"Great care from midwives"

I was admitted to labour ward after having a balloon induction the previous day.

Despite knowing how busy the unit was we received excellent care from everyone involved. Especially midwife  Shona and student midwife Taylor and midwife Ashley and student Nicole. They really took the time to read through our birth plan/ preferences and discussed everything at length with us.

Things didn’t go according to my ideal plan of having minimal interventions due to needing to be induced but every step of the way it was explained to us why each intervention was required. Every effort was made to help us achieve as much of our preferences as possible. We ended up needing to go to theatre for an assisted delivery with forceps. This was quite daunting and I was worried about needing a section if this didn’t work. Moira looked after me and kept me calm on the way to theatre and while I was getting the spinal. I was in a lot of pain at this point due to the baby’s position and as my epidural had worn off but she kept me calm and reassured me. She then kept me informed of everything the doctors were doing and coached me through pushing with each contraction. 

The care we received in the post natal ward was also excellent. We had a lot of input from all staff to help us with breastfeeding which helped us to get off to a great start. We also had input from physio, feeding team and neonatal which made us feel really well looked after. 

Thank you to everyone to help us welcome our baby boy safely.