One step forward and two steps back?

Jubilee birth centre has been ahead in the game when it comes to maternity hospitals in my opinion. They understood the term less is more as they took things to a more natural practise, it not just the rooms them selves that looked and felt moor homely but the staff are all very welcoming. The attention is not merely focused on the women in labour and getting the baby out so the next patient can start the process but it is on the partner and those there to support them. For my husband the horrible feeling that I was in pain and he could not stop it was eased by the midwifes comforting words of reassurance that by just being there and holding my hand was helping. At on point did I feel rushed and an inconvenience. I just have to wonder it if the hustle and bustle of a larger hospital and clinical surroundings is what I would have to look forward to with my eventual second child.
If you have been watching the news you will have seen that the jubilee birth centre has now been closed due to lack of funding which is a great shame to say the least. There are a lot of opinions floating around as to weather it is a good or bad thing. Some have said that the money could be better spent elsewhere and one person said that if women want to have a luxury birth then they should pay to go privet, that person was a man! I under stand that funds are low but I have never heard of any fund raising events for castle hill other wise I would of gone and supported them because I believe it to be a wonderful hospital as I am sure many would agree. I in no way want to belittle the amazing work that the midwives at hull royal do especially under the pressure of under staffing but by talking to several friends, colleges and other parents the overall results seems to show that those that gave birth at jubilee birth centre had a much more present experience than those who gave birth at hull royal. Now this result may be because there are more births at hull royal and you have to be in perfect health to go to jubilee but still there are lots of women who were unable to give birth at jubilee that still opt to have there after care there.  for me the most important thing was to fell calm and for the midwife to be reassuring and supporting but not controlling. I heard a lot of stories where the midwifes have been barking commands at the women in labour and even shouting at them to be quiet, now I was not a screamer my self and I don’t think some of the women need to carry on the way that they do on “One Born Every Minute” but there is a great deal of pain evolved in giving birth so telling them to be quiet is a bit unfair. The midwife I had was lovely she sat back and observer but she let me go through it all at my pace and in my way I pushed when I needed to push and I felt calm and cared for. Perhaps now there are more midwifery staff at hull royal it will take some of the pressure off and they can give more attention to each woman as well as giving attention to the partner which in the past has been lacking. There was a comment made about hull royal being factory births, well I can only hope that this is a thing of the past as my eventual second child will inevitably be born at hull royal infirmary.    XxX