"Given no help with the baby"

It’s taken me a few month before I decided to post this however I felt it needed shared to prevent it happening in future to others. 

I fell pregnant last year, my son is now a few months old. Within ten weeks of being pregnant I had a heavy bleed and visited the hospital I understood they couldn’t do much but the doctors attitude that day was disgusting, I was told that if it was a miscarriage that was just it, no scan was offered, no checks to myself. Just sent straight home with no follow up, unsure if I had miscarried or not... having had previously. 

Luckily this wasn’t the case, the week prior to having my son I was in daily with serve back pain. Not one person checked my cervix or anything else, sent to physio who suspected early labour yet still no one listened? 

I was sent in to be induced, my cervix was open.. after 1 pessary & 30 minutes later my waters broke, I was 3cm. I was loads of pain, every contraction felt like I needed to push however I was told I was just a naive young girl, that I wasn’t dilated enough, come to 5cm still in ward of 6 people, I was told to be quiet I was scaring others in the room and was only given paracetamol. I was then taken into a small room just off the ward, finally gas and air after begging and pleading. By this point I was in so much pain I was blacking out, 7cm I finally got to labour ward and was given epidural. My first 7cm were quick, 5hours! But then 6hours stuck at 9cm, 5hours into being stuck at 9cm I got hormonal drip. Shortly after a doctor visited and said that I should have been in theatre at 3cm as baby was in an undeliverable position. Back to back-with his chin coming out first. By this point I was swelling down there. 

I was taken to emergency c-section, after this I was given no help with baby despite not being able to stand that night etc. Trying to reach for baby from my bed. The bed buzzer didn’t work either, I informed them but no one listened again. More than one occasion they forgot my blood thinning injection. Once able to stand I was to scared to sit down in case I couldn’t get back up to my baby. I was exhausted cried every night after my partner left as I felt so alone. One midwife told me to man up, and that everyone gets the same. 

I never managed to get a shower the full 5 days I was in as the water stopped working, the lifts stopped working, the toilet and electricity stopped working. 

I was beyond over the moon to get home after more of less demanding to be discharged. 

However On my last day I did get a lovely midwife whom helped me find my latch with my little boy, and I can’t thank her enough .

I shall never return here