Midwives is on

[Pickles77]

Evening ladies.. Are we gathering for our midwives fix? I'm dying for some sleep but don't want to miss it

Evening :)

im here

Evening all.

Evening! This will be interesting - I spent charming 5 days on the post-labour ward. Am that they have private rooms though! They should show what it's really like on a busy ward with 8 beds, 8 mums and 8 babies!

Woah nelly that sounds stressfull!

crikey she looks like me when i was carrying twins

She looks like me when i was carrying DD. Not an excess of fluid though...an excess of baby for me...DD was 10lb 10oz. My mw hadn't mentioned i was measuring ahead though and the mw at the hospital was a bit

Am also at the private rooms!

Its quite fun, actually - if you're in for a few days you all get to chat, watch each others babies when you go for a shower or to express. The only entertainment factor is when the babies start crying at 3am.

10lbs 10? Wow. of private rooms too

The hospital looks lovely.

Is this series all set in the same hospital or is it a different one every week?

viva its Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral, its very recently been fully refurbished :)

Sorry, I just heard someone say '4 hourly obs' for c-sec mums.

Ha haaa ha ha haa....

i had a private room with all my births,thought that was pretty normal

we had the best day room with muffins,biscuits etc

and a decked balcony and this was NHS

though there was a ward there as a few private rooms

The midwives here seem lovely.

This is Arrowe Park on the Wirral where my youngest brother was born - it wasn't built when I was born!!

The series has differnt hospitals.

I'm not being selfish but I hope I get a room as its going to really distress me seeing people's partners visiting

Merrily all my children were born at the hospital, my eldest is 21. The maternity unit has always been there it has just been completely overhauled.

With my first child's birth I had a separate room.

With DD I was put on a ward with 4 beds. Only 3 was used and I found it better then the previous birth even though other peoples babies kept crying, it was nice to be with other mums and able to chat.

The births were at different hospitals.

Pickles77 are you single

bless her, she looks exhausted.

Oh, pickles. You should make a public announcement on here, we'd all troop down to see you!

Thekidsrule - where were you? Can I move there?! Our local area has no choice of hospitals, they spent a fortune on the MLU and CLU suites - which are admittedly fantastic - but didn't revamp the 1970s, 6 or 8-bed, orange curtained wards...

Poor Alison.

I was born in a nursing home in Birkenhead, I'm pretty sure AP wasn't built in 1971, my little brother is a lot younger than me.

Yeah all on my ownsome, dreading flowers and balloons and stuff. It'll just be me and my mum/dad. Not the person I want it to be- its all on my notes though so they will keep a eye on me
Anyway if I get upset I'll be calling for you
Lot!!!
And enough- I'm not meant to be thinking about it

NellyBluth

south on the coast,seriously i did not want to leave,twas fantastic

great experience

and they used to come around with pre packed sandwiches twice a day on top of meals