Anonymous wrote:Fairfax is likely to have some the highest c-section patients because that's where the high risk people go. I had a zillion complications and that's where my doctor put me so that whatever happened, we'd already be in the place where we would ultimately need to end up of something didn't go well, rather than have to transfer in.
It's a bit of a factory. But it also has all the specialties and wards right there. It was 72 hours out of my life (for that time - I had been there for a long time for the initial admit) and I just don't get the whole fixation on "birth experience". I'm five years out and I hardly remember anything.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Okay, I keep seeing posts here that are really down on INOVA Fairfax, and I can't tell if this is just some sort of snobbishness against a hospital that's in the suburbs and not in DC/Arlington, or if there's legitimate reason to think everyone at INOVA is just waiting for me to show up so they can tie me down to the bed and slice me open, as people are making it sound.
Anyone have actual experience at Fairfax one way or the other? When I asked my doctor about birthing positions, she said we wouldn't be getting in a tub of water (definitely not a problem for me as I have no interest in a water birth), but anything else was fine. Should I be doubting that?
Will you get to labor in the tub if you want? My friend (a home birth) ended up with a water birth, not so much because she was planning on it, but because the water alleviated so much of her pain while she was laboring.
Anonymous wrote:Okay, I keep seeing posts here that are really down on INOVA Fairfax, and I can't tell if this is just some sort of snobbishness against a hospital that's in the suburbs and not in DC/Arlington, or if there's legitimate reason to think everyone at INOVA is just waiting for me to show up so they can tie me down to the bed and slice me open, as people are making it sound.
Anyone have actual experience at Fairfax one way or the other? When I asked my doctor about birthing positions, she said we wouldn't be getting in a tub of water (definitely not a problem for me as I have no interest in a water birth), but anything else was fine. Should I be doubting that?
Anonymous wrote:I am curious to hear actual stories too, as I am delivering there. Three of my sisters delivered at INOVA Fairfax, and none of them had a bad experience. But, the most recent was almost 7 years ago, so I am wondering if things have gone downhill.
Anonymous wrote:Fairfax is likely to have some the highest c-section patients because that's where the high risk people go. I had a zillion complications and that's where my doctor put me so that whatever happened, we'd already be in the place where we would ultimately need to end up of something didn't go well, rather than have to transfer in.
It's a bit of a factory. But it also has all the specialties and wards right there. It was 72 hours out of my life (for that time - I had been there for a long time for the initial admit) and I just don't get the whole fixation on "birth experience". I'm five years out and I hardly remember anything.