| I've just had a very similar ecipreenxe, 2 weeks ago today actually. Planned hbac, turned transfer (I had PIH, and my blood pressure went v high again despite meds, and we had very thick meconium in early labour) where my baby was born by c-section again as neither of us were doing brilliantly. The difference between my first baby's birth and the second cannot be understated however obviously my independent midwife's presence was invaluable. And because the hospital staff were overwhelmingly so kind, respectful and professional, I could deal emotionally with the real issue at hand, disappointment that we had health issues that made staying home not in our best interest, plus concentrate on labouring too Some examples of how the staff behaved above and beyond basic expectations the first hospital based midwife we encountered inquired after my first ecipreenxe, guessing it had been sub par, wanting to know what she could do to improve on it and make it as good for me in there as possible. She told me to tell her if I didn't like anyone and she'd do what she could to get me someone new. She created a safe place for me, given how guarded I felt I had to be to survive there.While I was having the epidural in theatre, they triple checked with my partner outside what we wanted done with the placenta we had no plans for the placenta, which I think threw them more as a transfer than home than if we had a request!! We had excellent ecipreenxe post partum as well, lots of support for cosleeping and breastfeeding. I was so focused on getting out of the hospital ASAP that when I was packing to leave it dawned on me nothing bad had happened there, much unlike the 8 days pp I had ecipreenxed 5 years ago, and really it had been quite pleasant I even had nice room mates LOLI never thought I'd be singing a hospital's praises, after such a shocking first time around just didn't plan on going there LOL But we were lucky enough to ecipreenxe the best of both worlds, the continuity of care and support from our IM, and the right people with the medical skills, equipment and drugs we unfortunately needed. I wish I could bottle the ecipreenxe for other women with previous trauma who find themselves in hospital. I was a battered woman the first time, and while I am disappointed we didn't get to birth at home, I feel like the birth we did get has mitigated some of that rather than compounded it.
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