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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get the annoyance with sleep disturbance from random nurse checks, that’s a separate issue. But those of you who are annoyed that you couldn’t send your baby away all night - what did you do when you get home? Did your support system get better? If so, why couldn’t you implement that support system in the hospital?

I could not imagine sending a healthy non-NICU-requiring baby away all night to strangers, right after it had been born, after it had been with me for 9 months. It sounds so weird to even write it down![/quote]

Because I was awake for almost 36 hours for labor and delivery, still numb from an epidural, and needed to rest. I was in no condition to care for a newborn when I had no clue what I was doing. [/quote]

Honestly, what is wrong with people like PP??  I was also up for nearly 48 hours straight in labor, followed by an infection, delirium, and finally, a C-section.  By the time they brought my son to me in recovery, I was still so numb I couldn't even sit up or even lift my head properly.  My vision was blurry and I couldn't see my baby, hard as I tried.  My arms didn't quite work well enough to hold him for very long, either.  Thank god there was a nursery and I was able to sleep for a couple of hours right at the beginning.  Then they kept waking me up to feed the baby, or because the nurse thought I should try "skin to skin" to bond with him, all while warning me that if I fell asleep I could accidentally kill him.  It was pure torture.  I left the hospital after 4 days, still so sleep deprived that I wasn't thinking straight, or really at all.  Thank god I had my husband and mother to help me out.  I really fear for women who don't have that support, or even the paltry few hours sleep I got thanks to the nursery in the hospital.[/quote]

*shudder*. I did not have it nearly as bad as you (relatively fast and uncomplicated delivery) but I had little support at home. If my experience had been like yours in the hospital then I went home to no help, I probably would have ended up institutionalized with PPD psychosis. [/quote]

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