Best Rooms - Labor, Delivery, Recovery
Any recommendations from parents that have toured the LDR/P rooms at the hospitals in Berkeley and Oakland? Which are the most comfortable - Alta Bates, Kaiser, UCSF Oakland Childrens? Thanks in advance!
Mar 18, 2017
Parent Replies
I don't think it really matters, if you can pay the private-room surcharge I would do that. And whichever location you can get to without getting stuck in traffic should probably be the most important factor.
I can speak to Kaiser Oakland, as I just had a baby there in February. It was very comfortable! The labor room was spacious and clean, with good space for my partner. The post-partum room was private (a private room is a MUST! I can't believe some are still shared!) and also clean, modern, and adequately sized, and my partner had a comfortable (enough) sofa that converted to a bed. He is 6'1" and just barely fit on it, however. There was good space for visitors and the nurses. The food was average and edible. I only have CPMC in the city to compare Kaiser to, which was old and antiquated (which is why they're building the new hospital now). Thumbs up to the Kaiser Oakland facilities.