Maternity Hospital

[Speedy Claire]

A stab in the dark but just wondering if anyone knows what would be the nearest maternity hospital for somebody living in Bracknell, Berkshire to be admitted to?

Am concerned about a friend who phoned me as she had gone into labour early on Tuesday morning and I`ve heard nothing since. House phone not being answered and her mobile switched off.

As I`m not familiar with the hospitals in the area any help would be appreciated. Many thanks :-D

[sarah]

Heatherwood hospital is fairly close, but I'd imagine that there are a fair few choices as it's pretty densely populated around there. Tara might have a better idea.

[dirtydog]

might even be frimley park

[Speedy Claire]

Thanks guys... I was hoping that it would be like my area where we only have 2 maternity units to cover the area.

Don`t know if it helps at all but she lives in Bracknell and I know it was only a 20 min drive to the maternity unit from home.

[Tara]

Heatherwood stopped admitting last year they do the antenatal stuff but no labours now

Claire it will be Frimley Park
the one at Reading the names escapes me or it will be Wexham at Slough

[Tara]

Thanks guys... I was hoping that it would be like my area where we only have 2 maternity units to cover the area.

Don`t know if it helps at all but she lives in Bracknell and I know it was only a 20 min drive to the maternity unit from home.
then it could be any of the 3 i mentioned

sorry not much help i know i would think its either Frimley Park or Wexham, Reading is a bit further out

[Speedy Claire]

then it could be any of the 3 i mentioned

sorry not much help i know i would think its either Frimley Park or Wexham, Reading is a bit further out


Many thanks Tara, it is a help.... I`ll try Frimley Park patient admissions first and see if she`s there, if not i`ll try the wexham one. :thumleft:

[Tara]

good luck Claire, I hope she is OK

[Speedy Claire]

Many thanks Tara.... I`m just worried as I know she`d have called me as soon as she possibly could and it`s been some time now. I know some women can have long labours but 48 hours + seems a very long time :(

[Tara]

Many thanks Tara.... I`m just worried as I know she`d have called me as soon as she possibly could and it`s been some time now. I know some women can have long labours but 48 hours + seems a very long time :(

it does seem a long time, I hope that a) you find her and b) that she and the baby are both well

[Speedy Claire]

YAY!!!!!


Big thanks for your help. My friend Hemma has not long phoned me and she`s ok. She had a very long and difficult labour and has only just got home (forgot to take her mob with her!!!) but Jonathon James Mason was born at 00.04 today weighing in at 5lbs 4oz



http://uploads.bikechat.net/Speedy Claire/Jonathon.jpg


Can anyone lend me a very young baby just for a short time cos I`m feeling all broody :D

[lily]

He is lovely!!!!!! Awwwwww

Congrats to your friend! X

[Speedy Claire]

Thanks Lily... I can now go out and buy all those lovely blue babyclothes for "tiny babies" that looked so cute :D

[dirtydog]

Blimey!!!


Got more hair than me!!!!

[Speedy Claire]

lol... if any of it falls out i`ll ask her to forward it to you for potential transplant?

[Stu]

Can anyone lend me a very young baby just for a short time cos I`m feeling all broody :D
Possibly, but not for a few months yet,
Congrats to Hemma :D I guess Jonathan James Mason got off quite lightly with a Hemma for a mum ;)

[Speedy Claire]

Possibly, but not for a few months yet,
Congrats to Hemma :D I guess Jonathan James Mason got off quite lightly with a Hemma for a mum ;)


Wow is there something I should be congratulating you on??? :D and yes i`m relieved about her choice of name lol. Hemma`s Asian hence her name, I couldn`t pronounce her full name! From age 15 she rebelled against her strict Asian upbringing and the unrealistic expectations of her family... she married an Englishman and was disowned by her family hence her choosing a traditional English name. I was convinced she was having a little girl and if she had she would`ve been called Lily.

[Lou M]

Ahh, lovely! Good choice of name too.
Glad you finally heard from her.

I was going to post before you said she'd called, that it could just be a long labour, I was 62 hours with Evie M, a friend managed to get hold of us in hospital as she knew when I'd gone in and was quite curt with hubby for not telling her, until he said I was still in labour, I think this was 48 hours at this point!

[Speedy Claire]

OMG... thought i`d had a long one!!!!

I think it was something similar for Hemma and looking at the little mark on Jonathons head it looks like venteuse has been used or something... big ouch :(

[Tara]

thats wonderful news Claire i'm glad all is well :D

Please can we stop on the long painful labour stories tho until i've had mine :)

[kitkat]

OMG... thought i`d had a long one!!!!

