So I'm due on boxing Day and really nervous about the whole thing as I'm convinced there will be less staff and decent medics will all be on holiday......... Am I being irrational with this fear?
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LondonBus ·
22/06/2013 19:58
I was due on the 21st Dec, but DC was born on the 2nd of Jan....so who knows when your baby will arrive.....The 1st of Jan isn't a good day to go into labour......not many folks around, and those that were were tired. 
QueenofClean ·
22/06/2013 20:22
My DD2 was Ben 22nd Dec. Was taken in for induction on 21st due to waters breaking 24hrs previously and not going into labour on my own. It was busy on 21st & 22nd but had midwife 1:2:1. DD2 ended up in SCBU and they let me and DD2 home at 11:30pm Xmas eve just so I could be home for DD1 to open her pressies (she was brilliant that year, so understanding and didn't expect to see me & her sister when she woke up in morning) we had to go back to the hospital by 10am Xmas morning for final IV anti-biotics and we were both discharged together had a lovely but tiring Xmas and wouldn't change it for the world.
oldsilver ·
22/06/2013 20:54
DS was born on Christmas Day
It was fine - I had to have EMCS and had already been in a couple of days, there were staff, we got to stay in hospital until half way through New Years Day. And DS got a little jingly ball and I got a Boots toiletry set as a Christmas Present from the staff 
New Years Eve was another matter - they were inducing all over the place - anyone who showed any sign of giving birth that night was getting full attention as the hospital I gave birth in was in competiton with another maternity unit to get the first baby born in the city on New Years Day.
First thing New Years Day they bought all the new mums to the ward and told us all, already there, to get our make-up and glad rags on as the press would be arriving soon - not my first thought that day when it was going to be based on DS's weight and my bloods whether we'd be going home.
Phineyj ·
22/06/2013 20:57
I had DD on Boxing Day (just - 2am). The staffing levels seemed better than normal although everyone was from other hospitals -- a doctor friend explained later that they would be getting locum rates while the local staff were doubtless doing the same elsewhere in London . The atmosphere was cheery and festive and I was given a wrapped up box of choc fingers which I really enjoyed as I was stuck in bed post c-section, starving, and could not reach my snacks on the windowsill. The temperature certainly wasn't a problem - it was boiling!
The time of year worked to my advantage, as I didn't want to be induced and the consultant, who would perhaps have tried to talk me into it, was on holiday the week before.
The only problem was they were short of ambulances so DH had to drive me to hospital as an emergency (a home birth was originally planned) and DD's birthday is on a slightly inconvenient date. Also I did not get my Xmas dinner until the Friday evening although at least DH had had the presence of mind to stick it in the freezer.
I completely forgot it was a public holiday and texted everyone really early wth the news and wondered why no-one was replying .
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FeegleFion ·
22/06/2013 21:30
Not exactly Christmas but DC had EDD 7th Dec and he arrived on the 6th. There were lots of staff at the hospital they just had far too many women to look after and I received an extremely shoddy service.
That was my choice of hospital as opposed to time of year though.
You will be absolutely fine. 
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