13/12/2024
“On the 24th of November, 6 minutes after arriving at Crowborough Birth Centre and literally throwing myself into the waiting, capable hands of Flic and Amy, our little boy Marcus was born.
To be honest, Marcus was almost born in the car park rather than the birth centre! No drama though as Flic and Amy heard me coming and were out quick as a flash to meet me and whisk me down to one of the birthing rooms.
Although my labour was far faster than anyone expected, there was never panic just the calm, skillful prescence of the team. My husband is telling everyone how amazingly impressed he was watching them work together in the midst of Marcus’ rapid arrival.
I was given a truely golden hour afterwards with no pressure to move from where I was comfortable and I was able to enjoy skin to skin with Marcus before he was weighed, dressed and sorted out. Flic and Amy were always around and I found their reassuring presence really helped me to calm the adrenaline, relax and enjoy that precious first few hours.
We stayed over-night in a lovely, cosy room meeting the night shift and the following day shift staff. Consistent throughout was the attentive care and support from absolutely everyone. Nothing was too much trouble.
Crowborough Birth Centre for us was a peaceful cocoon while Storm Bert raged outside and we feel immensely blessed to have had the 5* experience that we did.
Thank you Crowborough Birth Centre, our experience was everything and more than we had hoped for. ###”
