St. Michael’s Hospital

I gave birth to both of my sons here and have only words of praise for the staff both during my labour and afterwards.
The labour room (I had the same one both times, three years apart!) was very large, airy and well equipped so we felt very comfortable in there. The bed looked scary, as they usually do but there was also a rocking chair as well as all the usual equipment. The en suite bathroom was very clean and cosy with a big bath and handy panic button.
I left the same day the first time but stayed on a ward for the night last time and it wasn’t too bad. The bathrooms were quite clean and the food was okay, although I didn’t have much due to a lack of vegetarian options.
The staff, especially the midwives were great though and really helpful. I believe they recently won an award for their pro breastfeeding stance, which is deserved.
Only weird thing was having to push the babies in front of us in their little plastic cots wherever we went. It was like being at a surreal supermarket!
I have had a couple of out patient appointments here as well — for SPD during pregnancy and to have my son’s tongue tie corrected and was really impressed on both occasions.
The only problem, and it is quite a big one considering that this is a maternity hospital, is there is hardly any parking. If you arrive in the middle of the night then you should be fine but my husband had to park about fifteen minutes walk away last time, which was really inconvenient! He had to chuck me out of the car (while I was in labour) at the door then leave me on my own while he went off to try and park as near as possible. It was really absurd.