Should I be scared of the NHS??

[aromulus]

The NHS is GRRRRRREAT!!! Forget all those scary stories! Your going to have a perfect birth! The NHS staff take their work seriously, absolutely they do! You've absolutley nothing to worry about! Us Brits can be real pessimistic moaners! Take no notice, that stuff is just a load of drivvel! I'm PROUD of Britains free healthcare system! It is true that waiting for treatment that you may need with the NHS can take a long time, but they are a great bunch of people I think!

When did you give birth, then...?

[nigel]

When did you give birth, then...?

Errrm.....Last week!

[Ann07]

I never had any bad experience with NHS Maternity Unit. In fact i really admire the staffs dedication and effort. They made me feel so comfortable when i had my first child and even more with my second child. In fact they are soo nice to me and looking after me and the baby when my husband was not with me at nights.

Just relax trust your midwife and you will be fine Goodluck

[Kju&2]

I never had any bad experience with NHS Maternity Unit. In fact i really admire the staffs dedication and effort. They made me feel so comfortable when i had my first child and even more with my second child. In fact they are soo nice to me and looking after me and the baby when my husband was not with me at nights.

Just relax trust your midwife and you will be fine Goodluck

Thanks Ann! That meant a lot to me coming from a woman who has given birth here. Thanks!

[joebloggs]

it's has nothing to do with citizenship what happened to your sister in law

what happened to the filipina nurse was 1 in a million, just like the other stories that are shown on tv or in the press. millions are treated every year successfully by the NHS and as sad as it is, mistakes will be made.

my misses has given birth to 2 kids in the phils and 1 in the UK. and she says the treatment she got in the UK was better than her treatment in the phils. and my misses has worked in the phils as a doc and works for the NHS. but in the phils you get what you pay for..

why did they send your sister in law away twice ? they must have given her reasons ? my misses says they would only perform a CS if the baby was in distress

i wouldn't or my misses says she wouldn't worry about giving birth in a NHS hospital. not that she wants any more kids

[Kju&2]

why did they send your sister in law away twice ? they must have given her reasons ? my misses says they would only perform a CS if the baby was in distress

i wouldn't or my misses says she wouldn't worry about giving birth in a NHS hospital. not that she wants any more kids

I guess in my mind I'd have better treatment in the Philippines because my bestfriend is a doctor and she can recommend me to one of her ob/gyn friends. My mum had a surgery in the Philippines and my bestfriend and the doctor who treated her looked after her like a princess without my mum having to pay like a princess

My sister in law was sent home twice because apparently her cervix isn't dilated enough although her water had already broke at home. So my brother had to take her home twice. My sis in law even worked for the same hospital at the time as a nurse. After 24 hours of labour she still isn't dilated enough and my niece was getting stressed inside and the possibility of niece getting infections as she's no longer inside the fluid was getting greater as the time goes on so they decided to give her a CS in the end. Now over 24 hours of labour? Not a good thing!! It makes me wanna wish that my boyfriend is a seahorse so he can give birth to our child himself!

[Kju&2]

When did you give birth, then...?

Thank you for the heads up

[maria_and_matt]

i would not have chosen to give birth back home, the treatment i got here is excellent. everybody in the maternity ward was so supportive, i have seen how they deal with women giving birth back in the philippines when my sister in law gave birth to her baby, they tend to give you lots of unnecessary things like the dextrose and oxygen with the NHS it is staightforward you push the baby comes out, you then go have a shower, a sleep and you are off home when things are ok, i would not have it any other way.

[Kju&2]

i would not have chosen to give birth back home, the treatment i got here is excellent. everybody in the maternity ward was so supportive, i have seen how they deal with women giving birth back in the philippines when my sister in law gave birth to her baby, they tend to give you lots of unnecessary things like the dextrose and oxygen with the NHS it is staightforward you push the baby comes out, you then go have a shower, a sleep and you are off home when things are ok, i would not have it any other way.

Thanks for sharing your experience. I really appreciate it

[Arthur Little]

Thanks for sharing your experience. I really appreciate it

It's our pleasure ... ... that's a very nice photo you've just uploaded of you and your husband, if I may say so.

[Kju&2]

It's our pleasure ... ... that's a very nice photo you've just uploaded of you and your husband, if I may say so.

That's awfully nice of you. Thank you for the advice, the heads up and the compliment My boyfriend is gorgeous indeed and here's hoping our child takes after him

[adam&chryss]

i would not have chosen to give birth back home, the treatment i got here is excellent. everybody in the maternity ward was so supportive, i have seen how they deal with women giving birth back in the philippines when my sister in law gave birth to her baby, they tend to give you lots of unnecessary things like the dextrose and oxygen with the NHS it is staightforward you push the baby comes out, you then go have a shower, a sleep and you are off home when things are ok, i would not have it any other way.

I think Maria summed it up brilliantly!
Also as mentioned before pregnancy isnt an illness and is treated as such.
I`m not an expert but i`m led to beleive that the 1st pregnancy is generally the longest and its usual for it to last more than 24hrs.
I know they dont like to perform a CS unless its really necessary as apose to the " too posh to push " scenario!
You`ll be fine so don`t worry ok?

[Ann07]

I think Maria summed it up brilliantly!
Also as mentioned before pregnancy isnt an illness and is treated as such.
I`m not an expert but i`m led to beleive that the 1st pregnancy is generally the longest and its usual for it to last more than 24hrs.
I know they dont like to perform a CS unless its really necessary as apose to the " too posh to push " scenario!
You`ll be fine so don`t worry ok?

Very true coz it happened to me. I was in labour with our first child more than 24 hrs and just few hrs with our second child