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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just for interest's sake I'd like to share how my sister gave birth in Japan. Husbands do not stay for more than short visits. They understand that most husbands are not able to be helpful with newborns! You stay for a week and all the women on the floor meet several times a day for classes taught by the nurses on baby care and breastfeeding. She said it was wonderful for her mental health to be around all these women in the same boat and get reassurance about how to care for her new baby. And of course they take the baby while you sleep but everyone still manages to breastfeed! Obviously this is more useful for a first time mom and she didn't do it all the second time. [/quote]

Umm what? Maybe most Japanese husbands are not helpful with newborns because it is not cultural to play that role. I would have been 100% pissed if my husband left me alone with a newborn in a hospital for a week. Sure, he can’t breastfeed, but he did a lot with both of our newborns each time I gave birth (including cuddling them at night while I slept, diaper changing, etc) and was a huge support to me.[/quote]
[b]My hospital has only shared rooms and lets the husbands stay 24/7. They are loud and rude. I swear to god, I had one playing video games next to my head at 3am. I was just out of surgery. I would love a hospital where visitors are confined to a visitor room so you can actually sleep in your bed! And bring back nurseries!!![/b][/quote]

Wtf this sounds horrible. Thank god I delivered at sibley.[/quote]
What was worse, I had severe insomnia, was going through a crappy pregnancy/birth/postpartum that would later be diagnosed as PTSD AND my husband was excluded because of the safe and effective intervention, so I didn't even have DH to tell him to f off. I complained to patient relations and they basically said "LOL too bad". My first covid baby where everybody was excluded was heaven in comparison. [/quote]

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