I had my son at Oakwood-Dearborn in 06/2007. I could not have been happier with my experience! I had excellent care. My nurses were amazing, the aides were very attentive. I could not have asked for a better experience! When I went in to have my daughter in 09/2008, I was excited about doing it all over again. My excitement quickly turned to utter disappointment! The nurses were rude, complaining about how overworked they were. I had a pre-op nurse from hell. She had to poke me 4 times for blood and an IV. I was told I could walk out to the parking garage to go home, rather than being wheeled out in a wheelchair. Mind you I had just had a c-section, my 2nd c-section in 15 months!! It was horrible!

I had my son at Oakwood and would never give birth anywhere else. All of the nurses were excellent and the food was great!

I had all 3 of my chldren at Oakwood, Dearborn. My first was to be born at Annapolis, that quickly changed as had severe pre-eclampsa at 26 weeks, we were taken by ambulace to Oakwood and 3 days later with an emergency c-section (with new doctors, I never met before, the maternal fetal medicine team) my regular ob never called or checked on me to this day 7 years later! Anyhow, my 1 pound 13 ounce baby was born and spent 53 days in the NICU. The NICU at Oakwood cannot be beat, they treated us with honesty, care and love. Like we were their family! We missed them and still we thnk about them all the time, without them, well you know. We look at our beautiful son and just cannot believe the obstacles he over-come. We began our second pregnancy with the same high risk doctors that we had for our boy. 12 weeks into the pregnancy, we were in our second visit and had to have an ultrasound, becasue they could not find a heartbeat, I knew the look on the nurses face as well the look on the lady doing the ultrasound. There was somethng wrong, our baby had a "bladder outlet obstruction" which we were told would be fatal, there was a 0% chance of survival. The doctors thought the little heart would not last more than a couple more weeks, week after week we went in for heart beat checks, I could not feel my daughter move because she could not move, her bladder had taken over every inch of space. Were we offered options and we considered them, but I could not go through with any if them, what we decided was to let everything run its intended course. Our little girl was born at 26 weeks, the NICU was called again, only to make her comfortable if needed, our baby was born "sleeping" she must have gone to sleep right before she was born. All I ever asked God for was for her not to suffer. I know she did not suffer, she began her lfe in me and I loved her with all my heart! The MFM doctor comforted me greatly, as my husband was so over-come with so many emotions. The staff at Oakwood made sure we held our baby and had as much time as we needed, once again, we felt lke family. Our nurses cried with us and for us. 6 months later we decided it was time to try ti have another baby, my arms ached for a baby, but we NEVER felt as we would "replace" our Emily. We once again went back to MFM and once agiain we were in their excellent care, my husband was a mess and I was too but I just knew that everythng would be fne this time. At 15 weeks one of my screenings came back as high for down syndrome. For two weeks we held our breath and then the news came that our third child, a girl, was perfectly fine! We had an emergency c-section at 37 weeks and all went fine. My stay at Oakwood was perfect in every way, although when on cloud 9, who notices what! I can tell you there are no better doctors than the Maternal Fetal Medicine Doctors at Oakwood, I know that 2 have have left since I had our third baby, I want to have another and it will not be the same but I know it will be fine. I go an visit the NICU every now and then. I am glad that Oakwood was there for my family. I was so inspired by the nurses in the NICU that I am seriously considering becoming a nurse. I want to be there for other people when they need someone. I know I can do this and I truly belive it is what I should have been doing all my life!

Only my youngest child was born here. I really didn't like how different the experience was. I had both of my girls at a smaller hospital where you labored, delivered, and stayed in the same room until you went home. The only reason that I was here was because my sone was two months premature. So I am very impressed with the NICU. I wouldn't want my preemie born any other place.

I have had both my children at this hospital and the staff was always friendly! The postpartum rooms though were FILTHY! they looked like they havent been cleaned in a month or so! Other than that I love taht hospital!