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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Out of curiosity, why couldn't the mom who had magnesium see her baby for 20 hours? Was it a problem with the baby, or with the mom, or a standard protocol when magnesium is being administered?[/quote]

That was me.  They told me I couldn't see him while on mag, because I couldn't be disconnected from all the monitors to go to the NICU.  After 12 hours, they just kept pushing the time back and back and back.  I was like a caged animal.  Baby was in the NICU so couldn't be brought to me, and L&D wouldn't let me go.  I was to the point of wanting to check myself out AMA just to get to see him.  Inova Fairfax.  Still haven't quite gotten over it, obvs![/quote]

Why was your baby in the nicu? Sorry you had to go through that.

They had the nicu team in the room when my baby was born but she was deemed good to go and she stayed with me all of the time. The only real issue was that I was not supposed to be left alone with her for long periods while I was on mag - not an issue for us as my husband had already planned on staying the whole time. [/quote]

I am not the PP you asked, but Georgetown actually assigned one nurse to just me and another mag patient, which was nice. They were super supportive, washed my breast pump parts for me and made sure I could go to the NICU whenever I wanted. As miserable as I was, I felt well taken care off. They even kept a sandwich for me and gave it to me at 4 am when I finally got off the mag. (At that point I hadn't eaten for 42 hours). My last baby was in the NICU due to respiratory distress, likely brought on by literally flying out (2 pushes). [/quote]

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