I had shocking midwives as well. It really contributed to me feeling extremely horrid after the birth........

I wasn't allowed to get out of bed for 24 hours after Jacob was born, and then they got me out and man, did it hurt! I couldn't roll over days either and I felt like I had to hold my stomach to hold everything in IYKWIM?! I had a bed that was wonky too, and the nurses kept trying to experiment with it whilst I was still in it. Basically, it would go up (the back of it) but not back down and despite me telling every nurse as she came on shift, they still tried fiddling with it. One finally got it to go back down, but rather suddenly and without warning!! I went from a semi-upright position to flat on my back in a matter of seconds!!! I couldn't believe the pain, even with the epidural still in place, which was slowly being turned off. I had the epidural in for 24 hours. After that I had voltaren suppositories (ewww), panadeine and had to have anti-nausea medication every day because I was feeling so ill.