[tomclive]

Here in Scotland when my son was born, he needed to stay in hospital for 10 days for what turned out to be benign myclonic jerks in his sleep.

The midwives gave my wife her own room and even set up a camp-bed for me. They gave me tea and toast in the morning joking that they weren't sure they should do, but there was enough to spare.

We didn't need to pay anything and both being on paid parental leave took any financial pressure off so we were able to concentrate on the baby.

[gadders]

We had a similar experience, but without the tea and toast :-)

The only thing I would say is that a good 90% of hospital food is appalling, though. That's the main blot on the experience.

[adwww]

Similar experience here - one thing I noticed, the yogurt pot that came with every single meal had a mis-matched lid and side label.

They were literally the 'seconds' rejected from the consumer market. No pudding for you if you happen to be allergic to one of the unknown possible flavours...!