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<blockquote data-quote="tigger" data-source="post: 252086" data-attributes="member: 11023"><p>When I was in hospital in august having just had premature twins I had a hypo one night which I treated but the 2nd twin who'd just rejoined us from scbu started crying and I didn't feel that I was able to hold him yet safely as I was still feeling shaky. I rang the bell and told the midwife who came that I had low blood sugar and could she hold him. She went off and returned with a blood pressure machine. At which point I repeated "low blood sugar not pressure" rather louder and then burst into tears for emphasis (hormones and hypos make this very easy). I then got a whole bevy of them telling me to eat and I keep on telling them I have and I just want someone to hold the baby until I can feed him again. Not great. They still refused to pick up the poor baby by which point the first one was also crying. </p><p></p><p>When I complained once hypo was over I was told they had dealt with it effectively. I disagreed both about that and also on their care in general. They had no basic procedures in place as I'd not returned my insulin after one meal because I was sick of waiting for it and kept it in a frio pack instead for 3 days without anyone objecting. Considering this wasn't long after the deaths through insulin contamination in the nw this didn't seem great procedure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tigger, post: 252086, member: 11023"] When I was in hospital in august having just had premature twins I had a hypo one night which I treated but the 2nd twin who'd just rejoined us from scbu started crying and I didn't feel that I was able to hold him yet safely as I was still feeling shaky. I rang the bell and told the midwife who came that I had low blood sugar and could she hold him. She went off and returned with a blood pressure machine. At which point I repeated "low blood sugar not pressure" rather louder and then burst into tears for emphasis (hormones and hypos make this very easy). I then got a whole bevy of them telling me to eat and I keep on telling them I have and I just want someone to hold the baby until I can feed him again. Not great. They still refused to pick up the poor baby by which point the first one was also crying. When I complained once hypo was over I was told they had dealt with it effectively. I disagreed both about that and also on their care in general. They had no basic procedures in place as I'd not returned my insulin after one meal because I was sick of waiting for it and kept it in a frio pack instead for 3 days without anyone objecting. Considering this wasn't long after the deaths through insulin contamination in the nw this didn't seem great procedure. [/QUOTE]
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