This morning I had a little memory come back to me about my c/s. It was relating to how long between DS's birth and me being cleaned up. The first time I remember being cleaned in any way (sponge bath) was 2 days after his birth. 3 days after I was admitted to hospital.

They left me in my bed, unable to move, dirty and stinking all that time. I had no pants on, just a pad shoved between my legs which everyone got to see when the time to get out of bed did arrive. I was humiliated.

Surely it's not right to leave a woman so long before cleaning her up a bit? I wasn't even tended to once I'd stabilised and been taken to the ward (before the incident that landed me in ICU on a ventilator). I sat there from 6am-1pm and nobody came to help me clean up. I was so out of it I didn't even think of it.

More and more I'm realising how I was treated like an animal. Shouldn't they have bathed me before another round of surgery? Shouldn't they have bathed me while i was unconscious AFTER surgery then?? I don't know...... what were your experiences with bathing after c/s?

-Just wanted to add, I'd also laboured for 12 hours before the c/s. So was rather sweaty and dishevelled from the get-go. Geez, for all I know they did bathe me and I just don't remember. But I have a hunch they didn't judging by how I felt when I woke up. Filthy.