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Latest post on 15 November 2011 - 11:40

Hi Lec299 I have no intention of scaring you with my story about delivering at the American Hospital, but after reading just about only positive notes I just wanted to let you know my experience was completely different. I delivered my son there two years ago. I went in at 9 pm with contractions every 4 minutes and 3 cm dilation. I asked to walk around at least during the first part of labour to ease things. They said that was fine but called me back after 10 minuted and insisted on putting me on an IV to induce contractions. I objected strongly- I didn't need any inducing did I?, but they just jabbed it in me and gave me the meds until contractions came so quickly I couldn't even breathe. We told them from the start our son was not in the right position (stargazer) and thought they should perhaps check if he was turning at all during labour. This was never done. I asked for an epidural (since the contractions were coming so fast) 6 TIMES and never got a decent answer from the midwife, who just walked out of the room every time I asked for one... . I insisted I did not want the pethidine as this affects the baby, but they told me it was the only option as they could not find an anaesthesist! SO I had the pethidine, which was about the only thing said I would never do during this birth... . My water broke when I had about 8 cm and the midwife insisited this was not the water breaking, because the quantity was not enough... . She walked out again and left us alone. My husband and me were left alone as well when the pushing stage came, no one came to check me and I just pushed. In the end the gyne ran in, saw that the pushing wasn't doing anything, FINALLY checked the baby, saw he wasn't moving an inch and that he was in huge distress. She just pushed the big red emergency button in the elivery room... Miraculously an anaesthesist turned up and gave me an epidural for the emergency section. I was ready in the OT but they wouldn't start on me, because the paediatrician was taking so long to turn up and the gyne was not going to take the risk to take this baby out without him being present.... And was he needed: my boy came out black, not breathing, not moving, with an APGAR score of 3. The whole room went quiet and nobody said anything to me for 20 minutes. I told my husband to please stay with the baby and check on him and he didn't dare to come back to me because he had no idea what to say to me. I saw my son after 40 long long minutes. He turned out fine, but the delivery was the most traumatic experience ever. After that we saw a paediatrican once, a few hours after delivery. He assured us our son would be fine. Then we did not see any paediatrician at all. We did not see one when he was taken from our room because of jaundice, we did not see one when they told me he could not go home because he was not making stool, we did not see one untill I screamed and shouted on the 4th day that I demanded to see one! All the lactation consultant told me was that the milk wasn't coming and that I should give him formula, because it was my fault that he was hungry... She put me on a breast pump to see if the milk would come then, it did, a whole bottle of it, and I never saw that consultation again, she never even came back to check. I breastfed my son for 8 wonderful months and she told me 2 days after he was born I was not able to do it!?!? I am pregnant with twins now and there is NO WAY I am going back to the American Hospital. I have no idea which hospital I can put my trust in over here, but it certainly isn't AH. That being said, I do wish you have a wonderful pregnancy and birth and a healthy little one!

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