Reply to Why don’t U.S. hospitals let women sleep quietly for the night in the hospital after giving birth?

Forum Index » Expectant and Postpartum Moms

Reply to "Why don’t U.S. hospitals let women sleep quietly for the night in the hospital after giving birth?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was induced due to preeclampsia and was awake 48 hours for the induction before giving birth.  Was on magnesium the whole time, not allowed to eat.  Gave birth, baby was fine.  [b]Nurses then said I could not eat for another 48 hours and was to be on magnesium again. [/b] If you don't know, magnesium can make you tired and just not "with it."  Twenty-four hours after birth during which I slept for maybe 45 minutes at a time,  I asked (full of shame) if the baby could go to the nursery.  [b]The nurses said they didn't have a nursery (baby-friendly hospital) and they could just tie the baby to me if I wanted to sleep.[/b]  Spouse had to go home to get a change of clothes, so wasn't in the room.  I was starving, sleep-deprived, and on medication that made me not clear-headed.  But no, I had to stay with that baby.

Baby-friendly isn't mom-friendly, and I would imagine at times yields higher risks and poorer outcomes for babies.[/quote]

I'm surprised there wasn't a bassinet. That sounds quite odd. [/quote]

PP here.  I had been moved to a non-birth-recovery room (I don't know what to call it).  I was in a post-birth room with a bassinet for the first day?  Then I was considered a normal medical patient and moved to a room without a bassinet.

"Tied to me" = the nursing staff came in and did some sort of intense wrapping like those wraps you use to carry your baby around in.  They even brought in other people to demonstrate the wrapping on me. [/quote]

That is insane. Never heard anything like this. How are you supposed to use the bathroom with a baby tied to you?

What hospital was this?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics