"Felt cared for during my daughter's birth"

Anything else?

I had my daughter at stepping hill, due to being a high risk pregnancy I had antenatal care every fortnight which was very good and I felt well cared for. I thought I felt reduced fetal movements at 38 weeks (luckily everything was ok) and this was taken seriously and I was sent for a scan straight away. I had a caesarean birth and this went smoothly, the surgeons and anaesthetist came and introduced themselves to me before hand and explained the procedure. I was on the post natal ward for three days after my daughter's birth, the staff seemed to try their best but were undoubtedly understaffed and the longer I'd been there the less I was checked on. A few times on the second and third day I would ask for something and then be left waiting as they had either forgotten or were too busy to do it but most of the time requests were dealt with. Due to a lack of paedetricians my discharge was delayed one day, but I was sorted first thing the following morning. Seems a terrible waste of resources though to keep me in an extra day just because there were not enough doctors to check my daughter. Overall though my experience was good and I would recommend Stepping Hill as a place to give birth. I had previously given birth at Wythenshawe and SH seemed a little smaller but more personal. The staff were in the main friendly and helpful.