Midwife - led unit and hospital labour wards

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sazzababs · 07/04/2015 17:27

Hello!

Quick question as I have nae idea... Do peeps who have used a midwife led unit go to the same post labour wards as peeps who have just been in usual hospital birthing ward?

I ask because I'm in the middle of applying for a PhD looking at childbirth experiences and I wondered whether you stay in a midwife led unit or go home, or on the same labour ward as a lady who gave birth in a hospital... It's to do with sampling volunteers to take part in the study :)

Cheers!

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happypotamus · 07/04/2015 18:19

I think it depends on the unit. In the hospital where I had my DC, you went to the same postnatal regardless of where you gave birth. I had a baby on labour ward and one on MLU and ended up on same ward afterwards. However, my SIL gave birth in the MLU of a nearby hospital, and she got to stay there in a lovely room with a double bed so the dad could stay too until they were discharged the next day. There was the possibility of being discharged directly from the MLU after DC2, but it was a Sunday evening and there was no dr to do baby's postnatal checks so we had to stay and ended up staying for 3 days as DC wouldn't feed despit having appeared to do so just after birth

museumum · 07/04/2015 18:22

Not in my hosp. MLU recovery we stayed in first night was peaceful and quiet and lovely. Women and babies were all "well".

The Post-natal ward where we had to wait a second night for the results of a second Coombs blood test (first was cross contaminated) was loud and busy all night as it was full of women who needed nursing. It was hellish.

Roseybee10 · 07/04/2015 21:21

They were separate in our hospital. MLU had its own ward for women who gave birth there.

HorraceTheOtter · 07/04/2015 21:24

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BananaPie · 08/04/2015 06:02

Depends on the hospital. I stayed overnight in the delivery room in the MLU after the birth, and was discharged from there.

elliejjtiny · 11/04/2015 22:54

In my hospital the MLU has a separate postnatal ward.

RugBugs · 11/04/2015 22:57

In my hospital (Liverpool Womens) there's one post-natal ward for all.

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sazzababs · 12/04/2015 20:49

Thanks for the replies :) Decided to go with hospital wards only as the research base! It seems there's quite a variation, depending on the hospital... Cheers! X

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