A horrible experience with labor and delivery. The bad stadf well outweighed the few good. Several environmental issues. No mom wants to be in a sauna room while she labors. Taking a decent temperature shower would also be ideal. Did not return to have my second child. I learned what professionalism in L and D looked like.

I only give 2 stars because my labor and delivery team was very good. However the team of nurses that came after made me feel stressed, scared, EXHAUSTED, and completely incompetent. i ended up leaving after 24 hours because i couldnt take it anymore. I would like to point out that i think a big part of the problem was hospital policy. But while i was there my nurses were more concerned about my newborn not eating that they couldnt notice that i stopped smiling and was falling apart. Everyone ignored the fact that when ever they talked to me about my baby my eyes were welling up because i didnt know how to feed a baby from an empty supply. I gave birth at 7 am on the 14 and left at 5pm on the 15 and got NO sleep. By 4 am on the 15 i handed my baby over to my fiance so i could sleep and 15 mins later a nurse came in woke me up for my vitals. Took my baby from my fiance and insisted i should be more focused on feeding him. I finally asked my nurse to ask my dr if i could be discharged and that i no longer wished to breastfeed my baby. Defeat. My dr said yes. But their pediatrician said not until he feeds. Now because this is a "baby friendly" hospital i thought formula was not permitted. It wasnt until just before i was discharged when i was offered formula to feed my baby as a supplement. Less than 4 hrs after i got home i became engorged. All i needed was a little sleep in order to feed my baby.

If they could just get the dietary, kitchen situation straightened out. That would be nice. Been here two days and they haven't gotten one order right yet.

I have always been treated well here. From appointments to short-term stays everything is always been great and people have been very helpful and courteous.

Was more than impressed with everyone I came in contact with from the time I entered the E.R. to the time I was discharged a day and a half later. Services were fast, entire staff bent over backwards to deal with my issue and to make me feel as comfortable as possible. Carrissa, my ER nurse, was amazing as were Jemimah and Rebecca up in surgical. Had so many departments and people doing things to me and every one of them was professional and pleasant. Well done EGH.