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Posted: 01 November 2007 at 10:57pm |
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Midwife said 509 babies born at chch womens last month..the most ever during any month it's been recorded...lucky me being in the middle of a baby boom:)
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Posted: 02 November 2007 at 8:03am |
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Yes CWH is crazy cos of the boom. Just expect to be shipped out a few hours after the birth, and remember you could end up at st georges, burwood, rangiora or lincoln.
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Posted: 02 November 2007 at 8:09am |
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yeah i've asked for burwood..apparently it's likely to be ok..as st georges the most popular from what I've heard but as long as we know how to get where we are going I don't care:) 3 hours is ridiculous though....I don't understand it!!!!
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Posted: 02 November 2007 at 8:25am |
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Yeah one of the women at our coffee group got sent out to Lincoln 2 hours after she had given birth and it was in the middle of the night, it is really ridiculous. I can't believe that they built the new hospital to be the same size as the old one, what the hell is that about, how much did they pay a consultant for that piece of wisdom?
Burwood is really lovely me and Spencer spent a couple of nights there, they were really helpful and you get a lot more one on one attention if you need it, or they leave you alone if thats what you want.
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Posted: 02 November 2007 at 9:32am |
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yeah i heard its great(but old) and its not too far away for us too... so yeah hopefully..yes my midwife gets really wild bout people having to be transferred in winter in the middle of the night.. and as far as why they do it ..i don't know.. cause they don't give a rats about the mothers and their babies maybe?
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Posted: 02 November 2007 at 9:47am |
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Its cos they just don't have enough room, but when you go to the maternity ward you will see just how much wasted space there is. One of the midwifes when I was in before having Spencer said they could have put a whole extra floor on the hospital and still not had enough space.
Is so silly, and there was a thing on Campbell just after I had Spencer about it and the guy from the DHB said they were better than most countries, what a crap response, so were better than the third world, we should be trying to be world leaders no just not being at the bottom of the pile.
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Posted: 02 November 2007 at 9:58am |
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The other reason you are transferred out of CWH, is because it has been set up and designed as a base/teaching hospital.
This means its for birthing and medical cases only. Part of the reason this was done is because birthing units like Lincoln, Burwood, Rangiora were being under utilised and were facing closure.
Most people I have spoken to have enjoyed being trabsferred as the other places are not to hospital like so they can actually start to relax.
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Posted: 02 November 2007 at 10:07am |
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Yeah I didn't mind being transferred but I had had a c/s so it was a few days before I went and then a few more after that cos all the birthing units were full, I think going 2 hours after a birth is extreme. I also think they can't really expect people to use the birthing units when they don't cater for emergencies and you can't have an epidural.
Personally I was gonna birth at Burwood, my m/w was part of the burwood team, my pregnancy had been going along without any problems and i was open to the idea of not using pain relief but I more than understand why many women would not be comfortable with that.
As someone who spent 4 weeks at CWH, 3 before and 1 after I can assure you that the hospital could be run a whole lot better and that it should have been built a whole lot bigger.
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Posted: 02 November 2007 at 10:21am |
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peanut its not about that...i am not going to enjoy having my first baby (which terrifies me) then being shoved out of hospital after i've had barely enough time to take it all in and be shoved somewhere else..we are way behind the rest of the world..nowhere makes you go before 24 hours.. its crazy..sorry if it sounds grumpy but it's really a sore point with me..:(
of course it is better to be settled into somewhere else and relax but 3 hours..its just mean:(
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Posted: 02 November 2007 at 10:27am |
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I don't see it as a huge issue and this is my 1st also. I can understand the nerves about transferring and think they could make it easier by providing some form of transport to transfer you but overall its not too bad. I feel really sorry for the lincoln and rangiora transfers as they have a long way to drive which would make it more stressful. Also I think it depends on your MW, mine has been really good and supportive and explained how it will all work in detail so feel comforted.
Cuppatea, I agree about the birthing units not being well set up for births etc but they are really only used as after care now.
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Posted: 02 November 2007 at 10:38am |
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the reasons i find it stressful are
he will be our first baby ..and my DH and I may have had no sleep for days..so he will be driving us in maybe the dark in a capsule we have never used to a place we haven't been:) that's why i think it's normal to be worried ?
my mw has explained it too..I really understand the process I just don't think its necessary and as far as where to go..if Burwood and St georges are busy I could end up at Lincoln which is a great hospital but far out..it's miles away:) so that's why...but it is great that you aren't worried about it ...wish i could say the same!
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Posted: 02 November 2007 at 10:43am |
I think we all feel the same about it being our first etc. Its ok to be worried but remember your MW has seen every capsule and is there to help you.
Have practise rans of where you are going and how to use the capsule etc and that should settle the nerves.
