"Maternity care"

My son was born in Craigavon Area Hospital. This was my first baby. My waters broke 2 days before at 11am and I was told I would have to be induced 24 hours later as my risk of infection would go up. However I didn’t end up being induced until 38 hours later. This then lead to me having to get an emergency c section as I did get a bad infection and became very sick and baby was in distress. This was an extremely scary time for me and my partner and I definitely wish my first time having a baby didn’t end up like this.

However, I cannot thank every one of the midwives that cared for me in the delivery ward enough, I cannot fault the care they gave me and still 3 months later I think of them and how amazing they were to us. They were called Aideen, Maeve, Rishona, Francesca and Angela. I would really love them to know how much I appreciated their care and compassion. I actually remember in amongst all the chaos before being sent for the emergency c section, Aideen comforting my partner as he was overwhelmed and scared for me and our baby, I know he appreciated this just as much as I did.

They were all so kind and honestly got us through a long and hard labour/delivery. Also a special mention to Leeann who was also working that morning and held my hand and comforted me as I was being prepped for my c section. My birth experience was not what I wanted to happen to me but without all these amazing women it would have been much harder. Even though I’m sure they won’t remember me, I really hope they get to know how thankful me and my partner are!