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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I delivered at Gtown. No experience with Shady Grove. Pros of Gtown is the nicu. Hopefully you won’t need it but if baby does you’ll both be in the same hospital. That said it is a teaching hospital so expect a lot of people in the room. I think for mine there was the doctor a resident two med students and the nurse plus the pediatrician, ped resident and another med student. Plus someone doing research kept coming in to ask if I’d join a study.  Overall a good experience but not for someone uncomfortable with a lot of strangers around [/quote]

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I delivered at Georgetown years ago.   I am very modest and to me, there were a lot of people around before, during, and after delivery (and at the moment, you just want to get through the delivery so your really don't care!) as it's a teaching hospital.  That said, I never felt lonely for medical check-ins or abandoned!   Of note, even with a problem-free pregnancy until the final 24 hours, there were unforeseen complications and our newborn needed the highest level NICU (then level III; pre-level level IV which it is now) with an ECMO station.  Thankfully, that was an elevator ride away and he was immediately cared for.  After a couple week stay, he came home and seen for a number of months for OT, PT, audiology services at GUH.   I am not in the medical field, but I believe that without a doubt, their immediate and 24/7 care saved his life. 
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