Ah ffs sake kev. When you see the goings on of a delivery ward in any major hospital you realise these people are heroes. The sheer amount of work they do and then the quality of care is unreal. We had our second kid on a âquietâ day apparently and they were bombing from room to room checking people but their manner when with Mrs j was superb absolutely unbelievable. When you consider how easy it is for something to go wrong and how little time they might have to sort it you come to realise these people are amazing.
We never realised that the hospital were worried about Mrs j and the first baby until we went to have no 2 and there were only 2 people there. For no 1 we had about 8 and a fuckload of machines etc. Never once did we get the impression they were worried. There was no one looking to be seen as a hero. And they all fucked off the minute she was out safe and checked out.
He had a friend who had an issue with a creche who couldnât handle a hysterical child.
Many add ons later and it turned into the Jerry Springer show .
A remarkable story.
the kid obviously has deep rooted separation issues after the dad left
Just flicked through the thread quickly there now. Sheâs some woman alright. 5 kids and holding down that shuttering job, fair play to her.
iâd never give away marys real details you fuckwit
I would accept hospital staff are generally a different breed and i withdraw them from my generalization.
Consider myself wrapped on the knuckles.
That would be a logical assumption yes.
just to be clear this was not a creche.
Mrs. Fran had a homebirth for our youngest. It was grand, 2 midwives for most of the time. Didnât feel concerned at any stage. It was a much more enjoyable experience than the hospital born first to be honest.
Everybody to their own but Iâm with @backinatracksuit on this. I donât think relative comfort is a strong enough reason not to be as close as you can to relevant expertise and equipment if in the unlikely event things go badly wrong
whats the difference between having the expertise in your house and at a hospital?
if something goes wrong
My house doesnât have an intensive care unit or neonate equivalent for one thing
They cannot do a surgical intervention at your house. A midwife is not a doctor.
Our first lad was a tricky birth. Consultant arrived and made some quick decisions. a midwife is not a consultant
thatâs not true Mac
really now
i have my lad in giraffe, you can see heâs happy
i was in there for his bday and you could see the kids like the girls, thatâs only 1 incident tho
i think theyâre excellent
we put him in at 8 months, 3 days a week
he fucking loves it
im on my own so in there from 730 to 4 45 is great, mon to fri
his buddies would be over for play dates and shit
great craic
Glad to hear theyâre not all bad so. I worked in the same building as a giraffe or whatever the other one is in Dublin and the women spent their time outside with kids barely even looking at them.
I know of a child therapist who worked in another one who had similar feedback about them. All about the next promotion rather than the kids.
Thatâs great, I assume itâs safe enough and in theory it seems lovely. I donât like typing this but we were give the impression that one of ours may not have made it if we hadnât had an outstanding obstetrician at hand.
I wouldnât fancy it.
All the equipment made me more anxious to be honest, we had plenty of expertise at hand and an ambulance is only 10 minutes away if required
Personally, I think itâs a stupid risk to take and a decision the parents make in their own interest, not the babyâs. That aside, some fucking neck on that one from Kilkenny a few years ago that brought the state to court in order to have them take responsibility if anything went wrong with her home birth, which she lost thankfully.