to want some peace and quiet on the ward?

[vodkaredbull]

It's 3:30am and I'm losing my mind.

I was admitted to antenatal yesterday morning for induction. So far fuck all is happening and I'm exhausted. In a stupid amount of pain and all I want to do is sleep.

But of course that's not going to happen is it? I'm in a bay with two other beds. Across from me is the snorer but really I could probably block her out. The problem is the other patient who is surgically attached to her fucking iPhone. It's the middle of the night and she's ringing all of her friends for a chat. Who does that when people are trying to sleep?! I don't give a fuck if she's missing a party to be induced. I want to enjoy the totally useless paracetamol they've deigned to give me and try to get a little rest.

The midwife isn't helping much either. She's rather old fashioned and I'm surprised she hasn't locked us in. I tried to go for a walk to escape iPhone girl and she escorted me back to bed.

AIBU to expect a little peace and quiet in here? Seriously losing it right now.

Good luck vodka!

Potatoface, PitilessYank explained upthread that she IS a doctor, and plans for reduced intervention at night where this is clinically okay, in order to allow for sleep. She's not some crazed random who goes round switching off electronic equipment on hospital wards

Oh sorry, got there too late to defend Pitiless before she defended herself!

You are very kind, Devora! And Potato, you are definitely correct to question it, no worries on that count.

OP I hope it is all going great for you! Will you be in a more private room post-birth?

Oooo good luck OP
Bring us back a baby and not the head of a midwife/doctor please :-)

I hope you find time to rest now the selfish bitch has moved to the labour ward

Good luck OP you'll probably get more sleep even with a newborn than on that ward!

Hope things are progressing for you

Good luck OP.

My induction was luckily really fast. Just a shame it happened as all of the staff were on changeover. I had 2 paracetamol while in full blown labour waiting to get moved to a delivery room. All the while listening to the girl opposites mum giving everybody the tedious details about all of her daughters finances, houses, boyfriends. The girl in question was always out for a fag and the staff spent most of their time looking for her. I've never been so relieved to get out of anywhere. On the plus side once I got to the delivery room dd2 practically fell out. The postnatal room had a woman either on the phone or taking photos with a very bright flash from 4am onwards. Some people are just inconsiderate twats. At least none of the mums on my ward got kicked out for doing drugs though! That happened when my sister was in.

Best of luck OP!

Once spent a night on an A&E observation ward (I had appendicitis but no beds elsewhere, waiting for an operation). The lady in the next bed constantly threatened to kill herself throughout the night. I was dosed up on morphine so in my drugged state I didn't give a monkeys. Odd experience.

When I had DS, the lady in labour opposite (I was also induced) screamed & sobbed constantly. She was only 1cm by the time I was ready to deliver. I felt really sorry for her (while silently wishing she would shut up so I could sleep). Not my greatest moment of sympathy.

So sorry OP - that sounds spectacularly shit.

Good luck

Wow reading your thread brought back lots of memories. I was induced with dd. Went into hospital on Tues am she was born on Sunday am. Things similar to you lack of sleep, utter boredom, feelings of being abandoned by medical staff, crazy busy ward.
However, I wasn't in pain, my inconsiderate neighbours were shush ed without me having to ask, I was moved to an emptier and cooler ward when possible, the baby was monitored every 4 hours, I eventually said enough, I am going home, they said ok fine, but we can get you into the delivery suite now and get things started (where they promptly left me for another 12 hours grrrrr).

It was shit, but at least for me I felt the staff were doing all they could in the circs and they acknowledged that what was happening to me was shit and that going home was an option. That made the shit bearable.

I hope you are holding your lo now. Enjoy (then complain)

Good luck :)

Ah good luck op,hope your in full swing at this stage and its over soon.And you get to meet your beautiful baby.Sending because you really need it after your last few days.

Delurking to wish you all the luck in the world.

Can I point people in the direction of www.birthrights.org

Its a campaign for better awareness and enforcement of rights in Childbirth. They are part of the White Ribbon Alliance who are the global campaign for better maternity care.

It has lots of information about what is unacceptable practice and what your rights are.

Here is a quick summary so everyone can get an idea of what else is on the site.

What is a human rights violation in childbirth?
Failure to provide adequate maternity care, lack of respect for women’s dignity, invasions of privacy, procedures carried out without consent, failure to provide adequate pain relief without medical contraindication, unnecessary or unexplained medical interventions, and lack of respect for women’s choices about where and how a birth takes place, may all violate human rights law.

As a few people have mentioned it in the last page, I will stress the point that they point out that withholding pain relief, in some circumstances, may constitute degrading treatment.

The fact sheets on the site are very good. MNHQ has promoted them in the past.

If anyone need anything to back up a complaint or even to reassure themselves that they were treated badly and its not their fault, then this is site is a really helpful tool.

Vodka, I hope you are ok and everything has gone well for the rest of your time in hospital. Good luck!

Very best of luck Vodka hopefully she's thinking about making an appearance soon! Then you can plan your rampage wishing you all the best

Here's hoping your baby is finally here x

another lurk Dr coming to wish you luck :)

A lurker wishing you luck here too! I went through similar almost 2 years ago with my second, and got it all to look forward to again in April. Good luck!

Good luck!

Hope all is well OP - I had a long induction with DC1 and hardly any sleep due to similar factors. Was misery. All the best and hope you are with your baby now.