I had given birth to my daughter as a first time anxious mum. Ward staff where great until I moved to ward 7 and had the upset of meeting a member of staff who was horrible to me and made my and made my life hell when I had given birth.
When I first moved wards I asked the member of staff if they could help to feed my daughter, as I was not sure I was doing it properly.
The member of staff said no and that I may as well learn for myself and walked away.
The member of staff then commented some time later that younger woman shouldn't be allowed to have kids to which I cried.
Then my family had brought me flowers and chocolate when they visited to which I was eating when the member of staff asked how much I weighed and could see I was overweight, to which I said it was nothing to do with them.
The member of staff then said I shouldn't eat the chocolate, I was already big and hopefully my child wouldn't turn out big like me and walked away laughing saying poor baby a few times.
Totally ruined the experience of it for me and the member of staff made me doubt myself as a mum and a human being. Will never give birth at forth royal valley again, amazing how one person’s horrible treatment of me can ruin your whole experience just because I'm young.
"My experience of being young and having a baby"
About: Forth Valley Royal Hospital / Maternity unit Forth Valley Royal Hospital Maternity unit FK5 4WR
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