I had my second son in February. We had planned for my Mother to care for our eldest at our home whilst me and DP went into hospital, however when the time came my Mother was ill so obviously couldn't care for him. I ended up labouring alone in hospital and was then left for 5 hours after birth with no visitors as everyone was busy and they wouldn't let DP on the ward due to my eldest being with him.
Fortunately everything went well, no complications, but I just feel a bit 🙁 about it. If I tell anyone it turns into a pity party and I'm starting to feel as though this was a particularly unusual situation. Even the midwives were really shocked I was on my own 😁
Did anyone else find similar happened and just feel really fine about it? Just so as not to drip feed I couldn't have a home birth due to complications with fibroids and multiple miscarriages and I didn't have anyone else to ask because of the late notice/new area away from old friends.
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Was anyone else alone when giving birth to subsequent children due to childcare issues?
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SleepFreeZone · 26/07/2016 10:30
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