Anybody used St. Francis to birth a baby?

LOL @ finding it. Glad to hear of at least one good experience!

Really easy to get to. I just moved here and was able to find it all by myself .

Just take 288 and the Luck's Lane exit. Go left (if you are coming from the South) at the end and then it's at the 2nd light (Charter Colony). Hospital is on the corner.

I'm not so sure if they are midwife friendly because last year there were two midwives there and they were both let go. Just about a month ago another midwife was able to get her foot in the door (Leslie Fehan). So, it's really hard to say. When I visited there the other day, I asked the lady on the L&D floor whether there were any VBAC friendly docs and she kind of wrinkled her nose. She did give me the names of two docs who she thought would be open, but I didn't leave there feeling confident that it was going to be a good match. So, I hope that someone comes along and gives me the real scoop--good or bad!

It's true that it wasn't a St. Francis thing, but at the same time I wonder how open the hospital is since they have mostly dealt with OB's since the two were "let go". I'm glad that one m/w is there now and hope to see more with the various practices at St. Francis.

I wonder if the climate is dictated by who is practicing there. KWIM? Like, if there were more m/w's there, would the nursing staff start catering more towards that or would they stick by the hospital "rules" for certain things. A lot depends on the women who are using a particular institution as well. If they simply go along with a medical model, then the nursing staff and others would follow suit to accommodate that. If more women wanted a natural birth, then the hosptal staff may be more inclined to hold off on the interventions longer.

Not sure if I'm making any sense at this point and mostly just thinking out loud, but do you see what I mean?

It's been hard to determine where the chips fall at St. Francis (admittedly I've had very limited discussions with them).