Amanda had a good delivery experience: "They were great"

Amanda's daughter Lillemor has turned seven months old and quickly eels around on the floor in the apartment in Kortedala. 

- She is so very fast and she surprises us all the time, says Amanda Wigand, as fascinated as it is easy to be in front of a small child's progress.  

The pandemic was a fact when Amanda became pregnant and the time after the birth worried her the most.

-I was very worried about being alone at BB with a small child, how should I take care of it and also felt a sadness that her father would not be allowed to be there her first time in life.

Lillemor was born in May 2021, just a week or so before Östra Hospital allowed partners to follow BB again.  

- It was sad, but we knew in any case that it would be so.

So we could prepare for that.

In the clip, she tells more about the treatment at the birth and how she looks at doing it again.

Great support on BB 

There was no reason to worry about being alone with the newborn.

Amanda was tired after three days with pain and the staff at BB took Lillemor a few hours so she could sleep.

She also received a lot of support around breastfeeding.   

- In terms of staff, I thought it worked really well.

The practical part I got great help with, but it was hard to constantly long for home to my partner.

And the first day you want to be totally present, she says. 

She believes that the fact that Sweden was just over a year into the pandemic may have contributed to the staff getting into a routine on how to work. 

- At the same time, I really think it needs to be invested in maternity care, maybe I was just lucky.