"Genuinely surprised by Amazing maternity care"

I was due to give birth end of January 2018 at UCH. I decided on that hospital because I had heard good things. I was told towards end of pregnancy by UCH that i had placenta previa and the chances of a bleed was possible. One afternoon a month later and 6 weeks before my due date I started bleeding heavily at home and had to call the ambulance. Our closest hospital is North Midd so the paramedics took me there. They called ahead and when I arrived there were two doctors scrubbed up and ready to take me in for an emergency c section and nurses on stand by. The bleed slowed down but I was kept in on bed rest until they gave me a date for a c section (the consultant decided to give baby more cooking time before we took him/her out) the consultants were very patient and sweet and supportive as I was very nervous and emotional. My husband and I must have asked a million questions and never once did we feel we were undermined or rushed. Our son arrived safely a month early. And the surgery though complicated with the placenta, was successful. Our son had breathing difficulties when he arrived and was rushed to ICU. They put me in my own private room so i wouldn't have to be around other mothers with their newborns. They were very understanding and sympathetic in what was a very difficult time for new parents. Our son was taken care of in neonatal beautifully and soon was off the ventilator and i was given a room near his ward by the end of his week stay there so we could establish a breastfeeding routine. Honestly if I am truthful I dreaded going to north mid that first evening in ambulance because I was convinced UCH was the place for me. But the care and expertise from the nurses, consultants and midwives was outstanding and if I were to be lucky enough to have a 2nd baby I would not hesitate to give birth there again. From Louise, Neo and baby Raphael x