Abandoned after giving birth
By goatshead
@goatshead (74)
March 22, 2007 5:04am CST
After giving birth to my daughter the midwives on labour ward washed me up and my baby and then took me up stairs to the post natal ward with my baby.
I had had a drip to make my contractions stronger during labour what should have been taken off after i had given birth what they had left on 3 hours after, making me vomit continiously.
My cathater bag never got emptied for 12 hours and also the pad that they put on me after giving birth filling my bed with blood.
My daughter needed changing and feeding but i couldn't do this as i was still on a drip and bed bound.
I called the midwifes several times but they said that they were too busy.
Has anybody had the same or simular experience?
4 responses
@goatshead (74)
•
22 Mar 07
When my partner came back to the hospital after being there all night with me in labour, he went straight to the head midwife and make it very clear that we wern't happy.
On the next shift the midwives were great, i think it was because of the shortage of midwives on the post natal ward
@simsam (41)
• Canada
22 Mar 07
This is terrible! And totally unacceptable. There should have been someone checking you every hour or two making sure that you weren't hemmorageing and the baby was responding well etc. Even though your husband complained with the head midwife I would still investigate further to lodge a formal complaint with whomever regulates midwives, whether it be with the hospital or a branch of the government. Something really bad could have happened. Maybe you can prevent this from happening to someone else.
@tentwo67 (3382)
• United States
22 Mar 07
I didn't have that same exact experience - - I'm so sorry to hear about what happened to you - - but I did feel very alone after I gave birth. All day long I was surrounded by people, including family members who stayed in the waiting room for hours and then came in to meet my son after he was born. Well, once that initial frenzy was over, all of the family left, my son was taken to the nursery, even my husband went away to get a shower and get some food, and I was completely alone and lonely in the room. It's not the same thing as what you are describing, but my son is nearly 5 years old and I still remember that feeling of isolation. Again, I'm so sorry that you had that terrible experience.
@ryleesmama (560)
• United States
22 Mar 07
Wow I am so sorry that you had to experience this. These midwives sound like they should be reported. I was lucky and had a wonderful experience with my midwife. I hope that your next experience will be much better.
