There are some nasty stories out there. But also some nice ones too...

I don't have any personal experience with this (yet) but I thought I'd tell you my mum's stories. When she was in hospital giving birth to me (her first child) she had a midwife whom she said was absolutely fantastic so much so that she named me after her! Well sort of, the midwife was Sarah Louise and she called me Louise Sarah. Almost 20 years later she was in hospital having my youngest sisters (they are twins, and she had another daughter in between me and them) and had the nastiest midwife. This lady bought my 40 year old mother who had just had her 3rd and 4th children to tears by telling her off for having a breast pump in her room - it wasn't that big of a deal but anything can upset you when you have just given birth I would imagine....