moneypenny20

The husband nearly lumped one of mine when I was in labour with First Born. He did complain but he was too knackered to do anything else. However every other one I've been in contact with were awesome.

Tr1boy

The wound is healing fine, everyone is agreed on that. I think the stitches are due out tomorrow (looks like a plastic bead on the end of the wound which they pull I think).

She just wanted an explanation for the extreme pain down the left hand side and some re-assurance that nothing was wrong internally.

I just spoke to her and she seems more comfortable now the pain is being managed properly. I think they are looking at a discharge tomorrow afternoon but not 100% sure.

BTW, they put Manuka honey on the wound straight after surgery.

brissybee

That sounds good... wish they'd done that with mine. My infected wound burst open... I herniated a disc... then the wound herniated. All good fun for a couple of years.

Fortunately, it sounds like Mrs TB is in much better hands. Enjoy it all.

Dorothy

When my daughter was born one of my nurses insisted on calling her by an abbreviated version of her name. I asked her nicely more than once not to but she just kept on doing it. By day 2 i was very upset (hormones and all that) telling her yet again not to call my baby by that name when my GP walked in to visit. He reamed her out very loudly and made her apologise for upsetting me.

Bullying or sticking up for a vulnerable patient being bullied by a nasty nurse? IMO (as a patient and as a student nurse) I'll opt for the latter.

I also had a midwife tell me to STFU and stop complaining when the anaesthetist hit a nerve trying to put an epidural in with my son. She was told in no uncertain terms to get out of my room and not come back.

moneypenny20

She might have been mine. Was she Chinese? She told me to 'damn well keep still' when they were trying to put the epidural in. I was mid contraction at the time. Then when the husband pointed that out, she snapped that I was only having a baby for goodness sake.

northernbird

I've been very lucky by the sounds of it. I was home after my section in Canada after 36 hours and was moving 3000 miles across the country within a week. The only downside to either of my experiences was the filthy state of the hospital in Calgary, it was fortunate I didn't develop any kind of infection!!

Hopefully now the issues have been addressed Mrs TB can focus on recovery and bonding with LGWNN.

Tr1boy

Thanks And again, heartfelt thanks to everyone. I'm at work hastily trying to re-arrange meetings and projects so I can be at home and taking care of my family.

LGWNN has a name now. 'Imogen'

brissybee

That is a lovely name.

Congratulations!

northernbird

Beautiful name

Tr1boy

Early in the pregnancy we were going to call her 'Florence' and because her last name starts with 'Lo' I started to call bump 'FloLo'. I just spoke to Mrs TB and she referred to Imogen as 'FloLo',,,eek

Sue

A big welcome to Imogen!!!

carolinephillips

Lovely name. Imogen, not Flolo that is.

Unfortunately nicknames tend to stick- my sister had a head shaped like a peanut when she was born, and had to go through her childhood, teens and most of her grown-up life with it. Nowadays it is shortened to "nut", by my mother, which is more fitting.

eddie007

That's child number 3, daughter number 2's name, more commonly known as Imodium or The hop a long kid....

old.sparkles

What a lovely name

Is she home now?

Tr1boy

Thanks. No not home yet, I'm hoping later today. Drs are happier with her pain relief now and I don't think she has had any more morphine since yesterday morning although I haven't spoken to her today yet. So hopefully the tablets she's taking will be enough from now on.

Here's a crappy phone pic. Kid got more hair than her dad!