Advice please! Maternity ward side room?

16011996

thats not a bad idea spendless.

jockettuk

the only other thing is tell them to all shut up or your husband will nick all of them as well lol.. joking aside surly the fact your having a section should put you in a side room.. does in our hospital as its still classed as a operation..

Yoga_Girl

Does your hospital have any kind of patient advisory/liason organisation? Ours does and they can act on your behalf, make comments, suggestions, complaints etc. If you have might be worth contacting them.

As suggested I would definately contact the head of midwifery explaining what happened last time, also contact your consultant, and perhaps the hospital managers as well.

I had a side room after my c-section, this is standard proceedure in my health authority.

Good luck and try not to worry, you will probably have a completely different experience this time around.

plumpmouse

Side rooms aren't given as standard at my local authority after a ceaseran. They tend to put section and forceps deliveries together on one ward and all people who have had a straight forward, unassisted delivery on another.

I supose with an increase in elective and medical sections they just don't have enough private rooms to give them to everybody.

Hope you get a private room. And as said before try not to worry too much

zingbah_2

do it the cheats way dude!!

say that you have reacently been in close contact with someone who has had chicken pox!!

that will do it

jellyhead

oh, that's so naughty!! does it work? ;D

zingbah_2

yes!!!

was in hospital last year with my little one due to her being quite unwell and when she was admitted onto the ward i was asked if she had been in contact with anyone who had chicken pox,measles ect .. she had,so we were put into a side room,
i guess this is to protect the hospital from an outbreak.
i no its naughty,but i would do it again,just so that my daughter could sleep because she has a big problem with it anyway!!

MarkyMarkD

Forget naughty - read selfish and stupid?

For goodness' sake, if you unnecessarily take up a side room, there might be patients who have better reasons for needing it than "she doesn't sleep very well". By lying about the reasons for needing it, you will lead the nurses to incorrectly prioritise your need for the room over others.

:@

Plumpud_3

Neither of the two big hospitals in Gloucestershire have private side rooms. I don't know how you can get one, as when I've been on the wards its all been mixed c-sections, forceps, complications all with 'normal' deliveries.

My friend was put in one when she had her son because he was severely jaundiced and had to go under the lamp for several hours a day.

You could consider transferring to another maternity hospital once you've had your baby. We have a midwife led unit in my local town. I am high-risk so can't book to have my baby there, but I transferred to it within hours of having my last two. In the first instance it was because it was close to home, but the standard of care is far higher than the big hospitals. Several people have compared it to private care.

They have 3 side rooms (not private), plus one large ward with aprox. 7 beds in. Each bed is in a cubicle, with a curtain to pull across the front as you wish. More akin to a single room, just a little noisier.

Most health authorities have midwife led units, I believe you are now suppossed to be given written information regarding the facilities offered by your PCT (or whatever they are called this week). This is so that you can make an informed choice. I believe NICE have recently reviewed maternity care, things have certainly changed since I had my last baby 2 years ago, and my midwife keeps telling me its to do with NICE recommendations.

Our midwife led unit is really keen to get people to transfer to them, as they need to have so many births and so many transfers per year, to keep them viable. They even take people from outside of the County.

Alternatively, try writing to the board of the hospital, outlining precisely what happened last time. Tell them how you felt threatened and intimidated. They have a duty of care to you, your husband and your baby. Ask them exactly what they propose to do to prevent this happening again, particularily as you will be quite vunerable.

I can sympathise with you on this. I used to work as an enquiry officer and in compliance for the Inland Revenue. I constantly look at people to see if I recognise them. I've never had a bad experience outside of work, but I know quite a few people who have. If something like that happened to me, it would be the last straw.

fimble_2

My husband is a police officer and our 1st baby is due in a few weeks, I will have to enquire about this at our hospital! Mind you I know they only have a few private rooms and its quite understandable that they can't be booked in advance.

Really though, the main thing is that your baby is safe and well, being in the police force the rubbish it brings is part of the job. I think the rooms were originally brought in for ladies who had been through a terrible ordeal like a stillbirth.

Best of luck!