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"I have copies of maternity records that have been crossed out and changed"
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2018: I had my son on the 1st July 2018. My waters had broken...
Anonymous
8 hours ago
"It felt cold. It felt careless. And I felt invisible"
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2025: I’ve gone back and forth about whether to share this....
Anonymous
8 hours ago
"That was an extremely traumatic experience"
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2021: My son was stillborn at 29 weeks while I was on...
Anonymous
8 hours ago
"The first pair of forceps were broken and the excruciating pain of them trying to make them work while they were inside of me is still something I can feel today"
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2018: I had my daughter at OUH in 2018. I’d been in labour...
Anonymous
Jun 28
"midwife came storming in at 2:15am, turned the lights on and started to shout at me"
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2019: I fell pregnant with fraternal twins in early 2019,...
Anonymous
Jun 28
"there was absolutely no empathy given to any of the women in the ward where all the NICU mums were"
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2023: My story is from 2023 with the birth of my first and...
Anonymous
Jun 28
"The day I gave birth to my daughter at Oxford hospital was the worst day of my life"
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2016: The day I gave birth to my daughter at Oxford hospital...
Anonymous
Jun 28
"In NICU I rarely saw nurses and would sing to comfort the other tiny babies in the bay my daughter was in"
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2013: My daughter was under consultant care due to growth...
Anonymous
Jun 28
"Despite repeatedly asking for pain relief, I was made to feel like I was overreacting or being impatient"
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2021: My experience with the OUH maternity service was in...
Anonymous
Jun 28
"By the time I had my son it had been 90 hours since my waters had broken"
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2025: I’ve recently had a very poor experience at this...
Anonymous
Jun 28
"I was left in the bed in my bloody nightie, bloody sheets and desperate for the toilet"
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2017 and 2024: It's hard to fully write in words about my...
Anonymous
Jun 28
"I worked for the trust at the time and by the time I had the courage and strength to complain I was told it’s too late!"
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2009: It seems a long time ago to some of you but to me it...
Anonymous
Jun 28
"They got him out put him on my chest and then whipped him off me as I had torn inside and out"
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2018: I was 42 when I fell pregnant with my miracle baby....
Anonymous
Jun 28
"I still cannot comprehend the lack of care that I received from the midwives at OUH after I had given birth
A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2005: I gave birth in 2005. To this day I still cannot...
Anonymous
Jun 27
"They then brought out the forceps and clanged them around like they were tongs for a bbq"
A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2017: I fell pregnant with my first child in 2017. The...
Anonymous
Jun 26
"she ‘was too busy to remember my stupid medication’...I was left scared and no longer asked for any pain medication"
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2018: I was admitted to the JR having started my...
Anonymous
Jun 26
"They took my chance to grieve my son. They took my voice when I needed to be heard. They took me"
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2024: They Took Everything From Me — My Story of Loss,...
Anonymous
Jun 26
"I was told I didn’t “sound like I was in enough pain” and advised to take a bath, relax, and wait longer at home"
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2021/22: I gave birth to my second daughter in November...
Anonymous
Jun 26
"I didn’t get taken in to be checked, they left me at home with my baby/foetus"
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2022: I went to hospital bleeding at 15 weeks pregnant to be...
Anonymous
Jun 26
"He was resuscitated and, after approximately 17 minutes, took his first breath. As a result, he suffered a severe brain injury."
A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2005: My son received substandard care at the John Radcliffe...
Anonymous
Jun 26
"Still to this date I have scaring on my left lung"
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2020: That new born first time parent bubble of mine was...
Anonymous
Jun 26
"I said I wanted to give him formula instead. They told me I was not allowed"
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2022: I had my baby in summer 2022. At my due date midwife...
Anonymous
Jun 26
"we were told she should have been supervised by a sensible doctor when carrying out the forceps"
A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2022: I gave birth to my daughter, which was a horrendous...
Anonymous
Jun 26
"I used the birth after thoughts service where I was made to feel like I was mental"
A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity services in 2018: I went in one evening at 39 weeks to be checked for...
Anonymous
Jun 26
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