Morgan Horan

Review of Holy Cross Medical Center

I will give 2 stars, one for the nurses being quic...

I will give 2 stars, one for the nurses being quick to respond, being caring and attentive on the maternity suite, and one for the nurses making sure my baby was ok due to a medical issue. But I will not give more stars and this is why; I gave birth two times at this hospital because it's close to my home and I felt it was the only option and only affordable place. With my second pregnancy, my labor was more painful and the nurses on the labor and delivery floor were not very helpful. Both times I have given birth, I did the pant-blow breathing technique for strong contractions, which works for me, but both times I gave birth, the nurses told me or implied to me, I shouldn't be breathing the way I was. It was like they were telling me I wasn't breathing correctly, when I know many sources that talk about the pant-blow breathing technique being helpful. Hearing someone say that just undermined my confidence and made labor more painful. I recommend that Holy Cross trains the nurses on the labor and delivery floor to be educated on the breathing techniques for labor because clearly they don't know and end up trying to control the situation. The other reason I won't give another star is because they're was a lot of misunderstanding about my medicine dosage even though I told them and they messed up my baby's doctor's visit. I get to my doctor's office and they told me Holy Cross gave me the wrong appointment date on the paper. Staff at Holy Cross, I know it may be tough to work in a hospital but please get it together.