Pregnant Durban Mommies

Thanks Rosebud. I will give Dr Akpun a call. Is his consulting rooms at the Hillcrest Hospital? Did u do a tour of the maternity ward? I have been to the Hillcrest Private Hospital Website and was very impressed with the pics but I cant wait to actually go for a tour of the maternity ward. How did your scan go? Do u know what u having yet? I am going in for my next appointment next thurs and cannot wait to find out. Really hoping for a LB as we have a 2 year old LG.

@ Lola, i had heard bad things about Dr Ventress, and a friend was seeing doctor Akpun, so i decided to go to him, he really took his time and answered all of my questions.. The hospital is absolutely stunning i go on Tuesday for my next scan i will be about 18 weeks so very exited!!

@Juandre, i was also relatively happy with my westville gynae, hospital was great but service was not the greatest... The staff were not informative and i never comfortable because no one had a smile on their face...

Thanks for the tips and the warning about Dr Ventress. Will defnitely look into Crompton hospital as well.
all the best with the rest of your pregnancy.

Michelle- yes I am with Bassa- he has delivered all my babies. He is the most amazing man.

Lola- I agree with Michelle- stay away from Dr Ventress. Perhaps have a look at Crompton too as it has an active birth unit and a lovely maternity ward. Dr. Bassa practices at Crompton and he is wonderful.

@Juandre... are you with Dr Bassa at Crompton? I've only heard the best things about him and he was my first choice but he was just so busy and I couldn't get in to see him so I went with my second choice of Dr Mahomed and I don't regret it at all, love her to bits. And small world I know the head of the maternity unit @ Crompton, Ronel, and you are so right, the Crompton Maternity Unit is world class. If I wasn't having to pay cash for the birth, I would have gone with Crompton but I'm not unhappy with my choice of Nu Shifa as they also have an active birth unit.

@Rosebud... I found out at about 17 weeks that we're having a little girl and this was confirmed by the foetal anatomy scan at 20 weeks.

@Lola... If you decide to go with Hillcrest Private Hospital, stay far away from Dr Ventress!!

Hi Rosebud

I am also 15 weeks with baby no.2. I dont live in Dbn at the moment but will be moving to Dbn in May and have been doing some research on the hospitals in Dbn. I was so excited when I came across Hillcrest Private Hospital cos its exactly what I had been looking for. I gave birth to my first baby at Linkwood in Johannesburg and had been looking for a similar hospital in Durban. I noticed there were only 3 Gynaes that deliver there. would you recommend Dr Akpun. While the hospital seems great I would much prefer a reputable gynae than hospital so defnitely need to find a good Gynae.
How did u come across Dr Akpun?

We have decided with this baby not to find out the gender- they can usually tell you at your 16 week scan. We knew with our 2 girls what we were having but dont want to know this time.

All my friends that have gone to Westville have been happy with their gynae's but not with the service at the hospital.