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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A good friend advised me to choose a hospital where they will take your baby to the nursery overnight so you can sleep between feedings.  I'm glad I chose Sibley for that reason (in my case over Holy Cross, which is "Baby-Friendly" and encourages "rooming in").[/quote]

I second this. Forced rooming in for a mom recovering from surgery or who is exhausted is how babies get dropped or smothered. Baby Friendly hospitals are not where I would choose to deliver. They are not friendly to mothers and they strip women of autonomy and infantilize them by forced education on the benefits of breastfeeding and refusing formula unless medically necessary.[/quote]

Can we really not achieve some sort of flexibility here? Surely for some births one is better than the other. [/quote]

Sibley is flexible.  [b]They have lactation consultants to support breastfeeding.  They won't take your baby to the nursery if you don't want them to.  The difference is they give parents a choice.[/b]  "Baby-(un)Friendly" hospitals are, by definition, not flexible.[/quote]

Same with VHC -- lactation consultants on staff, baby can stay with you the whole time OR go to the nursery, they will happily give your baby formula or a pacifier (gasp!).[/quote]

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