12.30 am on a maternity ward

[Justfeckingdoit]

Girl opposite is on her mobile loudly about some utterly random shit.

She is keeping everyone awake.

Aibu to be the ward hero and tell her to shut up, Or do I keep quiet and fume like everyone else is?

She is, cherry. I'm on the wrong ward because the one they were sending me too didn't have a room but this one does. We were supposed to go straight to Transition but no beds there and she's too small for a ward.

Last time I was bullied by two women on Transition and the staff refused to deal with it. I had them for a week, the staff stopped me from calling Mum at 5am to pick me up! Fortunately they both went home that day but it was only the day before I left.

Oh wow, this is the strongest argument I've ever read for a homebirth! Thanks ladies!

God these sound like hideous places, it never really crossed my mind they could be so horrid.
Fingers crossed for my hoped for home birth in October

I didn't think I'd ever think my experiences in the 60's were good but compared to some of the stories here I'm really grateful for the 'old- fashioned' way.

Ward of approx 30 mothers, only 2 visitors at a time, set times for feeding (and if baby not awake-woken!) no picking up baby just for a cuddle - but everyone was kind and helpful, generally quiet and sleep was obligatory. No television on the ward, only in the day room, no mobile phones of course and visiting only once a day in the evening. Food was terrible but didn't actually starve even though in for 10 days.

Next births at home - bliss!!

I'm going to really annoy everyone now, but basically move to North Staffordshire if you want lovely wards. I was desperate for a home birth, didn't get it for DS2. After he was born and they said they were moving me to the ward, I nearly recoiled in shock and insisted on leaving, but had to stay due to High BP. Imagine my surprise to get wheeled in to a lovely large private comfy room with own ensuite.
They've had a new maternity building and the whole ward is private rooms with ensuites. it's fab. The care was great too, I got pounced on by 2 breastfeeding consultants who diagnosed a tongue tie within a few hours of birth. Brilliant (and I bloody hate hospitals). Sorry

gotolder I have heard the same thing from my mum and all the generation of mums above me. They can't believe all the babies are on the ward 24/7 and we're chucked out 3 days after a cs.

I did have a good experience with DC2 because I had a private room and was a bossy cow.

Thanks for reminding me why I'm hoping for a home birth this time round (due imminently)! I've been in private rooms every time, either because we've paid or because of baby needing phototherapy treatment for Jain. Dice or being in scbu. But the hell that is being woken constantly by the baby, then by the cleaners (at 7am - WHY?) then for breakfast, then by midwife for obs on me, then by paed for obs on baby, then by bounty lady (screamed at her!), then by phlebotomist to take my blood, then it's lunchtime and whole shebang tarts again......

Can't imagine all that plus the ward noise from other mothers and babies.

You have my sympathies.

I have to say despite the noise sometimes this is a brilliant hospital and no where I'd rather be of the those available to me. Within the country there are two others I'd be happy to go to knowing they are good with my condition.