Alastair said: “It was a long time to wait with a lot uncertainty if there was going to be lasting effects or not.”
Despite wanting to have more children, the couple do not want to have another baby at the same hospital.
“You just have to put your 100% trust and faith in the doctors and midwives around you and actually at that point there was nobody I felt safe with,” Naomi said.
“You’re probably in one of the most vulnerable positions and you’ve got your baby to think about and yourself to think about and it just felt like we were really let down to be honest.”
The labour ward at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary supports about 6,000 births each year.
Staff who have spoken to Scotland News said they did not take the decision to speak out lightly but they wanted to protect patients and believed the unit was “no safer” following the whistleblowing review.
One staff member said: “It needs to be highlighted that the short-staffing and issues regarding the toxic management culture towards staff, is endemic throughout every department in the maternity unit.”
From this month, maternity units across Scotland will routinely face unannounced inspections by the NHS safety watchdog, Healthcare Improvement Scotland.
It comes in response to a number of spikes in newborn deaths in recent years.
