I was really hoping to use the birth centre at Edinburgh but as I'm going to be induced on Monday at 42 weeks I'll be on the labour ward instead. I'm booked into ward 119 to begin the process, which is scaring the hell out of me.
I did spend a few days on ward 119 a few weeks ago and it was horrendous, my worst hospital nightmare with a dirty room, broken air-con, toilets that don't flush properly, bidets that don't work, and only baths without any shower head so I ended up having to use a drinking water jug to rinse my hair. The staff were mostly lovely but really overworked so it took > 10 minutes for anyone to respond to call buttons which was quite scary. Overall it was horrific and I'm now genuinely terrified of going back to have my baby there.
I'm really hoping the actual labour rooms will be better, but I don't even know what facilities they have in them. I asked my community midwife but she was pretty vague and could only tell me that 2 of them have pools but the others don't. What do they have in them to help if not a pool? Is it just a hospital bed? Are they all ensuite? Do you get the same midwife throughout or will it change all the time? If I have a drip for the induction will I still be able to move around? Apparently they'll talk me through all this on Monday but I'd really have liked some more information up front so I can prepare mentally.
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Recent experiences of Labour Ward at Simpson Center, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
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KatraAllandra · 12/07/2014 05:02
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