I'd say no. There aren't enough private rooms for the private patients as it stands and many of those end up in a semi-private room. It really makes little difference as the stay will likely be short . . and a private room can be a bit isolating. The Coombe, and I guess others, do an 'early home' scheme whereby mother and baby may be gone home in less than 24 hours (our last child was born at 1am and mother and baby were heading home by 2pm) and a midwife visits your house a couple of times over the initial days.Is it possible to order/book a private room for post-natal in the hosp, if you are not with a private doctor??
Some hospitals have no private rooms. We were in St Pauls in Kilkenny in Jan, like you we're on Aviva (corporate plan moved from VHI in Dec) and enquired about private rooms at about the same stage as you and were told they don't have any. Having said that, since there was a visitor ban in place at the time due to vomiting bug, the place was so quiet, it actually didn't matter and was great.
Where is St. Paul's in Kilkenny ?
In the bigger Maternity Hospitals there is a difference between a Private Room in the Private section of the Hospital and a Private Room in the main part of the Hospital. With the former you must be a private patient and have paid circa €4000 - 5,000 for your consultants care, it is the nicer part of the Hospital, bigger room, ensuite and tv etc also choice of food etc. A private room in the main section is like a box room, small cubicle type room and these are kept for Mothers who lose a baby or experience complications or whose baby is in the ICU.
I know with the 3 main maternity hospitals in Dublin you would have virtually zero chance of a private room if you are not a private patient.
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