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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do women chose to give birth at a no-nursery hospital? Is it insurance related? And it can't be that they are so amazing and provide specialty care because that's simply not true for a lot of these hospitals mentioned here. [/quote]

Exactly how many choices do you think we have?  Most hospitals in this area gave up their nurseries when the “baby-friendly” initiative was all the rage.  Usually women pick an ob and deliver where the doctor has privileges.  Congrats if it works differently for you. [/quote]

Off the top of my head: INOVA Fairfax and Sibley. How many do you need? If it's priority for you, and insurance etc is not an issue, seems easy enough to identify a hospital with a nursery and go from there. [/quote]

NP. I didn't have much choice based on my insurance. But also, this depends on staffing levels. I gave birth 2x in August (and am giving birth AGAIN this August) and both times the hospital was too busy and understaffed to have a nursery open. August is the most popular month to give birth and I think there were 45 women there when I gave birth. My induction was cancelled 2x because they didn't have room for me. They were also very judgmental when I asked about a nursery and said that breastfeeding was the best (I breastfed both kids for 2 years so I wasn't opposed).

Instead of a nursery, what I always thought would be unbelievably helpful would be a room with rocking chairs that DH or grandparents could go sit in with baby and rock the baby while mom slept. But baby wasn't allowed out of my sight sadly. I had tons of people willing to help me, I just needed to leave the hospital ASAP so I could get that help. I had traumatic deliveries and hemorrhaging, so all I wanted was sleep. [/quote]

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