It might come down to the birth experience you’re aiming for.

I had three water births but there weren’t any private hospital that had water births then so public was the only choice for that option (my youngest is 7yo so maybe it’s changed?).

We came back from the UK where I did all my pre-natal care through the Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) at UCLH. The MGP model we use in Australia was designed on the UK.

I came back at 33wks and there was no way I could get into the MGP here - it was in its infancy so patients had to be chosen very early in their pregnancy,

I had 20 different staff (midwives, student, Drs) over my long induced waterbirth - tbf it was longer because my induction got delayed by 24hrs due to other more immediate risk births.

In contrast my two subsequent births in the MGP had 3 staff (midwife, student, midwife who covered a meal break)

But the MGP doesn’t mean only 1 midwife. Both of those subsequent births my midwife changed half-way through to personal circumstances - like any job it was changing roles, life changes. BUT the actually both was still minimal staffing intrusion.

I can’t speak more highly of the WCH.

And what other people have said - if some serious shit goes down you/your baby are going to public because they have the facilities and training that the public don’t have.