My MIL is a MW and has reassured me (as has my MW) that its very very rare that you can't get a room at the place you want to transfer and that they will sometimes keep you at CWH hospital overnight, so you can get a bed where you want it esp if your seem extremely anxious etc. Might be a tip you could use 
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Posted: 02 November 2007 at 10:45am |
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lol thanks:) mine didn't say that about rare...hope thats true as obviously we will be going to look at Burwood but that doesn't help if we end up at Lincoln ;) I'm sure I'll do a fab job of acting so stressed i can't move till the next day!:)
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Posted: 02 November 2007 at 11:07am |
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Peanut, they are actively trying to get more women to birth at the birthing units and my m/w was saying they use to make second time mums go to them and they are talking about doing that again, which personally I think it is outrageous, and first second third fourth or fifth time you should have the choice of where to birth.
Also it is not that rare for the units to be full, I was delayed in transferring cos of it and my friend did her whole stay at CWH because they couldn't move her anywhere else, another friend ended up out at lincoln when she lives in the city, and we all birthed in May, June and July of this year.
I at least think they could wait for daylight before they get people to transfer.
Kawww just make sure your midwife knows how uncomfortable you are at the idea of moving and she should make a case for you to stay, even if its just for a few more hours, they only move you if everything is ok with you and bubs so if you are feeling really stressed or exhausted that should be reason alone for you to stay a bit longer.
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Posted: 02 November 2007 at 11:38am |
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ok i will thanks
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Posted: 02 November 2007 at 1:26pm |
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It sounds as though there have been some full wards all over the country. We had planned on using a local birthcentre in Hamilton but because of blood pressure issues I got hospitalised 1 day before EDD. They had to put me into the Post-Natal Ward my first night, as Ante-Natal was full. So there I was, the only pregnant person on the whole ward! Once talk of inducement started plans to deliver at the birthcentre went out the window, but I was still hopeful that I would be able to transfer back - the birthcentre has a 12 hour transfer rule, and a 48 hour stay rule. Luckily they managed to get me onto to ante-natal ward the following day - where I spent the next 4 nights and then went into labour my myself. By that stage that ward was full - I couldn't get into a private room to labour when I asked after somewhere between 21 and 31 hours of labour (not fully realising it) - luckily I was 8-9cm by that stage and they took me down to the delivery suite then. After bubs arrived I was back on the post-natal ward. Because of the 'damage' I had recieved the hospital were not prepared to discharge me, so back to a full ward once more. For the next 4 days they were full up again - room for 24 mums and 24 bubs, and at one stage had 24 mums and 27 bubs!!
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Posted: 02 November 2007 at 1:45pm |
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wow thats a lot of babies
Cuppatea what dates were you at burwood? we might of been there at the same time I was there from the 16th to the 18th and there was heaps of room but the day I left they were getting a few transferred and I would of had to share a room so I went home.
I had both my babies at birthing units and it was great. Caprece came out so fast and she wasn't breathing but they all handled it really well and I didn't even notice. Jacks labour was so long and drawn out I was glad I was at burwood cos if I was at womens my mw said they probably would of tried to speed things up which wouldn't of helped and just made things more painful for me. But I can totally understand wanting to have bubs at cwh. My plan with Jack was to start off at burwood and if things got too much for me we would be straight to chch womens.
I arrived at burwood at around 4am while in labour with Caprece and they were so nice and had someone waiting at the door to take me up in a wheelchair. A freinds cousin got transferred to Rangiora in the middle of the night and the poor dh was driving about 30kph along the motorway because he was so tired and so scared driving with bubs but when they got to the hospital they staff were waiting at the door and had hot drinks and food for everyone, so getting transferred is probably better than having to stay at womens.
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Posted: 02 November 2007 at 2:07pm |
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I got transferred and didn't mind it one bit I liked the fact that I had my own room and didn't have to share with anyone else.
But totally understand were your coming from Kawww I would do what the others have suggested so you get to stay there.
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Posted: 02 November 2007 at 2:10pm |
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I was there on the 14th to the 16th. I was being helped with breastfeeding when a woman came in in labour, that might have been you.
Oh wait it wouldn't have been cos that was in the middle of the day and I've just read that you came in at 4am.
I had planned to birth at burwood, they are really lovely there and I found the care there was better than at CWH as they weren't as rushed etc
Transferring wasn't much fun I would have rather gone home, but then I had already spent 3 nights at CWH and was like whats the point, but cos of having the c/s I had to stay an extra night to have the jabs and then Spencer got jaundice and had to go in the bilibed so it turned out for the best really.
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Posted: 02 November 2007 at 2:11pm |
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its not the actual transferring:) its the darkness and the 3 hour rule that irritates me..if i give birth at 1am I'd like to be allowed to wait till the sun comes up but that's not how it works apparently:)
I'd rather do the whole process in one place but i can't as have to be at CWH in case i want an epidural:(!!Antoher weird rule that they are the only place who can do them..
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