Testimonies

"I complained about pain after being stitched and still needed gas & air. They told me I didn’t need it"

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2016 and 2021: I gave birth in Nov 2016, July 2018 & December...

Anonymous

2 hours ago

"A midwife complained I didn't say 'please'"

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2015: A midwife complained I didn't say "please" when I was in...

Anonymous

6 days ago

"manipulative attitude of the anaesthetist team"

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2024: I gave birth in Dec2024 by emergency c section. It was a...

Anonymous

May 30

"all my suffering could have been prevented if that woman had just listened to me"

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2018: I gave birth in 2018. I had an unmedicated natural...

Anonymous

May 30

"I felt uncared for and ignored"

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2024/25: My baby was a misdiagnosed transverse baby. I had 5...

Anonymous

May 30

"She forcibly gave me a strip wash without my consent"

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2023: When I was in recovery after my emergency c section in...

Anonymous

Apr 18

"I lost both my tubes and babies due to the negligence of the OUH Trust"

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2023: I lost both my tubes and babies due to the negligence of...

Anonymous

Apr 16

"I said this feels so inhumane"

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2022: I think it’s time to share my story. I know it’s not...

Anonymous

Apr 16

"No one believed me at all."

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2014: Despite having been seen by a public health consultant...

Anonymous

Apr 16

"I no longer wanted to give birth at the JR as I didn’t trust them, I wish I had followed my gut!"

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2023: My little boy was born at the JR in December 2023. At...

Anonymous

Mar 6

"I'm on a theatre table, no pain relief, no explanation on what is happening"

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2020: I was under the care of consultants at the JR due to...

Anonymous

Mar 5

"My birth experience was so traumatic"

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2021: I was coerced to have an induction by my community...

Anonymous

Mar 4

"I was discharged without pain relief, after a 20 hour labour, forceps and a c-section"

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2023: I had my daughter at the JR December 2023. My waters...

Anonymous

Mar 1

"No privacy, no food, no care or support"

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2019: My second child was born via planned caesarean section....

Anonymous

Feb 28

"Aftercare on the ward was non-existent"

A mother’s experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2010: I was induced on the Friday morning with a pessary. I...

Anonymous

Feb 28

"The morning after, my cannula was falling out. No one came to check or remove it…I took it out myself."

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2024: My actual planned c section went very smoothly but the...

Anonymous

Feb 27

"My baby was born hypoxic, she was not breathing"

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2016: My daughter was born in 2016 via emergency c-section. I...

Anonymous

Feb 26

"I was forced to go two weeks overdue. That was just the beginning of the nightmare."

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2019: There were warning signs throughout my pregnancy that...

Anonymous

Feb 26

"My Niece died before she was born due to failings at the John Radcliffe"

An auntie's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2023: My Niece died before she was born due to failings at...

Anonymous

Feb 25

"We were hounded by the feeding team and midwives constantly"

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2024: I went into premature labour (35+4) in July 2024. My...

Anonymous

Feb 24

"I had 3 panic attacks on the ward and was not responded to"

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2023: After my birth I was out in a side room on the post...

Anonymous

Feb 24

"I am now reluctant to consider having another child and feel a profound loss of trust in the NHS"

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2024: On a Monday at approximately 2 a.m., my waters broke (I...

Anonymous

Feb 24

"I was treated as subhuman, an object taking up space"

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2020/21: My pregnancy was marked by various failings by OUH. I...

Anonymous

Feb 24

"The nurses knew the signs of an abruption but I was just shrugged off"

A mother's experience of Oxford University Hospitals Maternity Services in 2017: My daughter was born 5 weeks early and I was suffering...

Anonymous

Feb 24