What Is Your Experience With Christmas Babies?

Listening to my midwives whispering their Christmas plans to one another right in front of my vagina was torturous- utterly TORTUROUS!! The bed was raised practically to eye level, bed head tilted- and I was on all fours- it was most definitely being discussed straight at my vagina’s face!

They had no interest invested in the task at hand- and I was in my FINAL stages of labour. I was nothing more than an inconvenience interrupting their festive planning. And after not experiencing anything like this during nine births I question if this is only something that occurs at Christmas time?

Do you have a December born baby and what was your birthing experience like?

I’ve got nothing against the season, in fact I love it. But I didn’t love listening to how one of the midwives had lost her grandmother’s Christmas presents at her house, quizzing each other about what gifts to get for a niece and how long the drive to Newcastle would be after their shift- honestly I just wanted to ask them to please stop talking… but I didn’t because I didn’t want to offend them the way they had offended my vagina and I.

Does this only happen at Christmas? Because I’ve had a baby during most of the special occasions but never has my vagina been spoken to like this…

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- - SAS185 said
  - 24 Jul 2024
    9:44 pm
I rang the hospital in labour on new years eve. I was asked to give them half hour as they were sitting down for their celebration dinner. As it was my first child they thought theyd/I would have plenty of time before giving birth. I gave birth 3 hours after getting to the hospital.
- - mom512702 said
  - 18 May 2024
    3:43 pm
It’s unfortunate that your midwives were not fully focused on supporting you during labor. It’s important for medical professionals to prioritize their patients’ needs, regardless of the time of year.SexDollTech
- - mom462038 said
  - 18 May 2024
    10:37 am
You should have spoken up. If they don’t know how you’re feeling, how can you expect them to fix it?
- - mom512417 said
  - 09 Apr 2024
    1:28 pm
Having a Christmas baby was different for me. Your midwife (or midwives), some of whom are absolutely appalling, was likely to blame. geometry dash
- - Ellen said
  - 06 Nov 2023
    8:59 am
You could consider to make a complaint
- - BellaB said
  - 04 May 2023
    6:47 pm
I had a Christmas baby but didn’t have this experience. I have to say it was probably your midwife/s at fault – some of them are horrendous.
- - mom481326 said
  - 13 Feb 2023
    10:36 am
It’s a big deal to you, but we found for others the birth of a child near Christmas was annoying and distracting, like it was going to effect their Christmas plans!!! It’s a busy time of year so it seemed like an extra inconvenience to others.
- - CrystalG said
  - 11 Feb 2023
    2:02 pm
Sorry this was your experience.
- - mom93821 said
  - 08 Feb 2023
    6:36 am
Hospitals should have processes for feedback if you have concerns.
- - Ellen said
  - 07 Feb 2023
    4:23 am
Sorry, that doesn’t sound like a nice experience and I think it’s unprofessional too
- - mom64645 said
  - 06 Feb 2023
    8:59 pm
I think this could happen any time of year, it’s really about the midwives. To put this in perspective, it could be a lot worse. My midwife neglected to check dilation hardly at all, and I nearly had my baby on the fitball!!! I mean I was clearly in advanced labour (first and only baby) looking back, I couldn’t keep my breath the pain was so regular and intense but still no checking by her. It’s a balance on what you need for the birth, I’d probably raise it early for your next baby when you go in to say that you had ‘this’ experience and it really put you off and made you feel like you weren’t properly cared for. (or whatever you felt)
- - mom93821 said
  - 06 Feb 2023
    6:16 pm
Have never experienced anything like this, only discussion about my births.