well those are her options. You wouldn’t go to Georgetown either? Please tell us why. |
+1000000000000000 |
Not PP and absolutely not. |
Dp but, uh, read the thread. And no, there are other options, Kaiser has non Catholic hospitals like rhc. |
My mom has Kaiser and just spent 4 days in Holy Cross Silver Spring.
Multiple times I had to track down the nurses to make sure she got her medication. There was nothing pleasant or reassuring about the place. I know the maternity ward is probably different from the Kaiser medical floor, but I have stated emphatically that we won't accept a transfer there ever again. |
Had my first at Holy Cross. It was not great but not sure how much of it was HCs fault. It was during covid and it was super crowded so we had the worst room postpartum and I wasn't thrilled with my failed induction (medically ordered) turned c section. Kinda felt like there was always someone more urgent than me despite me dealing with some special concerns due to being medically high risk. We wasted a lot of time just waiting for folks.
Also, the room was bad because it was leaking and they brought in a tech without letting us know ahead of time, which wasn't awesome as an exhausted first time mom trying to breastfeed. Not a great surprise. The maternity ward pre birth was much nicer but we weren't there long at all! |