Warrington hospital

Heya! I gave birth via Warrington hospital, although not a c-section, all women stay in the same ward after. Partners are allowed to stay overnight. There are chairs for them - only some of which recline. I had to stay a minimum of 12 hours for baby monitoring, so I ended up staying overnight, but they dimmed the light around 10pm, and everyone was respectful to keep noise to a minimum. Your bed is separated by those privacy curtains, but there isn't a lot of space to move around. There's a few bathrooms that have showers/bath if you so desire. Midwives are quick to respond, but I didn't have the best experience when it came to help with breastfeeding personally. They do breakfast, lunch and dinner service, but only for you x

Hi.I had an emergency c section but they acted like it was planned.
We went to a privet room and they went through my history and I signed a few papers, they put a cannula in my hand and they were all so nice!
When it came to the theatre I went in the room on my own to get the epidural and my husband was getting scrubs on.
There were loads of doctors and nurses doing their own thing. I got the epidural and lay on the bed and my husband came in, they let you put music on your phone or something to watch while you have the c section.
It was very relaxed!
I went in to recovery and they were nice to had tea and toast and then your taken down to the ward.
Take ready made bottles with you, wipes and nappies and loads of clothes and have everything close by so you don’t have to move as much.
Some women has there partners stay over night but they probably slept on the floor.
Nurses are nice enough.
Don’t be scared to move yes it does hurt after a c section but the more you move the

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They do have three private side rooms, but I believe they use these for special circumstances, so they're not guaranteed x

Yes your partner is allowed to stay with you I was in there for 4 days being induced before an emergency c/section, another 3 days after my son was born then I was back in there for another week a few days after discharge because I had a bad infection and the whole time my partner was allowed to stay with me even during the c-section (partner slept on a chair until they swapped him with a reclining chair because we were there for so long and one of the midwives who was really nice even gave him a spare pillow and blanket)

They have a few side private rooms available but you don’t usually get put in there. I only ended up in one myself when I had to go back in due to my infection from my scar and they put me on maternity ward so I wasn’t separated from my baby as he was less then a week old


I didn’t have a great experience but that was due to a lot of reasons but there were a few very nice midwives I found that the student ones especially were very helpful
(This was may 2024)

I had an emergency c-section but my midwife was amazing! Her name was Alana, she made my experience much less frightening! She really looked after us (along with a student midwife). My partner was there throughout the entire c-section & afterwards, even the 6 day stay for an infection both me & baby had (not due to c-section, more reason for c-section)! They got him a recliner chair to sleep on & after 2 nights in a bay, they made sure we got a side room with its own bathroom for our privacy, I felt really well treated in there. When my partner went home for the dog & my baby was poorly & not feeding/screaming in the night & I was in too much pain to hold him for long periods, a midwife on the night shift took him to their station for me, out of the bay to feed & soothe him. I thought it was the sweetest gesture ever! Some day staff didn’t show much interest, just ticking boxes. When I was struggling, holding tears back, it took the health visitor to notice & get me help x

Hi I'm another Warrington mama 🙂
I don't have any pearls of wisdom as I've never had a C-section. My advice would be to pack plenty of formula. Those little bottles would be good to start with.
Also I would also bring a fan but get a rechargeable one with a clip so you can attach it most places - a real space saver

I had a really great experience with a c section (elective but ended up as emergency because my waters went) at warrington in June. Couldn't fault the surgeons / midwives. All I would say is make sure you or your partner advocates for wishes and keep up with pain meds. Dont not remind the midwives because you feel fine now, get ahead of the pain.
Feel free to message me if you have any other questions.
I also made a playlist for the surgery which you're allowed to connect to their speaker. Definitely helped with my nerves!

I had an elective section at Warrington in December as my boy was breech. Overall the experience was really good!
I was an afternoon section so went in for 11am. You get settled in your bed on the ward then the doctors come and run through everything with you. We waited about 2 hours and then went down to theatre.
Although the procedure is obviously nerve racking the doctors and nurses are all amazing at making you feel as relaxed as possible. Before you know it baby is out and you’re not even thinking about the procedure anymore!
Recovery and aftercare is good and i found the midwife’s were all super nice.
Your partner can stay but there’s no bed just a chair. My husband went home for a few hours so he had some sleep and could help me the next day. It’s unlikely you’ll get much sleep on the ward 😅

I had an emergency section just under a year ago, it wasn’t an emergency situation just that I wasn’t progressing from my induction and my partner was allowed to stay the entire time, the chairs in the induction bit were much better for them though as they reclined but on the ward after you’ve had baby they aren’t. I felt terrible asking him to stay (god knows why when I’d just been cut open haha!) but I didn’t know how I’d look after baby all night, I’m sure could have called for someone and it’s what they’re there for but didn’t want to pester. Thankfully we had baby at 7ish in the evening and we were out the following day at similar time.
Like someone said above, dry your scar out!!! And don’t do too much!! I wish I’d listened sooner! It took me 3 months to get my scar to seal with multiple visits back to hospital

I had my twins via planned C section in November last year and it was a brilliant experience. I was the first section of the day so we arrived at 7am, the theatre team came down to the ward from 8am to get me prepped and at 9am I walked myself into theatre. There were lots of people in there but everyone explained who they were and why they were there. The atmosphere was really calm, I had my own playlist on and there was someone who took photographs of the whole thing!! My boys arrived at 9.34 and 9.35 and I had skin to skin with them straight away. By 10.15 I was in recovery being offered toast and I was back on the ward before midday. I was lucky enough to have one of the side rooms with me having twins and my partner stayed with me the whole time x

I had an elective and it was the best decision. You go in the day before for preop, they give you some medicine for the morning of (needs taking about 6am). You have to be there by 7am, they’ll show you to your bed area which you’ll be in overnight. They didn’t tell me where I was on the list till a little after I got there, but I was second and ended up going down about 11.30am. All the midwives and surgeons were incredible, very attentive and took time explaining, I didn’t feel a hindrance at all. They put me at ease all the time. The aftercare is amazing, my husband was able to stay with me overnight, tell him to bring a travel pillow or something, the chairs are not comfy!!. The night staff weren’t as great, they just took quite a bit longer to get pain meds but keep pestering and you’ll get it, it’s important to stay on top of these (I did religiously every 3/4 hours for first 48 hours and barely needed them after that). I had my boy at 12pm and was home by 5pm the next day xx

Hi, I might be a bit late commenting but wanted to try and reassure you. I had an emergency c section at warrington and honestly couldn't fault any of the doctors and midwives! Everyone was lovely, looked after me and the baby and gave us loads of help whilst I was recovering in the hospital. Partners can stay if they like but do sleep on a chair or a reclining chair if there's any available, I was in for a few nights after he was born so my partner did go home for 2 nights and the support from the midwifes was brilliant. If I was to have another baby I would 100% go for an elective c section next time round and would go back to warrington, even though our birth didn't go the way we had hoped.