Can anyone recommend Methodist Hospital or St. Lukes (both in San Antonio med center) for labor and delivery? What they offer, how they were treated, ect? I'm trying to decide which hospital would be better. Thanks for your help!!!!
Hi Kristen,
I personally would recommend St. Lukes. I haven't experienced Methodist, but I had 2 c-sections at St. Lukes. I had a lot of pain after my 2nd due to air trapped in my abdomen. I had never been treated with so much care and compassion at a hospital. I wanted my 4 yr old daughter to see me before I went in to have my son, but my MIL had went to the wrong hospital. They already took me back to prep for surgery when my daughter arrived. The staff went ahead and let my husband bring her back to see me. I will always go to St. Lukes for anything. Every room is private at no extra charge. Great Staff!
Best of luck choosing!
Brandy
My doctor only delivered at St. Lukes Baptist Hospital in the Med Center. I thought the staff was wonderful and the hospital itself is very clean. I have had friends that have delivered at Methodist and they did not have any complaints either. I do not think you will go wrong with either choice. Good luck!
i delivered at st luke's. they were excellent. very nice and attentive. the delivery room was HUGE, so me, hubby MIL and midwife pushed at one end, while my son and FIL were at the other end in the recliner and we had plenty of room. FIL took son down the hall to family lounge when he needed to move around, and we were all fine. i delivered on good friday and had to stay thru easter monday. we were treated very well. a very attentive nurse saw blue around my dtr's lips and ran her blood Oxygen, called the Ped and had it tested and monitored. she was fine, but we had to stay a little longer. Better safe than rush back to hosp on easter!
good luck!
Kate
We had both of our girls at Methodist and loved it. The nurses were wonderful and we spent the extra $ to stay in the 10 South suite for my postpartum recovery. If that is an option for you, I would highly recommend it. If you have any specific questions, I'd be happy to answer.
Good luck and happy gestating!
Agi
I delivered at St. Luke's in September. The staff was great, the L&D room was nice...but the hospital lacks Wi-Fi, the Post-partum room was TINY and had dirty linens still in it and the prior occupants razor was still in the shower. I like my doc so I will probably have to deliver there again. Had I known I was only going to need to stay one night (my choice) I would have sprung for the VIP suite. What I really liked was that they respected my wishes...I delivered without drugs, requested that my son stay with me the ENTIRE time (he only went to the nursery for his pedi exam & hearing exam), they delayed eye drops for the first hour, left us time to bond, bathed him in my room a few hours after he was born...they gave in to all of my wishes, that was worth everything to me!
I delivered at St. Lukes and loved it! The Nurses were awesome, the whole experience was excellent. My doctor has priviledges at both hospitals and he told me from the beginning to choose St. Lukes-once you go Baptist you don't go back!
Don't know anything about St.Lukes, but I had all 3 of mine in methodist. I had good care and any problems were not with the actual hospital or staff. If anything, they were overly cautious. I was treated well.
Methodist is way better than st lukes…ive bn to both for dif reasons.methodist in er sides r nicer…my dad was in out cuz of liver stuff…he drank alot n st lukes i did cuz i gave birth there…that was at night n the ppl didnt give a crap n the manager who just got promoted to it was in a bad mood she was like i already. told u dnt bug me…jst figure it out…she was a bit chunky n so anyway that convo happened wen they were drawing my .the nures asked n paged on the walkie talkie a question n she blew up…i was like oh man im screwed. It didnt stop there .the admission desk gave me the third degree like ur sure ur having the baby ur sure this is the place…like wtf…its a hospital yeah…n so wen i had my baby at st .lukes they hardly wanted the baby not that im complaining bt they go oh i think hes poop while shes doing smthng n holding the baby n i go u want me to chamge him r u ?? N so she goes no ill do it…i gotta take him anyway n do othr stuff n she mustve bn lazy cuz they called cps on me n said i showed no interest in the baby.etc.they smile to ur face bt talk behind ur bk.r in front.geez.i had like 4 r 5 nurses cuz they rotate n i cant believe all bt one liked me…i didnt even give trouble 😰😗…n it was a bit weird cuz the 1 that liked me lookedlike my cousin who jst passed n on top of that she had her name.that bought. Me a bit of comfort…i knw that problem wasnt about me tho…i got 6 kids hows it not possibile to show interest in ababy wen u got a ton already?? ithght st luke was a good omen cuz 1 ofmy kids name is luke… bull crap.the rooms r small like the size of the bathroom. .methodist r anywhere wld b better.i wanted to do Methodist cuz they do the cord blood banking n u can donate it r save it for a monthly charge bt my doc didnt do it there n so i figured if i switched a doc ill try a new hospital .both those choices didnt work.the dr charged for everything he cld …even fake crap…n the hospital too…avoid st…lukes …also this was 2 years ago…hope it got better