Where were your children born?

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mummiebeckie07 · #31 Unread post by **mummiebeckie07** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:18 pm

i ad harrison at basildon hospical they was useless

#32 Unread post by **weezypops** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:28 pm

mummiebeckie07 wrote:i ad harrison at basildon hospical they was useless

Really? Why so bad?

lemonie17 · #33 Unread post by **lemonie17** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:49 am

my two were born at Southend Hospital.

jessiemum · #34 Unread post by **jessiemum** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:22 pm

Oh my Word thats alwful, no wonder you complained. How worrying!!

i had my lil girl at southend and i loved every minute of it the midwifes were great someone with me the whole time not busy being xmas eve, had quick birth jess was out within 45mins of being in hosp at 2:35am i was home by 7pm after seeing all the specialists.

#35 Unread post by **weezypops** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:57 pm

jessiemum wrote:Oh my Word thats alwful, no wonder you complained. How worrying!!
i had my lil girl at southend and i loved every minute of it the midwifes were great someone with me the whole time not busy being xmas eve, had quick birth jess was out within 45mins of being in hosp at 2:35am i was home by 7pm after seeing all the specialists.

Southend's been getting some really good reviews in this thread... not so much Basildon though!

HeatherH · #36 Unread post by **HeatherH** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:06 pm

My Josh was born in southend hospital... The before and during midwifes, can't fault them, thought they were fantastic. But the after midwifes... I don't know if its them in general, but I felt like I was meant to know everything, but I was clueless, and this made me feel that I was being a bother to them, but I don't know if that was just me.

I also couldn't stand the tiny amount of time your partner was allowed to visit, I discharged myself after 2 days because I got so fed up being on my own!

claire · #37 Unread post by **claire** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:33 pm

I had mine in Harold Wood hospital which is no longer there - knocked down to make way for houses and replaced with the Queens

xJuliex · #38 Unread post by **xJuliex** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:33 pm

claire wrote:I had mine in Harold Wood hospital which is no longer there - knocked down to make way for houses and replaced with the Queens

Oh, wow, really???? I had no idea they had knocked it down. Kind of makes me sad. I was born in Rush Green hosiptal and that's no longer there either. Oh well.

sue · #39 Unread post by **sue** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:34 am

Jodie was born in basildon hospital - never again - it took them 9 hrs to find me a bed and they left me in the deliver room feeling very tired and dirty. I couldnt have a shower or bath until i was on the ward. Then when i was finally on the ward - i had no help with the baby - they left me to get on with things - having a first baby you would think they would offer help and support - not when i was there they didnt. Fortunatly an old school friend was working on the ward and she helped me the best she could. The next mornign i demanded i wanted to go home - they said no coz my iron level was very low but i got my own way and went home

#40 Unread post by **weezypops** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:41 pm

Wow, Basildon hospital really isn't coming out of this well! It's a shame they can't read all this - might make them buck up their ideas a bit!

pinkie · #41 Unread post by **pinkie** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:51 pm

i had kaicie at southend hospital,had little contractions all day on the saturday while out shopping, sat night as i was locking up my car they got bad. hobbled back home to call my sister,her and her boyfriend picked me up, he was worried that i would make a mess in his mercedes so got there in no time about 945pm

. had gas and air (when my sister stopped taking some herself) then pethidine at about 2 am.had my waters broken sometime which was so painful i wasnt very nice to the man. at 515 am i asked for epidural, by 6am i hadnt had it and kept pushing (couldnt help it) they gave me an epidural at 6am and took the gas and air away

, started pushing at 610am and kaicie was born at 630am weighing 7oz

was very sick after (too much gas and air) and all i wanted was drink of coke. my sister was brilliant, i hurt her ear, think i tore it as i thought it was her hand.feel sorry for the midwife as i wasnt very nice to her,when she said she could see the head and she had alot of hair i said well ******* pull it out then!!!!

was give a bed bath as the epidural worked (hour too late). after that i was in and out of sleep, the midwives were brilliant help as i feel asleep breastfeeding a few times, they must have been watching me as kaicie was put back in the cot for me. was well looked after and comfortable and left at 4pm on the monday. hopefully i will never be pregnant again but if i was i would be more than happy to go to southend hospital. only if my sister was there with me

#42 Unread post by **weezypops** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:55 pm

pinkie wrote:when she said she could see the head and she had alot of hair i said well ******* pull it out then!!!!

#43 Unread post by **Gina73** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:42 pm

I had Mia at Southend, had contractions 2 weeks before she eventually came. She was due to be induced on the Saturday but had the feeling of being wet all day hursday so phoned Friday morning and they asked me to go straight down. When examined was 3cm dialated. They decided to induce me as my waters were already broken (hence the wet feeling) and was concerned regarding infection. It was strange, as it was a year to the day that I had miscarried our first baby at 15 weeks. They induced me at noon by drip. After 7 hours of gas and air I asked for an epidural as was so tired and in pain. They told me that it would be 1/2 hour before they could give me the epidural as he was with someone else. After the epidural they told me it would take 1/2 hour for it to kick in. Mia was eventually born at 12.50 that night. The midwifes wanted to get her born that day so that it was a happy day for us. She was born by ventouse in the end as she seemed to have trouble getting out at the end. The aftercare I received whilst in hospital was great. The midwives afterwards were great too even after my stitches had come undone and became infected (a long story). But would recommend Southend to anyone.

jo · #44 Unread post by jo » Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:23 pm

i had my son at st.johns,labour ward and postnatel ward are crap, my son was in nicu and they are fab there.

had my daughter at peterborough as she was very early and st.johns dont take under 30 weekers.
that was a fab hospital couldn't fault them in any way, i was in there a month myself as being realy ill after the birth. she got transfered back to st.johns nicu after 6 weeks. in there a further 4 weeks.

starbright · #45 Unread post by **starbright** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:33 pm

I had my first in colchester hospital fairly okay experience, my daughter was born in Clacton hospital which was wonderful, lovely staff, but that was 5 years ago and things have seemed to go down hill since with many of the midwife teams. Makes you worry to have another with so many bad experiences.

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