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Anonymous
| A friend of mine delivered twins at 37 weeks at approximately 5:00pm last night. The hospital has the kids in NICU and the mom has not seen the babies yet. As far as I know (info is spotty), there were no complications with surgery. The mother is obviously very emotional about this. Question is, not knowing much additional info, is this normal procedure? I would think that even if babies are in NICU and there were complications w/surgery that they would be able to at least wheelchair her over to see them. |
Anonymous
| I used to work in a NICU. Mom should be able to go in. Where is she? |
Anonymous
| Reston |
Anonymous
| Very odd. I delivered at 33 wks and was able to see my DD in the NICU within 2 hrs of delivery. After that I was unable to see her until the morning, but that's because I could barely get out of bed so couldn't make my way to the NICU. Significantly, 37 weeks is not actually considered premature..so unless there are any complications, there should be no reason she can't see her babies. |
Anonymous
| Hmm...I don't know about Reston. What are the nurses saying? I'd ask to speak to the nurse manager and/or social worker. |
Anonymous
| 16:18 here. The first time I saw DD at 2 hrs after birth, I was wheeled in to the NICU at Sibley in my stretcher, not even wheelchair, because I was just so fresh from surgery. The next day I went in on a wheelchair. I would definitely try to find out more to see why she can't see her babies. |
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| That sounds strange. I was allowed to be in the NICU whenever I wanted, as soon as I wanted, and for as long as I wanted. |
Anonymous
| Still waiting for more details. Thanks for you responses. |
Anonymous
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Usually you have to stay in bed for 12 hours after a C-section, but after that, there should be no problem! With vaginal delivery there should be minimal waiting time.
I work at Holy Cross and parents can come in ANYTIME. Wonder what's up?? |
Anonymous
| At Georgetown we were allowed to be in the NICU anytime except for 30 minutes when the shift was changing (I think it was 7-7:30 pm). My DH was in there about 1 hour after she was initially taken and I went as soon as I was able to get into a wheel chair. |
Anonymous
| Please keep us updated! |
Anonymous
| My son was delivered via c-section at Virginia Hospital Center and wound up in the NICU; I wasn't able to see him until about 30 hours after his birth. I'm guessing that it's because I was in such bad shape (spiked a significant fever a few hours after the operation and got pumped full of antibiotics). My husband was able to visit him immediately (in fact, he followed him from the OR). |
Anonymous
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16:45 here again. I wanted to add that I was really touched by 16:20's story about being wheeled into the NICU on a stretcher to meet her baby. In my case at VHC, I think it wasn't much of a priority for the staff to let me meet my baby. The NICU was two floors and what seemed like miles of corridors away from the maternity ward, and I wasn't able to walk more than a few feet even three days after delivery. And yet it was like pulling teeth getting someone from the hospital to help me get down there.
Without knowing anything about the situation, I wonder whether the hospital OP is in might be similarly callous. |
Anonymous
| Maybe there are some complications? At Georgetown, my twins were delivered at 36 weeks via c-section and they wheeled my bed to the NICU as soon as I was stable after surgery. It was a rough surgery and it was 2:00am when I was finally stable, but there was no hesitation to take me. Got to hold them and try to nurse them. |
Anonymous
| Is there something going around? I know someone whose husband wasn't allowed into a NICU to see their baby out west because there was a really nasty bug going around their town. |