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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Delivered at Sibley in Dec 2017. Was a great experience.  Food was timely and tasted good, very calm space.  Not very BF friendly at the time, kept encouraging me to feed my baby formula, and completely upsurped my bfing wishes after taking baby to nursery.  Remedied after talking with admins. Overall a good experience.[/quote]

hmmm that's weird, I do remember during the tour they said they 100% supporting BF?!!![/quote]

Sibley has some interesting interpretations of what "supportive" means. Like, "we're supportive of unmedicated birth!" except we demand you have an IV limiting your movement and we'll strap monitors to you so you can't really move and you'll be delivering on your back![/quote]
"Supportive" for most hospitals means they won't push drugs on you if you don't want them. The other elements of their protocol are less negotiable.

Hospital L&D units are set up for women to get drugs and procedures during labor - not only epidurals, but pitocin. The vast majority of hospital births feature one or both of those procedures. It saves time if they can get you ready for that when you first arrive. Plus it's (perceived to be) safer because there is a 35-50% chance of you needing a c-section. So they know most people won't challenge them - especially people who are already dealing with painful contractions, who they know very well are probably going to cave and ask for an epidural anyway after a few hours of not being able to move around much or take a warm bath or shower.

You should ask specific questions well in advance. I asked my GW OB at an early appointment if I would be able to give birth in different positions and move around during labor. She replied that yes, you will have full mobility, can choose any position, and the nurses will follow you around to get a heartbeat if they need to (they do intermittent monitoring). Their postpartum care sucked but L&D is excellent.[/quote]

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