"Delivery in ABC"

My experience of care in the ABC was positive throughout and both sister Christine and midwife Sarah who assisted with my delivery were listening to my wishes and needs and acting on these. They and the midwives on duty the next night and day went beyond my expectations in trying to make things as comfortable as possible for me and my husband while we waited for a further assessment of our new baby and they even managed to get me assessed by physio before I was discharged which was something I was keen for after a difficult recovery last time.

My only criticism of my experience in the RJMH for labour and delivery is that it isn't possible to access the ABC immediately on arrival in labour. I feel that if a lady was assessed antenatally as suitable for the ABC it would be great if she could go directly to the unit on arrival to be assessed there instead of having to wait first in reception and then in the assessment unit where the experience is much less pleasant. I didn't get to the ABC until I was pretty much pushing out the baby despite having arrived at hospital over 2 hours earlier.