Warning to expecting moms: Required to wear mask during PUSHING at Holy Cross

[Anonymous]

It’s not just HolyCross.

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Anonymous wrote:I was allowed to go mask free at Anne Arundel Medical Center this July with negative test alone, didn’t even ask for vaccine record (I’d had one shot). I’d be furious OP.

July was very different than now.

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Anonymous wrote:And if the woman in the throes of childbirth refuses, takes it off every time they put it on and/or fights back, what’re the hospital people going to do? Abandon her? Physically restrain her? Shoot her up with chemical restraints? People in medical facilities too commonly forget that patients are not prisoners or children and it is the professionals who owe the duty to the patient, not the other way around.

It sounds like they just asked her once and reminded her about hospital policy so maybe you need to calm down.

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Anonymous wrote:And if the woman in the throes of childbirth refuses, takes it off every time they put it on and/or fights back, what’re the hospital people going to do? Abandon her? Physically restrain her? Shoot her up with chemical restraints? People in medical facilities too commonly forget that patients are not prisoners or children and it is the professionals who owe the duty to the patient, not the other way around.

This times a million

Signed, a non-clinical healthcare worker

[Anonymous]

If you want to continue having skilled nurses in the room while you deliver your baby, wear your mask. It’s for the nurses safety. Even though you had a negative test and are vaccinated, test can be wrong and we all know the Delta break through the vaccinations. It’s not all about you mama! Sounds like you delivered a healthy baby with no lasting negative affects from wearing a mask. Also it’s not just holy Cross.

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Anonymous wrote:Hey, fun story.

After laboring for 24 hours, and an ill-timed nurse shift change, I was just forced to wear a mask at Holy Cross Hospital when I was about to enter the pushing stage of labor. The nurse placed a surgical mask on my chest while I was in the middle of a contraction, eyes closed, breathing hard, clenching the sides of my bed in pain, and told me to put it on. When I didn’t respond by putting the mask on she admonished me for “noncompliance with hospital policy”

Reader, I had had a negative COVID test in triage. I had been vaccinated months ago.

The staff at Holy Cross forced me to wear a mask as I pushed out my 8 pound baby.

If you’re planning a delivery at Holy Cross, you may want to reconsider your plans.

And baby has to "come out" with mask ON.

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Anonymous wrote:If you want to continue having skilled nurses in the room while you deliver your baby, wear your mask. It’s for the nurses safety. Even though you had a negative test and are vaccinated, test can be wrong and we all know the Delta break through the vaccinations. It’s not all about you mama! Sounds like you delivered a healthy baby with no lasting negative affects from wearing a mask. Also it’s not just holy Cross.

Patients owe no duty of “safety” to nurses, who are nonetheless liable for damages and possibly open to prosecution if they indulge any “walk out” fantasies.

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I wore a mask last week with my delivery. NBD. I want the nurses and ONs to continue to be around for others who need them.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would you be furious? What’s done is done.

There are so many other ways a hospital can mistreat a laboring mother.

Many wishes to you and your little one, I hope you can let this go and enjoy the baby stage as much as you can as it goes very fast!

This is very true but I hate how normalized this abuse has become.

It seems as if women have to fight for every once of dignity and autonomy surrounding birth and reproductive care. It is ridiculous and accepting it will bring everyone back. Remember it wasn’t that long ago that women were tied down to hospital beds and drugged during delivery. It is not dramatic and futile to be angry about this. That’s the first step, then finding support and seeking change. Please don’t try to normalize the mistreatment of laboring women. And if you don’t want to help, at the very least don’t stand in the way.

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Anonymous wrote:And if the woman in the throes of childbirth refuses, takes it off every time they put it on and/or fights back, what’re the hospital people going to do? Abandon her? Physically restrain her? Shoot her up with chemical restraints? People in medical facilities too commonly forget that patients are not prisoners or children and it is the professionals who owe the duty to the patient, not the other way around.

I hope more people start doing this.

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OP here is Holy Cross safety procedure. Masking at all times is required, even if patients. This shouldn't have surprised you.

https://www.holycrosshealth.org/health-and-wellness/safe-care/

[Anonymous]

There is a serious issue currently of patients who are hospitalized catching COVID from hospital staff. It is not widely talked about but it is happening and if you know people in healthcare they will confirm. They told you to put it on to protect you from that. Imagine if you had contracted COVID then and then deal with COVID plus a newborn.

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Seriously? How entitled can you be. If you can't abide by policies that protect the staff then you should have had a hoembirth.

[Anonymous]

*homebirth

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And if the woman in the throes of childbirth refuses, takes it off every time they put it on and/or fights back, what’re the hospital people going to do? Abandon her? Physically restrain her? Shoot her up with chemical restraints? People in medical facilities too commonly forget that patients are not prisoners or children and it is the professionals who owe the duty to the patient, not the other way around.

I hope more people start doing this.

No, but if I were your medical professional, I would exit the room and cover myself in more complete PPE, the kind we use for confirm positive patients. I would take time away from your care to protect myself and my other patients. I would not stay in an enclosed space with an unmasked person. And that would impact your care.

Similarly if you were brandishing a knife or trying to attack me, I would stop care and make the scene safe for myself. Same as if you lit candles or tried to smoke a cigarette in your room. I would require you comply with hospital policy that protects you and everyone else.