contacting midwife after birth?

[kourtneysiobhan]

i’m not sure if this is possible, but i know my mum kept close contact with her midwife for my birth (she actually delivered 2 of my siblings too!) for many years after I was born..
i am currently 2 weeks PP and after a traumatic delivery and an awful recovery, I am only just now beginning to process my labour! And with this I am desperate to contact the midwife that stayed by mine and my partners side for hours after her shift to see my delivery through, plus additional hours at my bedside helping me to start BF my LO as quick as I had requested so that at least something of my delivery went to plan! She is a 3rd/4th year student who’s due to graduate in September and I want to do something for her! Even if it’s just a nice card with a picture of our LO for her to remember us by! She was an absolute angel and a credit to the hospital and her university - her support definitely helped me get through those gruelling 18 hours and emergency csection!

I’ve tried to find a contact email for the hospital but doesn’t seem to exist; worst case scenario I’ll call the delivery suite and ask their advice, I just don’t want to hold up the line that I know is incredibly busy around the clock! Any advice would be a huge help!!

edit: In hopes someone might recognise the name, the hospital is Royal Stoke and the midwife in questions name is Tanya! Any information would be a godsend! <3

If you dropped something into the ward for her it is highly likely it would get to her as the midwives at the hospital will either know her as they have worked with her or can pass it on to the hospital link tutor who can get it to her through the uni.

that’s a good idea! thank you very much!

If you know which university she goes to then you could email the midwifery department there- it’s really helpful for students to get positive feedback from patients (especially in their final year).

You could also drop a card into the ward/birth centre if the hospital is close by. I had a few patients leave cards with the ward clerk when I was doing my training (and after I qualified!)
It’s really lovely to hear how patients are getting on and know that you’ve helped them (and baby pictures are great!)
It’s particularly useful when you’re a student because you have to have to provide evidence that you’ve achieved certain competencies. So letters from patients saying that you provided holistic, person-centred care are very helpful!

Just send a card to the maternity ward to her. I do just that when I have my babies :) they always have a pin board up with cards people have sent. You can include your number if you want to keep in touch but sadly I think those days are over and it’s highly unlikely she’ll be in touch - there’s probably some policy about it I’d imagine! I totally understand why you’d want to though and I’m sorry about your traumatic birth.

Drop off a card to the ward, they’ll be able to find her. I remember having the same stress because I didn’t remember my MW’s surname (!) - a friend who is a MW then told me that they were pros at tracking down recipients and she would regularly receive cards addressed to “The Brummie”, “the redhead” or, you guessed it, “the Brummie redhead” .

congratulations OP

Email the uni she trains with, can you remember the badge she had in her uniform? X