Hi all,
I have two baby girls now. First one was born May two years ago, naturally, in the Costa del Sol hospital. I was not unhappy with the service there at the time, I do speak Spanish but my midwives all spoke some English as well (my husband is English). I did find though that given the fact that it was my first baby I was feeling pretty lonely and alone (even with my husband around all the time). I had a long labour, with contractions starting at 1 am Sunday and my daughter arriving 4.50 am Monday. I asked for an epidural which I did get but the guy was horrible to me, did not even ackowledge me or talk to me, did not explain anything and it took him THREE horrible and very painful attempts to put the thing in.

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Hi all,
This was my 2nd baby and I had been in two minds throughout my pregnancy about whether to have a natural birth or a C section (1st baby was c section at Hospiten due to large size). I found the prenatal care a bit frustrating as I was constantly passed from one doctor to another - they never had enough appts and I was always having to go through Urgencias to get my scans done on time.
Having said that, my main 2 doctors Dr Ramiro and Dra Castillo were both wonderful. In the end, the baby looked like it was going to be another big one so after a long conversation with Dra Castilo I decided to go for the C section as I was not willing to risk rupture or any danger to the baby, however unlikely.

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