DD was mostly in the room with us but did go to the nursery for a bit to let me recover and us sleep. I had the baby blues bad with her and had no idea how to handle a newborn so I welcomed them taking her. Then they gave her formula without my permission and I'm convinced that is what made bf so much harder at first. I also didn't know you could put a sign on the door telling people to stay out.
The hospital was the worst. Starting at 6am someone would come in every hour, to check me, or DD. It was sooo much better when we went home.
All 4 in my room. My DH and I would take turns sleeping. He never let's them out his sight so accompanied them to the nursery for all the tests and such. I had 3 c-section so constant nursing was a must to get the milk to come in faster.
In my room, the hospital didn't have a nursery. They did take DS2 for a little bit in the middle of the night to weigh him and some other stuff while I slept but they brought him right back.
Yeah the baby friendly initiative was started by the WHO and now it seems to be encouraged by the government. It's all about encouraging breastfeeding. There are lots of issues that are directly out of patient and physician hands in regards to what government encourages/mandates.
DD - 2 nights in the NICU and then they were kind enough to let us stay a third night to room in before we went home. I freaked out and cried when they said they were going to send her home with me and I had never even changed a diaper.
DS - two nights in my room. I never even thought to ask the nurses to hold him for a bit.
My hospital was old school. The nurses begged to take DD1 to the nursery to "play with her." Night one I said no but the other three I said yes. I hope this is an option this time around (holly116?)
I sent DD to the nursery right after I got to my room. I was in induced labor for 15 hours before a 5am c-section and I was throwing up the entire time I was in recovery. I needed a minute lol. They gave her her first bath and let me sleep for a few hours, then she was with us till discharge.
I kept the boys in my room both times but the hospital definetly has a nursery and I've had nothing but wonderful experiences with my nurses all three times.
Protip, if you do end up with a RCS, talk up and be incredibly nice to your presurgery nurse. I'm convinced they have pull on the size/niceness of your room.
My room. I wanted them there. Especially with the first one, you're like "Oh, I want to be with my baby every second!" And then with the second one, you might be more like "Please, take her to the nursery, these are the last few hours of peace I will EVER have." But DD was really chill and I was scolded for not waking her up to feed her, so having her there was no problem.
Yeah the baby friendly initiative was started by the WHO and now it seems to be encouraged by the government. It's all about encouraging breastfeeding. There are lots of issues that are directly out of patient and physician hands in regards to what government encourages/mandates.
My OB said that there is government money available to hospitals who comply with the BFI.
Yep. Hospitals are getting paid less and less (and sometimes not paid at all) for not complying with government and insurance company regulations.
Post by wildfloweragain on Aug 7, 2015 10:45:02 GMT -5
Nursery. For one of the kids a nurse was all bitchy and said that I'll eventually have to take care of her. I said right but now, I'm trying to recover from 28 hour of labor This is my only chance for sleep. Bring her when she needs to nurse.
DD2 was in-room. My hospital is "baby friendly", so there is no well-baby nursery. The first night though, my nurse volunteered to watch the baby at the nurse's station for around 4 hours during the night.
Last week-- Both nights I sent H home to sleep, he made me crazy with DS at night so this was for both of our sanity. I sent her to the nursery until her first night feeding and then kept her after that. It gave me a few hours of sleep and I still got my "me alone time" with her.
The nursery nurses insisted the first night because my csection was at 6:00pm so I was fresh out of surgery and didn't want me reaching for her without H there. The second night was my choice.
I had a relatively quick L&D and was high on adrenaline. Plus as a newbie, I was kind of terrified to have my baby anywhere but next to me. The nurse took him at one point to do the heel prick and I kind of panicked. So, I was happy to have him in the room.
I'm curious how I'll feel when/if we have another.
This, they had two incubators in a tiny ass room w/a window that could pass as a nursery, but it was only to hold a baby if it needed to be transfered to another hospital with a NICU. The only time someone other than my H or I watched him at the hospital was the day after I had him so H could help me take a shower and get all the yuck off me (14+ hours of labor, broke my water, ended up with a C-section under general).
Post by chickadee77 on Aug 7, 2015 11:14:36 GMT -5
My room. They kept offering to take her to the nursery, and H kept saying no. Next time, I plan to combo feed, so will likely override H and send him/her for a few hours.
There was no nursery at the hospital I delivered at. The first night DS was with me pretty much all night. The second night they took him to do a 90-minute car seat test and some other stuff. The nurse kept him for a few extra hours so I could get some rest.
Post by sillygoosegirl on Aug 7, 2015 11:49:00 GMT -5
In our bed at the birthing center. They didn't have anything else available. I kind of got the impression we were the first family that didn't want to cosleep. She also slept a lot in the kitchen in the Moby on DH while I slept in the bed by myself.
My room but with DD4 (or maybe it was DD3) they took her for Some time because she was crying a lot & I couldn't get her to settle down....& I was there alone because I sent DH home to be with our younger girls. They brought her back still asleep with a paci & I was amazed by them...lol. I am sure I fell asleep while she was gone but I'm not sure how long that was.
But if it's a boy I may be more concerned since I am worried about him leaving our chain of custody for circumcision reasons (i.e. we are not circumcising and I don't want them to mistake him for a child who is being circumcised).
Fwiw, because circumcision is a surgical procedure, the doctor and whoever may be assisting (usually a nursery nurse, i.e. me), do a timeout to make sure they have the right patient (the baby should be wearing at least 1 ID band), consent is signed, the correct procedure, etc. The hospital would have SERIOUS legal issues if they performed any surgery on the wrong patient.
So while this is valid, I think it's very unlikely.