1/5 Chan 6 months ago on Google
This
1star
review
is
purely
for
the
birthing
unit
specific
midwives
who
were
in
the
room
to
deliver
my
baby
and
some
of
the
doctors.
The
midwives
in
the
antenatal
clinic,
special
care
unit
and
maternity
were
genuinely
amazing
and
worth
a
review
of
5stars.
I
gave
birth
last
year
and
this
experience
was
my
first
pregnancy.
My
water
broke
at
5am
on
a
Friday
morning,
I
called
the
hospital
and
they
told
me
to
go
in.
It
was
about
10am
on
the
same
day
where
a
doctor
came
to
see
me
and
insisting
that
I
be
induced
because
my
contractions
did
not
start
yet
and
it’s
a
Friday
and
it
would
be
very
hard
to
get
a
doctor
in
to
deliver
my
baby
on
the
weekend.
This
is
where
I
felt
they
were
working
around
their
time
and
not
approaching
this
with
nature
doing
it’s
course.
As
my
baby
was
small
this
was
why
they
insisted
I
needed
a
doctor
present
for
the
birth.
I
had
the
doctor
come
in
many
times
to
insist
the
induction
within
only
a
short
few
hours
and
had
other
people
come
in
the
room
to
try
to
convince
me,
I
refused
each
time.
I
asked
one
of
the
friendly
midwives
in
the
birthing
unit
who
was
there
during
the
day
for
tips
on
how
I
can
bring
on
my
contractions.
She
seemed
to
understand
my
reasons
of
not
wanting
to
be
induced
straight
away
and
gave
my
husband
and
I
some
tips,
without
a
doubt
we
did
those
things
and
my
contractions
started
around
1pm,
the
same
day.
Later
when
my
contractions
were
getting
very
close
I
was
taken
to
the
birthing
suite
and
that’s
when
I
met
the
two
midwives
who
were
going
to
help
deliver
my
baby.
They
clearly
were
not
in
favour
of
my
no
medical
intervention
unless
in
an
emergency
approach,
they
also
did
not
let
me
birth
in
the
water
or
in
any
position
other
than
laying
flat
on
my
back
with
a
monitor
strapped
around
me.
This
is
completely
against
gravity
and
no
alternative
given.
I
felt
that
I
was
going
into
this
experience
with
no
one
on
my
side
other
than
my
husband
and
then
felt
adrenaline
(fear
hormone)
kick
in.
The
midwives
told
me
to
stop
moving
when
my
contractions
were
happening
because
the
monitor
kept
moving,
one
of
the
ladies
shoved
her
fingers
in
me
without
even
asking
for
my
consent
to
see
how
much
I
dilated,
which
was
the
most
excruciating
pain
I
had
ever
felt,
this
also
seemed
to
do
nothing
to
any
advantage
and
I
would
of
declined
if
being
asked.
Also,
the
two
women
kept
bickering
between
each
other
most
of
the
time.
One
of
the
ladies
kept
insisting
about
some
sort
of
medical
intervention
and
I
refused
and
she
then
looked
at
my
husband
and
said
‘is
she
always
this
stubborn?’
The
ladies
were
then
telling
me
that
I
don’t
know
how
to
push
and
that
I’m
doing
it
wrong.
From
what
I
recall
they
weren’t
even
guiding
me
either.
I
was
filled
with
adrenaline
in
that
room,
no
wonder
I
couldn’t
push,
I
didn’t
want
to
be
there
or
if
given
the
choice
I
would’ve
chosen
other
midwives
who
I
encountered
during
my
time
at
the
hospital
to
be
there
instead.
My
baby
was
clearly
in
distress
towards
the
end,
they
called
the
emergency
button
and
the
doctors
and
staff
on
duty
came
in,
the
doctor
delivered
my
baby
through
episiotomy
and
vacuum,
then
it
was
either
after
the
placenta
delivery
or
the
next
day
at
check
up
the
doctor
told
me
for
my
next
birth
I
should
really
consider
taking
the
epidural
because
I
can’t
tolerate
pain
well.
I’m
justgrateful
these
people
helped
deliver
my
son
well
and
safely.
This
experience
made
me
feel
that
I
couldn’t
birth,
that
I
couldn’t
do
one
of
the
things
generations
of
women
use
to
do,
birth
without
medical
intervention.
Every
time
I
went
to
sleep
I
kept
encountering
the
experience
in
my
mind
and
felt
so
ashamed.
It
wasn’t
until
after
I
was
telling
people
that
I
refused
to
have
a
second
child
and
explain
that
apparently
I
can’t
do
it
right
unless
I
go
through
medical
intervention,
that
I
came
to
realise
that
this
narrative
was
very
untrue
and
that
I
was
treated
poorly
during
one
of
my
most
vulnerable
times
in
my
lifetime.
My
son
was
put
into
the
special
care
unit
due
to
him
being
underweight,
all
the
ladies
in
that
unit
were
heaven
sent
and
really
took
my
mind
off
that
experience.
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