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Treatment I received while being in labour and after is ..shocking! I was due 4th of May 2012, I passed that date and supposed to be induced on 16th.. hostpital did not call that day, so I called myself. They said "we are too busy, no room for you; call in few hours".. I was on phone all day, no one even tried to give me any information.. so next day I just went there myslef.. was waiting half a day for a room.. for all my stay I was induced by three different medicines.. after 30hrs and first one [that didnt work]they told me i need to be transfered to birth centre as i ve passed 42 wks and home birth cant deal with me anymore..but first i had to wait for a free room in birth centre.. and that was when my water were already broken..they transfered me in the middle of a night to birth centre and i was left for nearly an hour on my own with leaking waters and growing contractions.. i was going outside of the room to look for any midwife, anyone who could take care of me.. when midwife came, i told her i had contractions and she said "no, you dont, cause you wouldnt be albe to talk!" :O .. i had to beg her to take me on c-section as my baby didnt respond on any drip/medicine.. and she said that " c-section is out of option"... in teh morning iw as transfered agan to new room , the "dlivery ".. over there another midewife couldnt care for anything, she didnt even talk to me!.. she put me on drip [another medicine] and said "this one never fails!" .. i was asked to not eat [havent eaten for more than 10 hrs anyway].. and when i complaint she said "im lucky as i m already in hospital, other women have to go through this at home!".. really??! after anther hours, pain got stronger, i was examined by many ..many other midwives, doctors, they didnt know am i 7 cm or less.. they just didnt know.. heart beat of my son since begining was beatng not regulary, so they now , after nearly 40 hours decided to check is he ok.. so they put a sharp object into my vagina, to scrap his head to get a blood cells to check if there is enough O2 in his blood.. after that, i got nearly 40 deegres temperature, his heart stopped beating at one point, i screamed to do a c-section now.. so I ended up having emergency c-section, with infection and high temp.. he was born 30 min later, after nearly 72 hours of labour.. at post natal, he didnt refused to drink my milk, so i had to ask every midwife which was on the shift to give me a formula.. some of them would say "i dont know, i need to ask your midwife".. some others would say "yes, sure you are mother you have a right to decide"..so literally every single time when he was hngry i had to stress out if midwife is going to make a problem for my son to be fed or not.. Now, after a year, my son is healthy boy.. and I just founf out im pregnant... This hospital is the last place on earth where im going to give birth.. Period.
"This hospital is the last place on earth to give..."
About: St Thomas' Hospital (London) St Thomas' Hospital (London) London SE1 7EH
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