"Labour and delivery, postpartum care"

Our little boy made his arrival mid January this year after a rather sudden decision to induce after our last scan. He had been struggling to grow and it was in his best interest to get him here as soon as possible even if that was nearly a month earlier than I had expected him to be here, Alisha the community midwife I had at the Bentley family hub made sure to take her time at our last appointment talking through my fear of such a quick change of plans, explaining the ways of induction, the possibility’s of what could happen, the possibility of a c section and then talking through my fears of such a large potentially emergency surgery.

We got called in for induction and Charlotte the midwife we saw when we arrived and helped get us settled was an lovely first person to have contact with so friendly and checking on me after I explained I was nervous to be in the hospital by myself for an unknown amount of time while we waited, and away from my daughter for the first time. And then there’s Janine, a literal angel the whole time, started my induction and managed to get me a private room after being sent back down from the labour ward and helped calm me back down from the disappointment assessed me again with Dee and sent me up to the next free labour room with Dee to break my waters.

The team on the labour ward came in to talk about my choices and took them on board and did some and we comprised on somethings for the safety of being able to keep an eye on my little boy, I truly felt listened to and included in all decisions. On the labour ward what a lovely surprise for me than to learn that Lindsay was to be my midwife, which means she delivered both my beautiful babies into this world having previously delivered my little girl in 2022! What a wonderful coincidence. Again Lindsay proved herself to be an amazing midwife talking me through a panic attack midway through 😅 Sapphire the student midwife was amazing as well. They both handled anything so perfectly I was very happy with my care and how well they managed to prepare for my son as one minute I was 7cm and then I told them he was on his way and sure thing he was on his way already. The speed Lindsay managed to prepare what she needed and get gloves on was unmatched.

And a special thanks for Julie who was my community midwife in my first pregnancy and saw my name and made time to come and see me after giving birth this time round such a lovely surprise to see a familiar face again so lovely to know I was remembered.

And since then the infant feeding team who we have seen pretty regularly Claire especially has been such a rock for me she has had me crying a fair few times and always manages to help me see the positives. While having to get my son checked so regularly isn’t the greatest the atmosphere with the infant feeding time and their attitude makes it such a lovely morning when I go to see them

I honestly can’t thank everyone enough who was a part of my care during my pregnancy and postpartum 💖