Went in to have my son in May. Both me and my family found many of the staf on the maternity ward to be very rude, making my partner and mum feel very unwelcome and in the way. Midwife was brilliant to start with then when I said I was ready to push they didn't believe me and made me wait 20 minutes before examining me. Panicked whenever they did as, as I told them, the baby was coming. The whole way through my labour they refused to let me off the bed as they admitted they didn't know how to programme the portable monitors. They also took the gas and air off me telling me I was going to get addicted to it. The final straw was when I was told a few weeks ago that I had been given the wrong letter at birth telling me my son's hearing was fine at birth when it wasn't. So for 3 months I didn't know that my son was deaf in one ear. Will not return to this hospital for my next child.
"Horrendous experience"
About: Royal Lancaster Infirmary Royal Lancaster Infirmary Lancaster LA1 4RP
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