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[quote=Anonymous]I’m ok with the check ins. C-sections are major surgery, vaginal births can often have tearing or other injury that they need to check, they have to make sure you’re not bleeding too much which can be indicative of problems. BP checks are key to catching a lot of issues as well. Yes they should consolidate these as much as possible, yes the teaching hospitals are a lot worse for interruptions. I think they did a good job of balancing patient care and checks and still allowing rest time at Inova Fairfax. People should talk about their birth and recover experiences at different hospitals so you can choose your OB providers accordingly to what hospital they deliver at.

By that same token, I sent my babies to the nursery at night as much as I could. I think it was about a 6-7 hour stretch, roughly midnight to 6 or 7 am. Again, Inova Fairfax had this option. I know it’s being taken away now though, as it costs more money and more staffing to have a nursery, so they can pinch some pennies, cut staffing levels, and push newborn care onto the mom who just gave birth and her support person. I think they used Covid as a cover to close the nurseries and who knows if they will or did reopen. But you need rest to recover even after a fairly routine vaginal birth, especially after a long labor. You’re going to be going home shortly and, realistically and from my personal experiences, mom is going to be doing 95% of the newborn care - better rest up in the hospital as much as possible. [/quote]

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