Wow! My midwives were pretty good too. In fact, I was the one hounding them to get the catheter out so that I could move around the next morning. I had my c-section at 5pm and didn't have to get up and moving until the next morning.
The only thing that annoyed me was that i said I was really thirsty. They said I could have some ice chips but didn't bring them in! Grrr! Needless to say, I gulped the water down once I was allowed to have it when the drip was out.

Do send that letter, Christy. I can see where the good midwives are undervalued incredibly and probably turn into nasty pasties after a while because they are so over worked and don't feel appreciated.

Tootie - I can't believe that they didn't give you a decent bed to lay in! You would think that they would keep the maintenance up esp. for people who have just had major surgery!

MummyLovesJaykob - OMG @ them calling you lazy! As IF you wouldn't want to get up and move around as soon as you could! Honestly, it amazes me how some forget to treat you like a human being instead of just another number. Just because one person is up and at em straight away, doesn't mean the next will too! As for fainting, that would have been aweful! I bet getting up was horrid!

Gabby was taken to special care for the first night, too. I was still bed-ridden and didn't see her until Neil came in the next day. He wheeled me in a wheel-chair because the special care unit is downstairs from the actual ward at Geelong. I probably should have got to Gabby a lot earlier but I didn't want Neil to miss out iykwim? And the only reason why she was taken there was because there wasn't enough staff up on the ward to attend to her needs. Silly, hey? If I hadn't had the c-section, I could have had her with me and brought her down to special care every few hours when she needed to be checked. Catch 22!