the hospital is a joke!!!
i was due to be induced with my twins one whom was breech i was nearly 38 weeks and told it would be dangerous for me to go any longer through lack of space inside me for my babies, i was sent home through lack of beds i was already dilating, i was told its ok just wait to see if they have a bed tomorrow they will phone you this was the saturday i was told it could be the next week at least, on my way home some of my waters went i phoned the hospital they said take pain killers and get a bath! i felt so ill all that day the fact id been left in the waiting room 3 hours didnt help before they told me there was no beds!
the next day i felt rotten i was in labour i have 4 other children i know what it feels like! the midwives were no help at all when i got there they stuck me in a room said i may get sent home my babies were distressed as it was i was not going home not at 6 cm dilated! after passing out and waking up with an oxygen mask on it was time for me to push i knew something was wrong drs wouldnt listen my first son came out after a few mins the midwife in charge was shouting and screaming my baby had gone grey and his lungs wouldnt inflate she pressed the buzzer and a team of drs came running in the oxygen mask didnt work they were pumping his tiny chest and doing inflation breaths on his next to me whist i was trying to push my other son out ( no 2 twin was the breech baby) the dr decided he would be a dr and the midwives were wrong my no 2 was turning fine until he decided hed cut me and manually turn him this wasnt working so another dr decided to help him ( i know what a cow feels like now) he left it 30 mins ( 8,40pm) and my son getting very stressed before he decided to shout i was going to theater there and then, my husband had to stay with our ill son, when i went to recovery i was told my first twin needed a little bit of oxygen and a feed, this was not the case at all!!! the next morning feeling absolutely shattered bruised and very sore i was wheeled to NICU ( neonatal intensive care unit) when we got there, i said to my sister that a baby infront of us on a life support machine looked so ill and tiny the 5 drs around this baby just looked as everyone but me knew this tiny ill baby was mine, he remained in NICU for 2 weeks myself and twin 2 a week we had to go home without him,the worst moments of my life everyday was a struggle for him he couldnt breathe or feed he was jaundice and had other problems, my twins are just 4 months and have just been discharged from the HV in my opinion they should stop spending money on quit smoking programmes, etc and spend more on the women and childrens they are very understaffed, half of the midwives are arrogant and unhelpful, even after my emergency section i was in so much pain i asked for help once and the midwife turned my buzzer off told me id been out and about and could get out of bed to the toilet myself! i had never had a section before i had had natural births as a section scared me! i tried to tell her i hadnt been out and about just wheeled by my husband and sister to see my ill baby in NICU she patted my shoulder and told me to go my self! i had to wait hours until change over as i couldnt get out of bed i couldnt even reach a drink of water i was in so much pain as theyd missed giving me my painkillers too, when the morning staff came on i complained but nothing came of it the main midwife Linda was a dream she was so lovely in the full week i was in there and she was on shift she made sure i had the right meds if i needed any help etc i refused help because of this midwife in 7 days i did all of my own feeds changing etc of my baby but one the day after the mw wouldnt help me i was so tired! something needs to be done or another birthing hospital built its like a cattle market in and out! read more