"A positive C section experience"

Thank you to the team for everything in connection with our pregnancy and elective C section.

I was anxious about the delivery after an awful experience at another hospital with my first three years ago and birth trauma/PND afterwards. However, the staff at the Victoria were professional, showed compassion and genuine care.

I never once felt bad about ringing the buzzer during the night to help lift my baby out etc, which was something I was deterred from doing last time. I found the medical side to be very thorough, lots of monitoring and care taken. And unlike last time, I didn't feel rushed to get back on my feet quickly post-op, rather staff were very comfortable for me to go at a sensible pace, which I think has helped me recover quicker since.

My only suggestion for possible improvement might be that I sometimes found the breastfeeding support a wee bit critical rather than encouraging and positive - I don't think it was meant to come across like this, rather it was probably my interpretation because of previous bad experiences after my first child. But worth being sensitive to this kind of thing perhaps.

But, overall, thank you for what has been a healing birth experience in completing my family.