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virtua vs cooper

can you please tell me pros/cons about either? i live closer to virtua but my obgyn works for cooper so im trying to decide if i want to change now so that i can deliver at virtua or if cooper is ok...

thanks!

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Re: virtua vs cooper

  • not sure, but i delivered at virtua mt. holly and they were great!
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  • Hey Veg! I am not far from you at all so let me know if you need anything!?

    I delivered at Virtua and it was great. Now Cooper is a great hospital BUT its in Camden.....where it is isn't THAT bad of an area, but its still Camden. Its an intimidatingly large hospital as well. I always get lost......I almost delivered at Capitol Health but changed b/c it was Trenton and I didn't want DH/visitors traveling back and forth into Trenton.?

    ?Either way you are in good places. I would want to be in Cooper if there was something really wrong with me. But I was very happy with Virtua Mt. Holly...very good "service", good food, internet access. And I like the practice I am with. I loved most of the staff at Virtua and felt like I was in a hotel.....LOL. You'll get that after you deliver.?

  • hey kelly!

    i live right near virtua in voorhees..its down the street from me. when we went to cooper today, i hated it... i know cooper is great if something is wrong...but as far as i know nothing is. i dont know where to start to go about changing doctors at this point.

    anyone have OBGYN recs in marlton/voorhees area that deliver at virtua?

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    hey kelly!

    i live right near virtua in voorhees..its down the street from me. when we went to cooper today, i hated it... i know cooper is great if something is wrong...but as far as i know nothing is. i dont know where to start to go about changing doctors at this point.

    anyone have OBGYN recs in marlton/voorhees area that deliver at virtua?

    i go to phoenixobgyn in moorestown- but i know they have several locations 

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  • Okay, I also use Phoenix....you should call them. They would definitely take you in the middle of PG (I came to them at 20 weeks). Its definitely worth a call to them.

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  • Actually I was well over 20 weeks when I changed. The only PITA is getting your records transfered over.
  • how far is that phoenix office from rt 73 in marlton?
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  • I would think the medford office is closest to you.?
  • My deciding factors in choosing Virtua:

    Stellar NICU @ Voorhees

    Not a university hospital, although I agreed to a student nurse attending for my 1st postpartum AM care... not the best decision I made, but I was in a happy, generous, 'new mommy' state of mind.

    Not in Camden.

     

    mobun7 delivered at Cooper...you can page her if you have specific questions too ( she's a very good IRL friend of mine)

     

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  • i go to cherry hill gyn/assc. in mt. laurel. they are located right off of rt. 73 and fellowship road. i absolutely LOVE the practice and they deliver at virtua voorhees. i see dr. richman, but everyone there is fab! it's worth looking into. :)
  • Helloooo! ?I delivered at Cooper in July and I have no complaints. ?Yes, it is a university hospital in Camden,and there were lots of people in my room just as I was about to deliver, but all in all the staff and students took tremendous care of my son and I....they even hooked my husband up with some breakfast! :) ?I would deliver there again if I could.
  • I delivered at Cooper and it was great!  I don't know much about Virtua, but have only heard good things.  Cooper had all private rooms, its own food service (seperate from the rest of the hospital and overall pretty good) and I love my Dr. so it was a no brainer for me.  They also have a new parking garage right next to the L&D building so it was really easy to get in and out.  It was my first baby and I didn't want to be alone, so my husband stayed on a cot with me the entire time.  The room used to be for two, so it was huge!  It was also very clean and the nurses were great! 

    Overall, I don't think you can fo wrong either way.  I was nervous about being at Cooper, especially since I live literally right down the street from Kennedy Wash. Twp., but it worked out great!

    HTH. 

  • I delivered at Cooper and had a great experience.  With the new parking garage, you never have to set foot in Camden.  I love my doctors.  Yes it is a teaching hospital and you often have a bunch of people in the room when the doctor is examining you, but I look at it as I'm helping their future.  I plan on delivering the next baby there too.
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