I think it was something similar for Hemma and looking at the little mark on Jonathons head it looks like venteuse has been used or something... big ouch :(

Congratulations to Hemma. I was going to send you a PM the other day to see how long she had to go. Lovely wee boy. Becky had ventouse and had a cone head for a couple of days and was needless to say very grumpy.

thats wonderful news Claire i'm glad all is well :D

Please can we stop on the long painful labour stories tho until i've had mine :)

Hahahahahahhahaha :p gas and air, nectar of the gods :cool:

[fenjer]

Hahahahahahhahaha :p gas and air, nectar of the gods :cool:

or it makes you throw up...

Tara you'll be fine - just keep positive through it and dont rush off to hospital at the first sign of a contraction! You're better at home for as long as possible.

:)

Congrats to Hemma - he looks lovely.

[Tara]

Hahahahahahhahaha :p gas and air, nectar of the gods :cool:

Cheers Mate:eek:

[fenjer]

oooh - you'll like my comment even less tara! ;)

[Tara]

thanks for the sympathy ;) i'll be fine and Fenjer i will be staying home sa long as possible :D

[appollo1]

Congrats to your friend.


Can anyone lend me a very young baby just for a short time cos I`m feeling all broody :D


I can lend you a 4 year old and a stroppy 6 year old to see if you change your mind about them being cute!!! They don't stay cute for long!!


..... I was 62 hours with Evie M.......


62 hours OMG!!!!



Please can we stop on the long painful labour stories tho until i've had mine :)

Don't worry Tara they are not all long painful labour stories. My daughter - 55 mins labour 7lb 9oz. My son 1 hour 10 mins 10lb 2oz with no pain relief as there wasn't any available in the Cypriot hospital.

Piece of cake no problems at all ....................for me anyway but I'm sure my wife would like to say different!!! :rolleyes:

[fenjer]

Don't worry Fenjer they are not all long painful labour stories. My daughter - 55 mins labour 7lb 9oz. My son 1 hour 10 mins 10lb 2oz with no pain relief as there wasn't any available in the Cypriot hospital.


I know that I'm a student midwife and a mum to one!

I had a long labour, friday afternoon til sunday night in slow labour and til monday lunch time in "proper labour" with two paracetamol on saturday night so i could get some sleep. My wee girl was 6lb 11 1/2 oz.

The no more horror stories pleas came from tara. :)

[appollo1]

oops - ammended accordingly - Sorry fenjer :notworthy:

[Speedy Claire]

Many thanks everyone.... Tara labour differs so much from woman to woman, some seem to have no trouble at all tho unfortunately when I was pregnant I seem to remember only hearing the horror stories lol

You`ll be pleased to know that I didn`t feel a thing when I gave birth to Chris and my labour was totally natural without painrelief.











Until 7am then I had gas and air











11am the pethidine









4pm..... demanded an epidural!!




Which is why I never felt a thing giving birth :D

[kitkat]

lol speedy

tara dont worry - its got to get out somehow. cant be too bad as ive done it 3 times and im a big wuss.

[Speedy Claire]

I can lend you a 4 year old and a stroppy 6 year old to see if you change your mind about them being cute!!! They don't stay cute for long!

Many thanks for the offer but I was thinking of something a bit younger... that totally dependant on you for everything age when they start smiling and cooing and OMG I`m off again :smt081

PS: Buying babyclothes today has not helped my state of mind one bit!

[Tara]

i'm not overly worried at the min to be honest but nearer the time once i've stopped work and i've got time to think about it then i will be panicking. i can't have pethedine or an epidural due to the fact i'm allergic to morphine so good old gas and air for me. i just hope its not a 10lb baby like my husband was and more of a 5lb like me

[kitkat]

Many thanks for the offer but I was thinking of something a bit younger... that totally dependant on you for everything age when they start smiling and cooing and OMG I`m off again :smt081

PS: Buying babyclothes today has not helped my state of mind one bit!

pity you were not closer speedy, im sitting here with an almost 5 month old gorgeous girl who has just had her bath and smells of baby powder. she was laughing but now crying - nearly bed time :p

[Speedy Claire]

What a shame, would have loved to have "borrowed her" lol and I love the smell of newly washed babies and baby powder, and the cute little towels with hoods on, then looking at them fast asleep in their little cots... so content without a care in the world.

OMG I have to stop this here and now lmao

PS: Just off to give the cat his bottle of milk before his bedtime.... where`s my Johnson`s baby talc :smt105

[kitkat]

What a shame, would have loved to have "borrowed her" lol and I love the smell of newly washed babies and baby powder, and the cute little towels with hoods on, then looking at them fast asleep in their little cots... so content without a care in the world.

