Megsmum, thank you for sharing your experience. I'm feeling much better about things at the moment considering my scan this morning confirmed that bub is in a complete breech position. I have tried a few things to get him to turn, but he seems happy where he is (or stubborn!), so we are more than likley going to be having a c/s. If I can manage to express some colostrum, DH will be in charge of that while I am in recovery. i spoke to the midwife this morning who said occassionally if it is quiet and there are midwives standing around twiddling their thumbs, then one is likely to sit with me in recovery with bub, but apparently it happens rarely.
The thought was distressing to me last week, but I am trying to accept it because I want to stay as positive as i can about it all.
Salsa, that's a valid reason for not having babies in recovery. Although I would imagine that would be the case with bigger hospitals where they have lots of people in and out of recovery every day. Sounds like in the case of my hospital it's just a staffing issue.