When you gave birth,and was In Labour was the midwife in with you the whole time ?

[LardLizard]

As when I had my dd
Went into hospital at about 4cm dilated

The midwife was looking after several people, and only popped in what felt like for five mins once an hour
That went on for 8-9 hours till I was fully dilated then she stayed with me for the Pushkng part which was probably 20-30 mins I guess
Tbh I was expecting a midwife to be with me more

[MilfordFound]

I had been induced with pessary at 6pm, my partner sent home at 11pm as they'd said nothing was going to happen. My waters then broke spontaneously at midnight so partner came back and I had a bath until a delivery room was ready at 3am.
I then had a midwife with me the whole time from when i entered the delivery suite at about 3am, to when I gave birth at 10.30pm.
I had 3 different midwives over the course of labour, all were fantastic and I don't remember being left at all. Maybe I was constantly monitored due to induction and epidural, I don't know.

[AnneWiddecombesHandbag]

For my first birth the midwife was in and out. For my second I was the only woman in the place so had 3 midwives the whole time.

[NinaMarieP]

Yes.

I arrived at around 9pm and the midwife was there with me until shortly after my son was born at 5am, she would have stayed longer if she hadn't been needed back in the midwife led unit (I had started out down there and moved up to the labour suite around midnight when there was a concern about the heart rate dropping). The only time she left was for a break - and she was replaced by a colleague - and a few brief times when she went to use the phone to speak with medical staff.

And yes that was the NHS, and it was last year.

[user1471426142]

I was induced with the drip and needed constant monitoring. I always had one or two midwives with me (and then had a room full at the end). You can see how quickly staff resource could be stretched if you have a few women than need constant monitoring or other interventions like I did. I was expecting the opposite as had been prepared for midwives to pop in and out. None of my ante-natal classes ever said you’d get constant 1:1 care with the drip.

[clarabellski]

I had a midwife and/or student midwife with me at all times from the point of going into the delivery suite for induction by drip. So that was around 5 hours of 1-2-1 care.

In the ward before hand (pessary stage) I was part of a round

[Kraggle]

Both births I just had a midwife popping in and out until i was closer to the time to push. Both births I’ve had two midwives with me whilst I gave birth.

[Equimum]

With DS1, we had a Home birth, and the midwife would only stay once I was 7-8cm, so I saw a midwife when I was 2-3 cm, then laboured for another thirteen hours before a midwife came back. She then stayed, pretty much continually in the room, for the next seven hours.

Second time, hospital birth, I had the same midwife throughout, but she didn’t stay until near the end. TBF, I didn’t really need her there until that stage, as everything was moving along without issue.

[HeavyLoad]

i just had DC2 on tuesday evening in same MLU as DC1 (although ended up on ward first birth). I was given a questionnaire at the end and it said they ensure there is constant 1:1 care throughout active labour so i guess different places have different practices. I was 4cm when i went in and had a student mw with me for about half an hour then a MW and student with me for the rest of the labour from 5cm. Although was only three hours til baby arrived! The care was outstanding.