Milton Keynes Hospital scares me!

[LorelaiLana]

I am under the same impression as well after dealing with the Adau nurses...cudnt be happier...let's hope n pray I get a good labour midwife ad well...so true abt the night mw though...mine kept saying in Africa we don't have this .or that..and u guys r lucky n stuff like that ...all women kept quite n once she left started airing our thoughts on that...so the plan is to labour in rhs day if possible.....ad if its in my hands...

 

[xxsteffyxx]

so my lady... now that you are less then 5 weeks till D-DAY, are you going to MK? Just curious x

 

[firsttimer1]

yes im curious to know as well as MK is not my hospital but it could of been xxx

 

[xxsteffyxx]

Im gonna in MK labour ward in january...

 

[LorelaiLana]

Yes dear I am...I will be there in 15 days as I am getting induced due to GD...as I updated a while ago ..I had a great experience with Adau mw there...hopefully labour ward ones are as great as these ladies as well...

 

[pixydust]

I'd avoid MK general if you can! I had my son in Northampton general, it's not perfect but I had no real problems x

 

[mudgekin1989]

I had a terrible time at mk hospital, my sister also had a terrible time there.

Avoid it. I will be going elsewhere this time.

I'd elaborate but the chances of being believed are slim.

 

[Lumboo]

I have had both scans at MK hospital and the staff couldn't have been more professional. However, the hospital itself looks dirty and awful. I have heard nothing but bad things about it.

When I spoke to my midwife and told her I wanted to travel to Aylesbury Birth Centre instead of MK hospital, and she suggested a home birth instead, as my first pregnancy/labour was 2.5hrs with no drugs or stitches and I was considered low risk.

So home birth it is!! - And I am keeping my fingers crossed that my daughter is born safely at home, as I truly think being in the MK will stress me out and slow down labour.

Any positive stories out there?....

 

[MikaylasMummy]

I'm not sure about over there,but to be a midwife here you do THE SAME COURSE but SPECIALISED in midwifery.i am an RN student and the midwifery UNIVERSITY students do some of our subjects,with a specialised focus on women...
And FYI,"real" nurses who trained years ago trained in hospital with no university qualifications.chances are the "real nurse" you would get hasn't done the course.nurses and midwives are just as qualified as each other except a midwife is a specialist!!havnt read the whole thread but this comment really stuck out to me as being unfair

 

[LorelaiLana]

Hi, I am the original poster. I had my baby in MK because of the experiences I had with the adau midwives. My delivery went well. I had all great mw n docs, but for one Jordan style makeup moron of a ward nurse on the first night of baby.
I would reccomend mk for anyone.

That said, u need to be educated and keyed in with what is happeningto u n ur baby at all times. You have to demand stuff. I had to ask them to give my baby for skin to skin, to give me toast n tea after delivery, to change my urine bag, napkin on the first night, to check my baby's blood sugar for 24 hrs since I had GD, to have the first bathe for baby in hospital, to change baby's first nappy, regular bottles to feed baby etc etc....you have to be prepared to ask for stuff if its not happening after resonable amount of time and they ate chattig away at station ...

Again, during delivery mw were great....after that its a bit easier....

 

[Lumboo]

Hi, I am the original poster. I had my baby in MK because of the experiences I had with the adau midwives. My delivery went well. I had all great mw n docs, but for one Jordan style makeup moron of a ward nurse on the first night of baby.
I would reccomend mk for anyone.

That said, u need to be educated and keyed in with what is happeningto u n ur baby at all times. You have to demand stuff. I had to ask them to give my baby for skin to skin, to give me toast n tea after delivery, to change my urine bag, napkin on the first night, to check my baby's blood sugar for 24 hrs since I had GD, to have the first bathe for baby in hospital, to change baby's first nappy, regular bottles to feed baby etc etc....you have to be prepared to ask for stuff if its not happening after resonable amount of time and they ate chattig away at station ...

Again, during delivery mw were great....after that its a bit easier....

Thanks for that, and glad you baby was delivered safely.

I think that is precisely the reason I would prefer a home birth. I have less chances of feeling isolated and ignored. I know they see thousands of women, but I remember after last time, you feel very special and not a number, so to be treated as such would be very depressing.

Why should you have had to ask for anything obvious like changing urine bags or check baby's blood sugar? That is what they are there for.

Thanks again for your story - I think it confirms my reasons for wanting a home birth x

 

[LorelaiLana]

I personally would never do home birth. It's too much pressure for me n hub. At hospital I don't have to bother abt cleaning up, food, help etc. I can either call for help and get it or ask hubs to get help. It wud be too much pressure for hubs if he needs to be the all in all...

I didn't feel like being a number one bit. As I said everyone were great, but for that junk useless nurse who annoyed the crap out of me , but thankfully I asked to not to be "helped" by her again. It was very chilled and happy ...I got stuff taken care off just by asking and were happy as a family with baby n hub.

 

[LorelaiLana]

I had baby at 9 pm, stayed that night n next and home the next, so we ate just talking few hrs after baby. I would focus on before baby is born n they were all good. But again I had to tell them I was bloody dilated and in Labour as I was induced 4 times n 0 dilation after 3, and only back pain, for which I had to take pethadine to even ve able to sleep. I then went from 0 to 7 in 1 hr. And she cufnt believe it but I screamed the ward down so they checked n straight to room n epidural....as I wanted a pain free delivery(major wooze the labour for 5 hrs n baby. All thru MW were great.
But the contraction monitor in my room was broken so MW stood by me n did it manually.

 

[Lumboo]

Well, considering that the day after giving birth to our son, I was making dinner for my husband and brother I see your point.

However, this time, with a six year old who will miss me, and support from family, for me, it is still the better option.

However, if it was just me and my husband, I would book into a private spa instead, as I would have more chance of being looked after!! lol