A woman on the antenatal ward has been snoring for 12 hours

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Currently in for reduced movements (again) and drs talking about a section tomorrow. A woman in the opposite bed is the loudest snorer in the world. Each time shes been woken up for monitoring, shes fallen back to sleep very quickly. I have no idea how she does it. Tell me your ward horror stories to make me not lose my mind

And yes i have earplugs but stupidly didnt bring enough so trying to ration them

She's still in her own bed? Think yourself lucky! When my Mum was in with pneumonia one of the patients regularly got confused and tried to get into other beds, even if someone else was in it.

Nearly every patient on the ward seemed to have dementia or something (Mum was the youngest by about 30yrs) and snoring was the least annoying disturbance. Shouting for help, accusing the nurses of kidnapping, wandering around, opening curtains, moaning, and crying were nightly occurrences.

Sorry you aren't getting much sleep, must be miserable but do get some better ear plugs, they will help.

I don't know how to quote a previous poster so forgive me. But I have to ask. Why would a newborn baby smell strongly of cabbage?? Someone please put me out of my misery 😅

@CoconutAmericano Probably due to flatulance :p

Congratulations on your new baby. I hope you get home soon.

not quite the same but 4th child crying at night in hospital didn't wake me. a nurse tried to rowse me saying 'your baby is crying aren't you going to do something?' I remember saying a sleepy no and snuggling down!

Oh! Lol

I was in hospital for 4 days/3 nights in December (not pregnancy thank heavens). I was on a 'ward' with 4 other women, 3 of whom were demented and one of whom screamed on and off through the day and night as she was in pain when her morphine wore off. It was like a living hell. Not much to eat either. Positives were I lost 7lbs in those 4 days and I got better from what had ailed me. Whole experience was horrible. And nobody tells you anything.

That is out off order, they don't love their baby, they should get sterilise permanently
I'm dreading the kind off life the poor baby is going to have! They seriously don't deserve a child, Absolutely out off order
Not Good Parents At all☹️

I stayed in hospital overnight with my son when he was about 7. After he was asleep I wandered up to the communal room to get a cuppa. There was a young baby asleep alone in a side room, no one staying. A nurse saw me looking, looked at me and gently shook her head. I've never forgotten that image.

@pinkyblues

I stayed in hospital overnight with my son when he was about 7. After he was asleep I wandered up to the communal room to get a cuppa. There was a young baby asleep alone in a side room, no one staying. A nurse saw me looking, looked at me and gently shook her head. I've never forgotten that image.

Blimey @pinkyblues .. that's a bit judgy. Hope nobody walked past your sleeping son while you were making a cuppa and judged YOU for not being with him every moment.

And this is spoken from the point of view of a loving mother who occasionally left her sick baby in hospital to go and spend the night with my toddler who was missing me.

Wards provide ear plugs

Congratulations OP, wonderful news

To those asking, baby probably smelt of cabbage due to cabbage leaves on boobs to help with engorgement. At least I smelt like cabbage anyway

Congratulations OP, what a nice updates to stumble across while handling my poorly DDs' night wakes

@CoconutAmericano

I don't know how to quote a previous poster so forgive me. But I have to ask. Why would a newborn baby smell strongly of cabbage?? Someone please put me out of my misery 😅

I always thought breastfed babies poo smells like cabbages, at least my babies' poos did, so perhaps that's what the poster meant.

nursecarli

'Emanchego

Keep waking her up.

Eh no, of course don't do that.'

More fool you.

[quote ShinyHappyPeopleHoldingHaands]@RoyKent why did your baby smell v strongly of cabbage?? [/quote]
I never figured that out! She did stink though! 😳

@coconutAmericano She was just a smelly girl! My mum always says she can't belive how much she stunk that day! She smells much better now- most of the time.

I remember when DS was born we were transferred to the ward just as visits ting times was over. I was wheeled into the ward and DH was told to say goodbye to me at the door.

I was on my own, post section, with not a clue how to deal with a tiny baby and utterly fuming at the woman in the next bed who had smuggled her partner in.

Until the next morning when the opened the curtains and there she was, flat out with a 2 tone snore that sounded exactly like 2 people.

When I had a awful c-section with my son 9 years ago. Had a awful experience with the bed in the operating room breaking just after having my third spinal block. Luckily my other half and midwife caught me just before I hit the floor. Finally had my darling boy and was put on a baking hot ward. With four other women , one of which refused pain relief but was in agony and was screaming out in pain every time she moved. I felt sorry for her at first but after a night of being woke up by her screams and crying was getting upset by her she was finally moved to a private room

I was on a hospital ward (not maternity ward) and I had an alcoholic/drug user in the bed next to me who would keep randomly screaming throughout the night "they're tryingggggg to killlll meeeeee". I definitely could have killed her.