"Great birth experience"

Just a short message to say thank you to all the staff who cared for me when I gave birth to my second son in November. Every member of staff I dealt with was helpful and caring, nothing was a bother to them. Particular thanks to my midwife and the student midwife who delivered my baby and ensured it was a calm and controlled delivery. I'm lucky that it was quick and smooth and I didn't even require stitches. Despite covid the hospital felt very safe and my husband was with me, the lack of visitors wasn't a problem as it meant could spend uninterrupted time with my baby. We ended up in for a few nights as baby required phototherapy and we were moved to a huge single room, it was great!

My attempt at bf failed for a variety of reasons and it's maybe not fair to compare but when my other son was in neonatal last year for a period of time I felt the support was better. Having said that there were a few fab ladies who did try help me during the first night with hand expressing. But it's a busy place so I can understand the infant feeding support might not be the same as when dealing with a premature baby. I came to my own decision to move to formula so not trying to allocate blame as I was desperate to get home!

Special thanks also to my community midwife who was a pleasure to deal with throughout. Thank you all so much I could not have asked for a better delivery, antenatal and hospital experience.