OMG I have to stop this here and now lmao

PS: Just off to give the cat his bottle of milk before his bedtime.... where`s my Johnson`s baby talc :smt105


squealing sounds as cat tries to get out the cat flap before the nappies are brought out. lol

just to put you off, remember sleepless nights, cracked nipples, teething - reality intrudes.

[Speedy Claire]

I was lucky and very rarely had the sleepless nights.... Chris was a good sleeper and I can actually remember hoovering under his cot at 10am trying to wake him up!!! the teething tho is coming to mind, and the terrible two`s.

Keep it up I`m slowly coming round to the idea of just getting a kitten lol

[Tara]

just to put you off, remember sleepless nights, cracked nipples, teething - reality intrudes.

Thanks Hazel ;-) your really not selling this motherhood lark although i guess its a bit late for me to be moaning :lol:

Claire i'll swap you, you look after the baby i'll look after your kitten ;)

[SVStorm]

YAY!!!!!


Big thanks for your help. My friend Hemma has not long phoned me and she`s ok. She had a very long and difficult labour and has only just got home (forgot to take her mob with her!!!) but Jonathon James Mason was born at 00.04 today weighing in at 5lbs 4oz



http://uploads.bikechat.net/Speedy Claire/Jonathon.jpg


Can anyone lend me a very young baby just for a short time cos I`m feeling all broody :D

Ahh what a cutie! Glad they are both doing well. I know how you feel. Feeling pretty broody myself especially since my boyfriends last name is "Mason". Makes me want to have a little Mason of my own. One of my mates had a baby recently and we visited them 2 week ago and the baby was soo cute. Wanted to take him home with me.

[Lou M]

i'm not overly worried at the min to be honest but nearer the time once i've stopped work and i've got time to think about it then i will be panicking. i can't have pethedine or an epidural due to the fact i'm allergic to morphine so good old gas and air for me. i just hope its not a 10lb baby like my husband was and more of a 5lb like me

Don't worry about the weight, hubby and I were both 10lb babies and I was huge with Evie, so naturally a bit worried, but she was only 8lb and all my weight was water!

[Lou M]

thats wonderful news Claire i'm glad all is well :D

Please can we stop on the long painful labour stories tho until i've had mine :)

Have you ever been horseriding? I know an odd question!

[Lou M]

62 hours OMG!!!!



Yep, Friday morning right through until Monday morning. What a waste of a weekend!
But 16 years later and I'm now starting to think it was worth it, as she's my best friend!

[appollo1]

But 16 years later and I'm now starting to think it was worth it, as she's my best friend!

That's all that matters in the end. No matter how much grief they give you as they grow up, as long as you can be proud of them then you have done a great job in bringing them up.

[Tara]

Have you ever been horseriding? I know an odd question!

i have but a long time ago why?

[Lou M]

i have but a long time ago why?

As long as you haven't recently. It was my midwife that told me this, there were five of us doing anti natal and we joined up again after, two of us had had difficult births, she asked the same question, and yes we were both riders, the others weren't.
Apparently horse riders have more problems because the pelvic muscles are much stronger.
Very odd I thought!

[shonadoll]

thanks for the sympathy ;) i'll be fine and Fenjer i will be staying home sa long as possible :D

I couldn't have done it without my TENS machine, worth a shot. Had my son at home with that.

[Lou M]

I couldn't have done it without my TENS machine, worth a shot. Had my son at home with that.

Yes, TENS is ace! I've now bought one from Lloyds Chemist to use when my back it bad, it works a treat! (But don't use this for pregnancy, get one from your midwife!!)

[Tara]

you have to hire them in our region Tesco do them i think. As for the horse riding thanks Lou i won't be horse riding again til after the birth :D

[Lou M]

you have to hire them in our region Tesco do them i think. As for the horse riding thanks Lou i won't be horse riding again til after the birth :D

I hired my Tens, it kept me going for 40 odd hours (that's how good it is), I only had to give up on it when the silly midwife suggested a bath and I had to take it off, it didn't do any good after that!

[kitkat]

well if Becky wasnt positive she was never having kids, the horse riding fact has swung it. lol

[Speedy Claire]

Thanks Hazel ;-) your really not selling this motherhood lark although i guess its a bit late for me to be moaning :lol:

Claire i'll swap you, you look after the baby i'll look after your kitten ;)


Great... but can I have my kitten back if I get fed up lol :D

[Speedy Claire]

I think Lloyds chemist might still have an offer on on Tens machines... they did a couple of weeks ago