I'll get the ball rolling then!

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I'll get the ball rolling then!

Jura 12/03/2008, 19:31
I have had one baby here two years ago; my experience was not great even though I stayed in a private clinic. Could not believe the mothers being allowed to smoke in the rooms! Checked out after 2 days despite the protests of the staff. Anyone had a baby here using the local general hospital? I'd be very interested to hear your experience!

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Frenchie 24/03/2008, 21:45

Does my experience count as I am French?

I had my baby in a clinic and the staff was really informative and helpful, and no one could have smoked in the rooms! Woot! [:-))]

The birth was very complicated, I lost a lot of blood, I had a caesarian and had to be transfused ( is that the right word??)

I stayed in the maternity ward for 12 days...........

But I was never scared( could have been, I had a " toxémie gravidique" ) , but they were all so supportive and reassuring.

Here in Niort the local hospital is fine, no problem with the " maternité" , many of my friend were happy having their babies there.

I chose a clinic because I was pregnant with twins and I wanted the epidural, which was said to be rare in hospital ( Now it s just the same here, you can have it anywhere)

Too bad I'm 42, Id go for a little girl if I were younger........... Already got the name LOL but it will remain a fantasy !

Happy

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valB 24/03/2008, 22:52
Go for it Frenchie !!! My eldest daught had her fourth baby last year at the age of 41 and he is absolutely gorgeous and she said although she has has very little sleep for the last 9 months he is worth it.Her eldest daughter is 21 and she married when the baby was 7 months old so my daughter had a baby and her eldest marry all in the same year How wonderful is that !!!!!.

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Scooby 24/03/2008, 23:05
My gran had her first baby at 40 and her second at 43 - and that was in the late 30's / early 40's - after she had a long successful career!!

PS - Her hubby was also ten years her junior - I reckon he must have been one of the first 'toy boys' Wink [;-)]

- I had lot of time for my gran....a lady ahead of her time Big Smile [:D]

PPS She outlived her 'toy boy' by 20 years....living to the grand old age of 93.

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cooperlola 25/03/2008, 11:43
My o/h's mother had twins at 43 without any problems (except that she didn't know there were two of them until the first one had popped out!) They are both sickeningly brainy too....

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opas 25/03/2008, 16:04
Does anyone remember Debra , the poster who bought some fishing lakes? She already had 2 children who had been born in the UK and had a baby in France.....from what I recall, she was not impressed with the way her baby was birthed.

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Cathy 25/03/2008, 16:34

I had my last one aged rather more than 42. Better than botox for making people think that you are young!

Cathy
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Your children won't remember you ironing their pyjamas but they will remember you reading them a bedside story.

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Jura 27/03/2008, 20:28

Frenchie you should have a try for at least one more...42 is not 'old' in any respect. Where I had my last baby I was told in the clinic here - at the last minute! - that epidural was the one and only form of pain relief available...they had no idea about gas and air or TENS; your other choice was to scream...which I did as junior was making his exit in the car park...and I was too far gone for the spinal option.

I saw the Mums leaning out their room windows, some attached to IV lines, puffing away on fags like mad throughout the day. And the meals were only fit for people like Posh Spice...tiny portions, I mean REALLY tiny, and not even a drink of water with a meal. Breakfast was just a dry breadroll with a pre-packed jam portion which to me is starvation rations - that was at 7.30am and lunch (if you could call it that) did not appear until 1pm. Not exactly a nutritional diet for a new mother intending to breastfeed and needing those extra calories. Boy was I glad to get home!

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petra 18/04/2008, 16:02
Hello Jura and everyone, I had 3 in France in a general hospital. I came here especially to have them. It was great! The first 2 were in Lons-le-Saunier and my son was born in Pontarlier. I had my own room with a shared changing room for the baby. There was a midwife who was learning English, so she'd come by my room and we'd have very nice conversations in my broken French and her excellent English.
The food was outstanding! I couldn't wait for meal times. I didn't want to go home!!
The one in Pontarlier is next to a Nestlé chocolate factory so I had the gorgeous smell of chocolate wafting in my room. My son was my 5th baby and the midwives left me pretty much alone. Except the time I was 'caught' sleeping with my son in my bed. I believe in having your newborn next to you almost all the time for the first few months, bit like how African mothers keep theirs on them in a baby carrier most of the time. This is what I wanted and at first it caused some hoohar with a few nurses, till they finally turned a blind eye. I know why it caused a bit of a stir, so no lectures please? : o )

I was married before and had a baby in the UK and my other in Germany. Both were fine, but not nearly as good as my French hospital experiences.

Frenchie, I'm 41 and was actually considering for one more, but common sense prevailed. I shall have to wait for grandchildren then?

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