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"My experience was a 10/10"

About: Borders General Hospital / Maternity care

(as the patient),

I had a planned c section in the BGH recently. It was my third birth but first elective section. I was very nervous. But what a team looked after me! I am terrible with names but a stand out for me was the anaesthetist. She was exactly what a nervous patient needed. Calm, professional and caring. The section took a bit longer due to scaring from previous emergency section and big baby who needed a bit of TLC when he came out and even though I was aware things were trickier I didn’t panic and it was down to the team they were truly fantastic. Lots of lovely faces before, during and after the operation.

The anaesthetist kept me updated throughout on top of making sure I was well medicated and not feeling sick etc she was also explaining to me every step of the way. So grateful to her for this. My surgeon was amazing too and I’m so grateful she delivered my beautiful boy safely. The midwives were fantastic too. I had a lovely midwife with me right through the day and then over night another lovely midwife. My experience was a 10/10. Thank you all. 

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Response from Claire Grieve, Clinical Manager, Women & Children’s Services, NHS Borders 7 hours ago
Claire Grieve
Clinical Manager, Women & Children’s Services,
NHS Borders
Submitted on 14/10/2025 at 14:56
Published on Care Opinion at 14:56


Thank you so much attendanthd33 for taking the time to feed back to us.

I'm so glad you had such a positive experience, surgery for the first time can be very daunting so it's understandable you had anxieties around this.

It is lovely to hear that you felt you had such good care from the entire team, I will share your kind words, they will be delighted!

I hope you and your family are settling into life with your new baby at home!

Kind Regards

Claire

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