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Queen's Hospital 2024-08-02 Person 2 5 0

I’m not entirely sure that I was meant to go on coral ward after having my baby! For someone whose life was at risk and needed a GA emergency C-section, to go on a low risk ward 8 hours later I find mental. Not one nurse/midwife knew I’d had a GA and was surprised when I had told them each time! I was never told what actually happened during my labour and didn’t see any after in the time I was there recovering. I have filled in a birth reflection form and waiting for a response. I am and will be forever grateful of the staff and the quickness in how they reacted to save both me and my baby boy but there are a lot of unanswered questions

I wasn’t impressed whilst waiting for discharge, the conversation that took place, with what I believe was with a paediatrician. After examination by a midwife we were told baby my be tongue tied, and was to be revived by a maxi facial dr. A lady dr came and confirmed and then said she was going to get her senior! When the senior came, which we believed he was looking for tongue tie and was maybe going to snip it there and there, he proceeded to tell us that ‘he doesn’t think our baby boy has Down syndrome and in fact has dads nose profile’ this was all news to ours and very very unexpected! How that conversation was allowed to happen 1. In front of other patients 2. Without any type of warning 3. No mention of the tongue tie-which now we will have to pay privately to get done! After discharge, my community midwife had no notes on the birth, no discharge notes on baby, couldn’t believe the conversation we had had with the dr regarding Down’s syndrome and that’s how it was left-no test, just wait and see how develops! I received a call 6 days after birth from someone at queens, who needed different information regarding feed times, how much first feed, whether breast/bottle, did baby have bloods tested for the diabetes- all which I couldn’t answer as I had a GA so unaware of timings, amounts etc etc! My husband too didn’t know as he was left for nearly 4 hours without being updated properly on what was going on during the delivery! Baby has been registered as ‘white British’ ahen he isn’t! ,