"No equal rights for males (dads)"

After problems in pregnancy we were sent to gate 18b triage. A corridor was used as a waiting room. We waited in a corridor for 12 hours with no food or water.

Gate 18 maternity unit, most individual staff were absolutely brilliant. But we experienced a few staff who seemed incompetent and put our baby down a path of poor care. There was no control of temperature in maternity unit and the temperature of the HVAC fluctuated to the point where our baby needed to constantly change layer of clothes. We were not sure that whoever checked our baby's temperature was doing it correctly. My baby was too hot and made him not want to be fed only to be constantly told he's too cold and needs to be warmer. A midwife stormed in and said he needs to be heated up with the heated bed on the basis by another staff member saying he was 35.9c. The midwife rechecked and he was 37c. If I hadn't intervened he could have been killed or seriously ill. Staff led to my baby being slightly dehydrated and needing top up feeding the next day.

The place did not feel like a good environment for a mother. A mother's health could deteriorate the longer they stay in maternity unit. Contributing factors include lack of privacy due to sharing a room with 5 mothers and food that was absolutely disgusting. 

There were no equal rights for male (dads) or the other parent of the child. Parents were not allowed to stay with their baby overnight. Dads/parents have to leave the unit to use any facilities such as the toilet.