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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where are you delivering?

I had a baby at GWU and post-partum was pretty crummy.  There were constant in-and-outs.  Constant.  Every 15 minutes for the first 4 hours, then at least every half hour for another 4.  I had a set of checks, baby had a set of checks, they seemed to loathe the idea of coordinating, and it was non stop.  Somehow with all those checks I still had to beg/remind them about my painkillers (c-section).  The LC didn't come until a day in and didn't really help in any real way - she positioned some pillows to get the baby to the right height and then gave us the URL address of a YouTube video of babies latching with no assistance and nursing perfectly (helpful!).

On the plus side they did take her to the nursery for 3 hours on night 2 and provided a hospital-grade pump; on the LC's second visit she showed me how to use that so she wasn't completely useless.  The nurses were more helpful than the LC for breastfeeding advice.  One particular nurse seemed to delight in the babies and walked DH through diapering and swaddling a couple of times (she wasn't a L&D nurse, they were overbooked and she came in from cardiology.  I think it was a nice change for her to have a baby to snuggle and nobody super sick).

Don't expect comfort but try to ignore the bustle and just focus on the baby and your snuggle hormones.[/quote]

Was at GW in 2018 and this is accurate assume you’ll get no help and be your own advocate they’re doing a job snd with a lot of patients ppl in and out and your baby is your responsibility my Lc never came to my room. [/quote]

Exactly. I had to call the nurse constantly in order to advocate for myself. There is usually one on call nurse dealing with over 20 patients so they are stretched extremely  thin. I also found out the LC on duty is attending to all the post partum and NICU units. Again, stretched too thin[/quote]

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