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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm getting prenatal care at RHJ and was asking my doc at my last prenatal appointment about some labor questions. I was encouraged to hear that you are allowed to move as much as you need during labor at Sibley (permitting baby is doing well and depending on epidural status, etc).

However, I forgot to ask about a few baby-friendly items: do they give you immediate skin-to-skin time after delivery? Do they rush to cut the cord or can you wait until it stops pulsing? (Again, assuming all is well with mom and baby)

TIA![/quote]

I had a baby at Sibley with RHJ in 2017, so a long time ago. Both of the things you are asking about are pretty standard unless you specifically want something different.

Have you looked at the birth plan template on their site?

https://www.rhjn-obgyn.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2021/05/RHJ-Birthing-Plan-Template-.pdf

Note that on page 4, those things are specifically addressed.

As for the hating on the baby friendly designation, I get it. I really do. But I think that the intention of programs like this gets lost pretty easily. The point of "baby friendly" is to support breastfeeding. I get that there are women who don't want to/can't breastfeed, but in the past, women were not encouraged to breastfeed in the hospital, babies were given formula by nurses in the nursery even when moms specifically asked them not to do that, etc. Even if you are a person who does not want to breastfeed your own baby, you should support the provision of those services to other women who do want to breastfeed. I understand the sh*tty way that hospitals have implemented the program, but they are not taking the nurseries away just to punish moms who have c-sections and it is certainly not an attempt for nurses to provide even less postpartum care than they already were.[/quote]

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